The U.S. Department of State’s Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce the awards offered to U.S. undergraduates for the spring 2015 term. Notifications have been sent via email to all applicants. The Gilman Scholarship Program received more than 2,700 applications and over 800 outstanding students were offered awards to study abroad and participate in career-oriented internships eligible for academic credit in countries all around the world starting this spring. We would like to send a special thank you to the selection panelists from around the U.S. who came to the Institute of International Education’s Houston office to review the applications, and to all the educators who continue to support their students and education abroad.  

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is a congressionally funded program sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Gilman Scholarship Program offers U.S. undergraduate students of high financial need grants of up to $5,000 to participate in a study abroad program or career-oriented international internships eligible for academic credit. Students studying a critical need language could be eligible to receive an $8,000 grant. The Gilman Program aims to diversify the kinds of students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go by supporting U.S. undergraduates who might otherwise not consider these opportunities due to financial constraints.