Scholarship

Illinois for Illinois (I4I) Study Abroad Undergraduate Student Scholarship

Offering approximately $250,000 in scholarship money annually, awarding approximately 100 scholarships each semester.

Awards range from $500 to $5,000, and will be divided among the following categories:

• General merit
• Financial need
• Underrepresented student (students of Latina/o, African American, or Native American/Alaskan Native heritage)
• Non-traditional destination (study in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, or Central or Eastern Europe)

Eligibility

Students will be considered for only one award per cycle. Students who do not win an award may re-apply each subsequent cycle. However, students who have already won an award may apply for a new one, in a subsequent cycle, if they intend to participate in an additional study abroad program.

To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, students must:

1. Intend to be enrolled, undergraduate, degree-seeking students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the time of study abroad;
2. Meet academic requirements of their Illinois college to be eligible to study abroad;
3. Identify a study abroad program, approved by the University of Illinois, to which they intend to apply or have already applied; and
4. Pay the $5 study abroad scholarship fee during the semester in which they apply.

The deadline to apply for the Winter session and Spring 2009 semester is October 1, 2008.

For more information, contact the Study Abroad Office by email at sao@illinois.edu or visit the Web site.