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Book time with Lara Kusnetzky here
Book time with David Schug here
LARA R KUSNETZKY, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
National and International Scholarships Program
Illini Union Bookstore Building, 5th Floor
807 S. Wright St, Suite 520 | M/C 317
Champaign, IL 61820
217.333.4710 | topscholars@illinois.edu
topscholars.illinois.edu/
Here is a list of the summer faculty-led study abroad programs that are open to students in all majors across campus. Please forward this information to any of your students who might be interested!
Each program page is linked below and can be found in the My Study Abroad system. Students are also eligible to apply for campus, college-wide, and national + international scholarships.
Speaking of scholarships… we are also hosting a study abroad scholarship workshop on Wednesday, January 24 at 4 pm in the Funk ACES Library Monsanto Room (lower level) to help students identify funding opportunities and learn how to write competitive essays. This is for all students across campus. A flier is attached!
Open Summer Faculty-led Programs:
In addition to these faculty-led programs, there are also full summer and fall semester programs that students can apply to in My Study Abroad. Those program deadlines are also coming up in February. Another announcement will be sent out with more info and events for these programs, so stay tuned!
Thank you for your support of these international experiences, and please let us know if you have any questions.
Illinois Education Abroad Community
Kevin T. Early Memorial Scholarship
$2,000 Poetry Award
For Freshmen
Deadline: Friday, February 9, 2024
We just opened submissions for the 2023-2024 academic year’s Kevin T. Early Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is made possible from an endowment by William and Donna Early in memory of their son, a poet, Kevin T. Early. It awards $2000 to a student with freshman standing at UIUC for the 2023-2024 school year. The deadline for application is Friday, February 9, 2024.
For consideration, students must submit 5 poems via email to me at: Jdudek4@illinois.edu. The complete submission should not exceed 5 pages (so 1 poem to a page). Submissions should be attached to the email as .docx (Word) files.
The subject line of the email should read: “EARLY PRIZE SUBMISSION: Last name.”
The body of the email should include the student’s name, address, phone number, e-mail, UIN, and the titles of the poems. The name should not appear on the entry file itself. Complete guidelines are included in the attached document.
If you have any questions, please email me at Jdudek4@illinois.edu
Dance Partners Dance Project Award:
Mary Elizabeth Hamstrom / Patricia Knowles Graduate Travel Award
Undergraduate and graduate students studying less commonly taught languages (any language other than French, German, and Spanish) are encouraged to apply for a Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for summer 2024 and/or academic year 2024-25. Applicants need to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. To learn more, attend one of the upcoming info sessions. There will be a Zoom info session on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 4 P.M. (register here) and an in-person info session on Monday, Dec. 4 at 4 P.M. in Gregory Hall 205 (no registration required).
How much are the tuition support and stipend amounts?
What do I need to apply?
First, you will need to decide which language you would like to apply for. Please note that undergraduate applicants are required to have studied the language for at least one year by the time their fellowship period starts. For example, if you are currently taking first-year Arabic, you are eligible to apply now for a summer 2024 or academic-year 2024-25 FLAS to study second-year Arabic. Graduate students may apply for FLAS to study a language at the first-year level. The application requires a brief statement of purpose, two recommendation letters, and a transcript, in addition to an application form, which will be available starting Nov. 28.
When is the application due?
Applications are due Friday, January 26, 2024.
What is required from FLAS fellows?
Academic year FLAS fellows are required to be enrolled full-time and to take a language course and an area studies course each semester. Summer FLAS fellows are required to enroll in a language program that provides the equivalent of one year of language study.
Can I use FLAS to study abroad?
Yes!
For more information, visit the FLAS website.
FRED S. BAILEY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
This scholarship awards students committed to social justice, service, and action. Recipients of the undergraduate awards will receive $4,000 for the 2023-2024 school year. Deadlines are in February.
Click here for more information.
This center has a list of scholarship funds application dates
Click here for more information.
Are you interested in studying abroad, and searching for funding?
The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of $5,000 (plus up to a $3,000 supplement for critical language study) for U.S. citizen undergraduate students to pursue summer, semester, or academic-year study abroad opportunities in other countries. This is a need-based award, and to be eligible, you must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant.
The National and International Scholarships Program will assist in reviewing your scholarship application material. In fact, we welcome the opportunity to help make your application more competitive! To get you started, we are offering two days of informational events about the Gilman Scholarship.
Gilman International Scholarship Information Session
When: Thursday, February 2, 2023 03:30 – 4:30 PM Central Time
Where: 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
ONLINE Gilman Scholarship Information Session
When: Friday, February 3, 2023 9:00 – 10:00 AM Central Time
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvf-uqqj0iH9O8wDFZe-YcHpOQbRWqDyMr
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Gilman International Scholarship Writing Workshop
When: February 3, 2023 03:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
Where: 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
Do research with impact this summer!
Spend your summer conducting research that makes an impact on our local community through the Community-Academic Scholars Program. Scholars from disciplines across campus work on a research project designed to directly benefit the community. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply to this interdisciplinary program. Selected students receive training, support, and a $4K stipend during the 10-week summer program. Learn more and apply by Feb. 6: go.illinois.edu/community-academicscholars
The Summer 2023 Community-Academic Scholar application period is now open. We have opportunities that may be of interest to students who are passionate about working toward solutions to many of the challenges facing our local and regional communities: mental and physical health, poverty, health disparities, and our society’s urgent need for racial and social justice. Please consider sharing the information below with undergraduate students in your networks.
We cannot stress enough that this program is truly open to all majors. Some of the best work comes out of the interdisciplinary collaboration that occurs between students and academic mentors from different fields!
Freshmen and sophomores,
Do you want to study in the United Kingdom this summer for free? The Fulbright UK Summer Institutes offer five programs for this upcoming summer:
The Summer Institutes cover the majority of the participant costs (round-trip airfare from the US to the UK, tuition and fees at the university, room and board, and social programs). Students must be US citizen freshmen or sophomores with a GPA of 3.7 or above.
The National and International Scholarship Program will be hosting an information session for high-achieving freshman and sophomore students to learn about the Fulbright UK Summer Institutes. The information session will take place Thursday, January 12th from 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Use this link to register in advance.
Please direct any questions to topscholars@illinois.edu.
