The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program funds undergraduate students interested in studying abroad. The U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a division of the U.S. Department of State, makes funding available to financially needy and otherwise underrepresented students, awarding more than 2,000 scholarships of a maximum of $5,000 each in the 2009-2010 academic year. In addition to the basic scholarship, students studying Critical Need languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Russian may receive $3,000 in supplemental funding. Fifty such awards were offered in the 2009-2010 academic year. Eligible applicants must be receiving Pell grant funding and planning to study abroad in one country for at least one month in a for-credit study abroad program organized by an accredited U.S. educational institution. Students may not study abroad in Cuba or countries on the U.S. Department of State's Travel Warning list.
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Institute of International Education, Gilman International Scholarship Program
1800 West Loop South, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77027
713-621-6300
iie.org
The U.S. National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows (FICRS-F) program funds U.S.-based students at the graduate level in their endeavors to conduct research with their fellow researchers in developing countries. The program makes awards of $25,000 per year and offers funding for a one-year period, including an orientation and a 10-month overseas research training period. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the U.S. and enrolled in a U.S.-based medical or doctoral program. Post-doctoral students in continuing education programs such as fellowships and residencies may also apply. Successful applicants will have established mentors, excellent qualifications and a great deal of potential. Knowledge of a foreign language may be helpful, depending on the researcher's destination. The program funds 25 to 30 fellowships each year.
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive - MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-402-6112
fic.nih.gov
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds travel grants designed for journalists, writers, photographers, filmmakers and radio producers. Freelance and staff journalists, as well as students at qualified universities, may also apply for the grants. Projects incorporating multimedia are especially encouraged. Travel grant amounts reach a maximum of $20,000, but most range from $2,000 to $10,000. The Center intends travel grants to fund travel costs for globally important reporting efforts and especially hopes to fund those projects focusing on issues that the American media does not represent adequately. The center pays half of the grant prior to travel and half following the generation and submission of the funded media. Successful projects should incorporate a distribution plan showing that the appropriate industry players have an interest in ensuring that the work will be widely disseminated.
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
1779 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest #615
Washington, DC 20036
202-332-0982
pulitzercenter.org