Gilman Competition Now Open!
The Gilman International Scholarship is now accepting applications from students participating in study abroad programs during Fall 2007/ Academic Year 2006-2007. The Gilman Scholarship is open to all U.S. undergraduates, in good academic standing, who meet the criteria listed below:
The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of study abroad.
The applicant is applying to or has been accepted into a study abroad program eligible for credit by the student's institution of higher education in the U.S.
The applicant is studying abroad for at least four weeks in one country.
The applicant is studying abroad in a country not currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.
The applicant is studying on a program that begins between July 15, 2007 and October 15, 2007. The Fall cycle encompasses fall semester, quarter, and academic year programs. January term applicants should apply during the Spring 2008 cycle.
Critical Need Language Supplement
During the 2007-2008 academic year 25 recipients will be eligible to receive a $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement for a total possible award of up to $8,000. Critical Need Languages include:
Arabic (all dialects)
Chinese (all dialects)
Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)
Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)
Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi)
Korean
Russian
For more information on the Critical Need Language Supplement visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman.