We empower students to pursue global opportunities by providing resources for prestigious scholarship and fellowship applications, as well as financial support for student experiences. Our team provides comprehensive information, including process guidance and directives to begin your next big adventure.
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Fellowship Programs
Fellowships offer transformative experiences that can broaden your perspective, enhance your academic and professional skills, and foster global citizenship.
Through programs like Fulbright and Rhodes, you can immerse yourself in global cultural experiences and engage with brilliant minds from around the world.
Through these types of fully-funded awards, you will gain invaluable insights and connections that will shape your personal and professional life after graduation.
International Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
Explore the fellowships and funding opportunities available to you. These programs offer the opportunity to have a fully-funded experience to enhance your degree or pursue a postgraduate degree. The John W. Merting Family Office of Research and Intellectual Growth can help navigate the application process.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. Fulbright creates connections in a complex and changing world. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers unparalleled opportunities in all academic disciplines to passionate and accomplished graduating college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals from all backgrounds. Program participants pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.
The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and perhaps most prestigious international scholarship programme, enabling outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.
Contact: Dr. Ben Burgen, bburgen@uwf.edu
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a competitive study abroad scholarship for U.S. undergraduate students receiving the Federal Pell Grant.
The Boren Awards for International Study provides undergraduate and graduate students program funding for intensive language, culture, and area studies in places determined to be of critical U.S. interest.
The Churchill Scholarship and Kanders Churchill Scholarship provide funding to American students for a year of Master’s study at the University of Cambridge, based at Churchill College. The program was set up at the request of Sir Winston Churchill in order to fulfill his vision of US–UK scientific exchange with the goal of advancing science and technology on both sides of the Atlantic, helping to ensure our future prosperity and security.
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world.
The German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD, was founded in 1925 and is the largest German support organization in the field of international academic cooperation.
Login through your MyUWF account. GrantForward provides opportunities to search for grant funding to support international objectives.