The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is pleased to announce the summer 2015 early application awards offered. Selection panelists from various colleges and universities across the nation met at the IIE office in Houston, Texas to review over 300 applications for the inaugural early summer application cycle. More than 100 outstanding students were selected to receive the scholarship to attend study abroad programs and career-oriented internships for academic credit in countries all around the world. To view a list of selected Gilman Scholarship recipients, please visit www.iie.org/gilman. 

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is a congressionally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) through IIE’s office in Houston, Texas. The Gilman Scholarship Program offers grants of up to USD 5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students of high financial need participating in a study abroad program or international internship eligible for academic credit. Students studying a critical need language could be eligible to receive a grant of up to USD 8,000. 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 unique and valuable opportunities due to financial constraints.