Career Center Resources




Region:

Asia
Australia
Belgium
Eastern Europe, Russia
France
Germany/Switzerland
Greece
Italy
Jerusalem
Mexico, Central/South America, Caribbean
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom and Ireland
General Study Abroad Links

 

Asia

Raccoon's Association Home Page : Available to those students interested in studying in Japan. This website gives links to specific organizations sponsoring scholarships based on specific criteria. Search their page to find the one that suites you best.
Joint Japan/World Band Graduate Scholarship : Applicants must be nationals of a World Bank member country with an undergraduate degree with strong economic content.
East-West Center Scholarship : For those interested in understanding and promoting better relations between the US and the nations of Asia and the Pacific.
Asian Cultural Council : A variety of graduate fellowships are available through the Asian Cultural Council. Applicants must be US citizens.
Kobe College Corporation Graduate Fellowship Program : Available to graduate students interested in studying in Japan. Applicants must have a record of teaching effectively about Japan or show promise to do so.
Fullbright Full Grants : For candidates interested in researching in Korea. Candidates with some knowledge of Korean are preferred. For more information visit: www.iie.org
Education Research and Study in Japan : For teaching us about Japan. Offers fellowships to graduate students looking to study in Japan. For more information contact:

Kobe College Corporation Graduate Fellowship Program
2201 north Dodge Street
P.O. Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Tel: 319-337-1650 Fax: 319-337-1200

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Australia


Detya Education Scholarships : Available to students interested in postgraduate studies in Australia. Includes research fellowships and scholarships. Additional links to other scholarship sites are included as well as scholarships available for specific Australian Universities.
Australearn : For students interested in studying in Australia.

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Belgium

Flemish Community Graduate Fellowships : Available to US citizens who wish to study for a year in Flanders, Belgium. For more information contact:

Flemish Community
c/o Embassy of Belgium
3330 Garfield Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202-625-5850/Fax: 202-342-8346

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Eastern Europe, Russia

Kosciuszko Foundation : For American graduate students to study or research in Poland. Must possess a working knowledge of Polish.
International Research and Exchanges Board : Applicants must be citizens of either the US or Russia and be proficient in the host country's language.
Argonne National Laboratory and the US Department of Energy: Nuclear Nonproliferation Graduate Program : For students interested in studying nuclear nonproliferation in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine or Washington DC Must have written and oral skills in Russian and English. For more information visit: www.dep.anl.gov
American Council of Learned Societies : Available to US citizens interested in the social sciences and humanities relating to Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the former Yugoslavia.
National Research Council : Supports scholars to travel to Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union to conduct research related to "Governance in Post-Communist Societies." For more information visit:

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France

Chateaubriand Scholarship Program : Available to US citizens enrolled in a postgraduate program at an American University. For more information visit: www.ambafrance-us.org or email: chateaubriand@frenchculture.org
French Culture Listing : A site that lists various scholarships for study abroad in France.
Society for French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid : Scholarship offered to those seeking a Masters or Ph.D. in French Cinema. For more information visit: www.frenchculture.org or email: info@facsea.org
French Ministry of Education : For teaching assistant positions in France. Must have a French Major. For more information visit: www.frenchculture.org or email assistant@frenchculture.org
Fulbright Full Grant : Available to those graduate students looking to study abroad in France. For more information visit: www.iie.org/
Camargo Foundation : For those interested in studying in Cassis, France. Candidates interested in the visual arts, photography, film making, video arts, music composition, and writing are encouraged to apply.
Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship : Available to US citizens looking to study fine arts or music at a French school or music conservatory. For more information visit: http://www.feusa.org/index.php?page=harriet

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Germany/Switzerland

German Academic Exchange Service : Available to any students interested in studying in Germany. For additional information visit their website at: http://www.daad.de/en/index.html / or email them at: postmaster@daad.de.
The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program : Available to Americans wishing to study in Germany in the following areas: political, economic, and cultural environment of the European Union and Germany in particular. For more information visit: www.cdsintl.org/rbffprogram.html or email: info@cdsintl.org
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation : Available to US Citizens interested in fostering a close relationship between the US and Germany. For more information visit: www.humboldt-foundation.de or email avh@bellatlantic.net
DAAD : Offers a wide variety of scholarships depending on nationality and particular interest.
Fulbright Full Grants : Available to graduate students looking to study in Germany. Students in the following fields are encouraged to apply: engineering; law and business; natural, life, and environmental sciences; media and communications; and social sciences. For more information visit: http://www.iie.org/
Graduate Study Program at the United Nations Office at Geneva : A summer program focusing on the issues relating to environment, development human rights, and humanitarian affairs, deepening the student's knowledge of the United Nations system. Candidates must have good knowledge of English/French. For more information contact:

