Funding Opportunities for Study Abroad Students

Studying Abroad can be expensive! There are a number of funding opportunities for Study Abroad Students: 

• FSC STUDENTS: You may be eligible for Financial Aid! Information about FSC's Financial Aid Procedures Other SUNY students should visit the Financial Aid office on their home campus
• FSC STUDENTS: The Fava Scholarship awards one $1000 scholarship to a FSC student accepted into a FSC-administered summer study abroad program in Italy of 3 or more weeks. 

A sample of external funding opportunities:

• The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers funding to students who receive Federal Pell Grants forstudy abroad programs or internships overseas. Please see Study Abroad Manager, Eric De Sena, about the Gilman Scholarship. Plan to send prof. De Sena a draft of your essays at least 2 weeks before the deadline. 
• The John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship) provides awards of up to $5,000 for child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel during the time of application (including Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Navy, Navy Reserve, Space Force, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and USPHS Commissioned Corps) to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs. Applicants must be recipients of any type of Title IV federal financial aid during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving Title IV federal financial aid during their study abroad program or internship. 
• Boren Awards (for intensive study of language and culture abroad)
• The Rotary Club offers scholarships for Study Abroad opportunities. 
• Bridging Scholarships offer funding to American students to study abroad in Japan. 
• Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (for study abroad in East or Southeast Asia). 
• BUTEX Scholarships (for study in the U.K.)
• Critical Language Scholarship
• PanHellenic Scholarships Foundation 
• Savoy Orders Pigott Scholarship Fund
• Sigma Delta Pi Undergraduate Study Abroad Award
• Tanaka & Green Scholarship (for study in Japan)
• Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship 
• Toshizo Watanabe Study Abroad Scholarship (for study in Japan)
• BeGlobalii 

• Fund for Education Abroad