Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for Summer 2016 is due on March 1. See http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program for more information.

• Up to $5,000 scholarship ($3,000 for a summer program; $8,000 for a semester-long study-abroad program)
• Deadline is March 1, 2016 for Summer 2016 (Early application deadline is October 6, 2015)
• Only U.S. citizen undergraduate (including community college students) who receive a Federal Pell Grant are eligible
• The choice of study abroad program is up to you and your study abroad advisor
• No GPA requirement
• You will need:
  • Statement of purpose (2 pages; maximum 7,000 characters)
  • Follow-on project proposal (2 pages; maximum 7,000 characters)
  • Transcript
• The priorities are:
  • Non-traditional countries (i.e., non Western European countries)
  • Diversity of student (say if you are first-generation college student or underrepresented population)
  • Critical need languages (including Japanese; see below)
  • Academic progress & performance (explain if you have a GPA lower than 3.0)