United Nations Information Centre
1775 K St., NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202 331 8670 ext. 110/ Fax: 202 331 9191
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Greece

American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) : For graduate students looking to study classical and ancient Mediterranean studies. Applicants must be able to read French, German, ancient Greek and Latin as well as modern Greek and Italian. Summer and advanced study programs are available.

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Italy

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : Peggy Guggenheim Scholarship Program: Enables graduate students to train for three months in Venice. Applicants must be enrolled as full time graduate students in programs in the arts.
Lemmermann Foundation : Available to students interested in studying in Rome and researching Rome and the Roman culture from the Pre-Roman to present day. Students who have studied in the following areas are encouraged to apply: literature, archaeology, or the history of art. For more information visit: http://lemmermann.nexus.it/ or email lemmermann@mail.nexus.it
Fulbright Full Grants : 20 Grants are available and vary upon area of study. Preference will be given to graduating seniors looking for graduate study and research abroad. For more information visit: www.iie.org
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection Internship Program Venice : For those graduate students interested in gaining practical experience of museology and familiarity with an important collection of modern art. Students interested must have majored in art, art history, or related areas.
Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici : Available to graduates, post-graduates, and professionals interested in Prehistoric and Tribal Art. Must have knowledge of French, Italian, or Spanish. For more information you must contact them via mail, fax, or phone.

Centro Camuno DI Studi Preistorici
Capo DI Ponte 25044 ITALY
Tel: 39-364-42091 Fax: 39-364-42572

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Jerusalem

The Shalem Graduate Fellowships : Available to graduate students looking to pursue an independent research project in diverse areas of Jewish national life at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. Applicants must complete a brief application and furnish a writing sample, photograph and a $40 application fee.

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Mexico, Central/South America, Caribbean

Organization of American States : PRA Fellowships: Available to graduate students from the West Indies, South and Central America, and the US
Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) : Candidates must be journalists, or journalism school seniors and graduates. Students must have completed the degree before starting the scholarship. For more information visit: www.sipiapa.com/otheractivities/scholarships.cfm
Geological Society of America : Provides partial support for master's and doctoral thesis research by graduate students in the US, Canada, Mexico and Central America. For more information contact:

Research Grants and Awards Administrator
Geological Society of America
PO Box 9140
Boulder, CO 80301-9140
Tel: 303-447-2020 ext. 137/ Fax: 303-447-1133

Fulbright/Garcia Robles Grants : Applicants must be proficient in writing and speaking Spanish at the time of application. A minimum GPA of 3.5 is required. For more information visit: www.iie.org

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Spain

Blanca Amelia Fernandez Internship : Available to recent graduates in teacher education. For more information email: interschoolsasturias@servicom.ei Or Fax: 34-8-524-3654 International Council on Education and Development : Fellowships available to those interested in teaching English as a Second Language/Foreign Language.
Contact Information:


International Council on Education and Development
CCI Gran via 66
Madrid 28013 SPAIN
Tel: 212-866-7488; 34-1-541-3902
Fax: 212-866-7334; 34-1-541-2801

Fulbright Full Grants : Grants are available to those graduate students looking to study in Spain. Applicants must be capable of working independently without supervision. For more information visit: www.iie.org

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Sweden

Bicentennial Swedish-American Exchange Fund : Available to American citizens with well-developed projects in the fields of politics, public administration, mass media, business and industry, working life, human environment, education and culture to study in Sweden. For more information visit: www.swedeninfo.com

