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Financial Aid/Study Abroad

 

It is important for you to establish and maintain communication with the Financial Aid Office, the main office to assist you with the financial aspects of your study abroad. Please contact the Director of Financial Aid, Bruce Blackmon, and make an appointment with him to go over your individual financial aid package.

If you receive a merit scholarship from UNCP, it is highly likely that you will be allowed to use your scholarship for study abroad and we encourage you to verify that funds may be applied to study abroad. If you receive a scholarship from a private source please verify with the source as well.

Semester/Year-Long Study Abroad

Generally your scholarships, grants, and loans may be used for semester and year-long study abroad (full time standing, minimum 12 credit hours). Please verify with the Director of Financial Aid, Bruce Blackmon, how your individual awards may apply.

Summer Sessions/Faculty Led Programs

In order to qualify for financial aid in the summer you must be registered for a minimum of 6 credit hours (and receive grades of 'C' or higher).

Scholarships

There are a growing number of study abroad scholarships that are attached to specific programs, or are national in scope. For online access to additional scholarship information, click here.

Study Abroad Scholarships/Grants:

• -Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Awards for Undergraduate Study Abroad. Students must be receiving Pell Grant at time of application. This program encourages students to choose non-traditional study abroad destinations, especially those outside Western Europe. Up to $5,000 grants. For more information: www.iie.org/gilman.
  
  
• Boren Awards for International Study. Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.
  
  

  Boren Scholars study less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. For a complete list of languages, click here.
  
  

  Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their study abroad program, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined.  NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.Deadline to apply: February 11, 2010.
  
  

• NSF Central Europe Summer Research Institute (CESRI)
  Eligible Fields of Study
  Biology
  Chemistry
  Computer Sciences/Technology
  Engineering
  Environment/Conservation
  Mathematics
  
  Participating Countries/Territories
  Austria
  Czech Republic
  Germany
  Hungary
  Poland
  Slovak Republic
  
  Award Benefits
  · $3,000 fellowship award
  · Round-trip international airfare to Central Europe
  · Living costs (room and board) for 8 weeks
  · Health and accident insurance
  · One-week academic and cultural orientation in Budapest, Hungary
  
  For more information on CESRI, click here.
  

• -Global Village Program. Yonsei University at Wonju (Korea). The student has to be a full time undergraduate student, good academic records and recommendation letters from the academic advisor and director of the international programs. Students are required to attend and contribute to weekly Mutual Mentoring Sessions and Team Meetings in order to receive their weekly stipend. Up to $3,000 stipend. For more information: http://web.yonsei.ac.kr/global/index.htm
  
  
• -Baden-Württemberg Scholarship. Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg University (Germany). To be eligible: You must be a registered full-time UNCP student, have completed at least two semesters (30 credits) of study before planned study abroad, and be a student of subjects taught at Ludwigsburg. Scholarship amount varies. For more information: http://www.uncp.edu/ip/abroad/ludwigsburg_germany.html?id=68&L=1
  
• Maynor Honors College Study Abroad Scholarship.Part of the Maynor Gift has been set aside to support undergraduate study abroad opportunities. These scholarships are open to any UNCP student in good standing, though preference will be given to members of the Maynor Honors College. (Temporarily Suspended).

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