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Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
Education Abroad Grant (Semester and Year-long programs)	$200-$2,850	Spring: October 26; Fall or year: March 29
Education Abroad Grant (Winter and Summer programs)	$200-$1,000	Winter: October 26; Summer: March 29
Hattie Johns and Helen Johns Fulton Endowed Scholarship	$150-$400	Spring: September 26; Fall/Year-long or Summer: January 25
Nick Lee Scholarship	$400	Spring: September 26; Fall/Year-long: January 25
Freeman-ASIA Scholarship	Up to $7,000 (Academic Year); $5,000 (fall/spring semester); $3,000 (summer)	April 7, 2024
Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship	$10,000 (Academic Year); $5,000 (fall/spring semester); prorated by no. of weeks, minimum $1,250 (summer)	Fall/Summer 2024/2025 Deadline: 7 February 2024
Boren Scholarship	Up to $20,000	Boren Fellowship: 25 January 2024, Boren Scholarship: 31 January 2024, Boren Awards funding may be applied to programs starting as early as June 1, 2024 or as late as March 5, 2025.
Critical Language Scholarships	All program costs	November 15, 2023 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time
Fulbright Scholarships	Full cost of study/research program, including airfare	Letter of intent due in late July and initial essays due in late August to the Fulbright Program Adviser (FPA), Catherine Nelson, at cnelson@nebrwesleyan.edu. Completed application due to the FPA in mid September.
Gilman Scholarship	Up to $5,000	Opens mid-January. Application deadline March 7, 2024.
Gilman-McCain Scholarship	Up to $5,000	Opens mid-January. Application deadline March 7, 2024.
Go Overseas Scholarships	varies	See Go Overseas website
Humanity in Action (HIA)	Fully funded	February 13 2022
ISEP Scholarships	varies	October 15 to study abroad for Spring. April 1 to study abroad in Fall or full-year.
CIEE Scholarships	varies	See CIEE website
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship	Up to $27,000	See Rotary website, usually the beginning of June
Rotary World Peace Scholarship	Full cost of two years master's degree	District deadlines are as early as March; check with the local club
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship	$1,000	See Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarship website

Germany
Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange	Full cost of one year in Germany	See Congress Bundestag website
DAAD	Varies	See DAAD website, most in January

Ireland
Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
Douglass-O’Connell Global Internship	Full program cost, airfare, housing, field trips and an academic course taught by CIEE	February 1, 2024

Italy
Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
ItaliaRail Scholarship	$1,000 and 3-day Italy Rail Pass	See ItaliaRail website

Japan
Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
ATJ Bridging (American Teachers of Japanese)	Up to $4,000	See ATJ website
JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization)	60,000 yen to 100,000 yen per month	April
JET Program	Full-time paid position, amount varies	Application deadline is usually in the middle of November for the following year’s JET program.
Toshizo Watanabe Scholarship	Amount varies, up to full cost of attendance	February 19, 2024 for Fall 2023 – Spring 2024
UM HEF Yamagata	Determined yearly	March 1

Scandinavia
Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
The Norden Club of Lincoln Foundation Scholarship/Grant	Up to $2,000	May 1, 2024

United Kingdom
Scholarship	Amount	Deadline
BUTEX	£500	Opens May/June 2024.
Davies-Jackson Scholarship	Full cost of study at St. John's College, University of Cambridge, including airfare	See Davies-Jackson website
Gates Cambridge Scholarship	Full cost of studying at Cambridge	Early October
Marshall Scholarship	Full cost of two years of undergraduate or graduate study leading to a British University degree, plus airfare	See Marshall website
Rhodes Scholarship	Full cost of two years of graduate study at Oxford, plus airfare	11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time on the first Wednesday of October each year
UK Summer Fulbright Scholarship	Round-trip airfare, tuition and fees at host institution, accommodation, and in some cases, a small daily allowance for meals	Beginning of February (Tentative)