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United Kingdom and Ireland

The British Council : Available to those students interested in studying in the United Kingdom. For more information visit their website at: www.britishcouncil-usa.org / or email them at: Study.UK@BC-WashingtonDC.Sprint.Com or enquiries@bc-washingtondc.bcouncil.org
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship : Available to those students accepted into Cambridge through their regular application process. These students must study at Cambridge to be eligible for the scholarship.
Marshall Scholarship : Available to American undergraduate and graduate students looking to study abroad at a British University. Students are required to have a minimum GPA Of 3.7. Rhodes Scholarship : Available to American undergraduate students looking to study abroad at Oxford University. Students must be nominated by their respective college or university.
Mak Scholarship : Available to any student interested in studying at Abbey College. For more information visit: www.brithishcouncil.org/eis/profiles and search under Abbey College.
US-Ireland Alliance : Offers scholarships for those graduate students interested in acquiring a master's degree while studying abroad in Ireland.
Overseas Research Students Award Scheme : Available to overseas postgraduate students of outstanding merit and research potential. For a list of the institutions where the award is available and further application information visit their website at: http://www.orsas.ac.uk/
Awards for Research Programs Queens University : Must be enrolled full time at Queens University in Belfast. For more information visit www.qub.ac.uk/prospectus-pg/pfour.htm . Direct application forms can be accessed from the following site: www.qub.ac.uk/pao/applfun.htm
DENI Postgraduate Research Studentships : Offered in the following subject areas for students attending Queens University: science and technology; information technology; the natural environment; the social sciences; the humanities. For more information visit: www.qub.ac.uk/prospectus-pg/pfour.htm Direct application forms can be accessed from the following site: www.qub.ac.uk/pao/applfun.htm
DENI Co-Operative Awards in Science and Technology (CAST Awards) : Support students working on research projects in collaboration with an industrial sponsor. For those students attending Queens University only. For more information visit: www.qub.ac.uk/prospectus-pg/pfour.htm . Direct application forms can be accessed from the following site: www.qub.ac.uk/pao/applfun.htm
Henri Frankfort Fellowship at the Warburg Institute : Available to students interested in studying in the following areas: the intellectual and cultural history of the ancient Near East, with particular reference to society, art, architecture, religion, philosophy and science; the relations between the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Aegean, and their influence on later civilizations. For more information visit: http://www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
Albin Salton Fellowship at the Warburg Institute : Available to younger scholars interested in pursuing research into cultural contacts between Europe, the East, and the New World in the late medieval, Renaissance and early modern periods. For more information visit: www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
Sophia Trust Fellowship at the Warburg Institute : For those graduate students interested in the history of Astrology. For more information visit: www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
NORD/LB Warburg-Wolfenbuttel Fellowship : Available to scholars interested in research of cultural and intellectual history of early modern Europe. For more information visit: www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
University of Leeds Scholarship : For those students who are not currently enrolled in Leeds who are interested in attending Leeds to pursue a masters or research degree.
US-UK Fulbright Commission : Available to all students outside the UK pursuing a masters degree. For more information visit: www.iie.org/cgi-bin/george/point.pl . This site provides a list of Fulbright scholarships that are of specific fields or areas of interest.
University of London-School of Oriental and African Studies Research Fellowship : Candidates must have a good honours degree of a UK university or equivalent qualification. Must apply for a research degree at SOAS. Fellowship leads to PhD in the following languages and cultures: East Asia, South East Asia, South Asia, Near and Middle East, Africa. For more information contact:

The Registrar (BU)
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street
Russel Square
London WC1H OXG
University Ph: 0171-637-2388 Registrar
Fax:0171-436-4211


Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship : Available to US citizens with a B.A. or a B.S. between the ages of 19 and 26. Field of study: Primarily physical, biological and applied sciences.
National Maritime Museum-Carid Short Term Research Fellowship : Available to grad students, scholars or professionals residing at great distance from Greenwich. Research would involve the history and future of Britain and the sea. For more information visit: www.nmm.ac.uk or email: research@nmm.ac.uk
Interchange Fellowship and Martin McLaren Scholarship : Available to students who have a BA or BS in one of the following fields: horticulture, botany, landscape architecture or a related field. For American students to study in the UK or British students to study in the US.

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General Study Abroad Links

The Learning Abroad Center's External Scholarship Database allows you to search for funding and scholarship opportunities. For more information visit: http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/financial/scholarships/
Cornell University Fellowship Notebook : Provides a large number of fellowships and scholarships, most of which are available for non-Cornell students. For more information visit: www.cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN
Geological Society of America Research Grants : Available to support masters and doctoral research work in the geological sciences in Canada, Central America, and Mexico. For more information contact:

Geological Society of America Research Grants
PO Box 9140
Boulder, CO 80301-1904
Tel: 303-447-2020 Fax: 303-447-1133

International Student Exchange Program : Funding is available to graduating seniors or graduate students majoring in science, engineering, or mathematics who are interested in learning how research is conducted in foreign country. Studies can be conducted in France, Germany, Japan, or Mexico. For more information email: bornstein@anl.gov
Metropolitan Museum of Art : Fellowship to study art history in Europe. Applicants must have completed at least one year of an advanced degree program.
Smithsonian Institution-Tropical Research Institute : For graduate students to conduct research in the tropics relating to tropical biology, ecology, behavior and evolution of terrestrial and marine plants and animals. For more information visit: http://www.stri.org/index.php
Rotary Foundation : 21 month long Master's programs focusing on furthering international friendliness, peace, and conflict resolution. Applicants must speak more than one language. Various locations all around the world.
Philips Academy World Teaching Fellowship : For graduate students and recent graduates in education to gain experience teaching overseas. Possible locations are Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Tanzania. Must be studying an education related field. For more information visit: www.andover.edu
National Security Education Program : Available to US graduate students to study the languages and cultures in regions critical to US security. (This excludes Western Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada) Applicants must demonstrate the significance of their research to global economic, political, and social issues affecting US national security. For more information visit: http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm
Human Studies Fellowship : Available to students to study in the US or abroad interested in classical libertarian tradition of individual rights and market economies. For more information visit: www.TheIHS.org
European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowship : Program for scientists to visit another laboratory with a view to applying a technique not available in the home laboratory. Must be studying Molecular Biology.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation : Available to those students interested in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the US Department of State. email: fafadmin@woodrow.org
Inter-American Development Bank : A summer internship program for graduate students to learn about IDB operations and acquire work experience at the professional level. Must be able to speak at least one, preferably two of the following languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Richard M. Weaver Fellowship : Applicants must write an essay based on the theme: "Education and a Free Society." Goal is to support graduate students looking to teach at the college level. Applicant is allowed to pick the school of their choice to study at (US or abroad).
USAID: WorldWID Fellows Program: Available to those graduate students interested in research of areas concerning USAID strategic concerns. Visit: http://www.usaid.gov/about/employment/fellows/index.html
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Hilla Rebay International Internship : For graduate students to train for nine months in Curatorial Departments at the Guggenheim in New, York, Bilbao, and Venice. Applicants must be enrolled as full time graduate students in the programs in the arts. Applicants also must be fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.
Archaeological Institute of America : Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship: Available to graduate students working on an individual project of a scholarly nature relating to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology. For U.S. and Canadian residents only.
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program : Available to those who demonstrate financial need to defray the costs of going abroad.
American Institute for Foreign Study : Available to undergraduates interested in studying abroad. Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
ASTA Scholarship Foundation : Available to student leaders in a Bachelor's, Masters, Doctoral, community college or travel school program.
Council on International Education Exchange : Many different scholarships are available through this site. Special scholarships for minorities and students interested in studying in Russia or China are also available here. For more information visit their website at: www.ciee.org or email them at info@ciee.org .
King Olav V Norwegian American Heritage Fund : Available to Norwegian students interested in studying American Heritage or American Studies or American students interested in studying Norwegian Heritage or Norwegian Studies. For more information email: fraternal@sofn.com
Youth for Understanding International Exchange (YFU) : Several scholarships funded by the United States, Finland, Germany, and Japan for use in the YFU programs. For more information visit their website at: www.yfu.org or email them at: pio@yfu.org
AustraLearn Scholarship Program : Available to undergraduate and graduate students looking to study abroad in Australia.
Council on International Educational Exchange : Offers possible scholarships for students in need of financial assistance to study abroad.
International Education Finance Corporation : Offers guidance and assistance to those students looking to study abroad. Talks about loan and financing options.
FinAid : Offers search assistance for students looking to study abroad. Helps students find loans and scholarships that suit their talents and special interests.
National Security Education Program : Offers scholarships to undergraduates interested in studying abroad.
International Education Financial Aid : Helps find scholarships for students based on field of interest and country of desired study.

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