Founded under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 this 
congressionally-funded program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of 
State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the 
Institute of International Education. The Gilman Scholarship Program 
broadens the student population that studies abroad by supporting 
undergraduates who have been traditionally underrepresented in US study 
abroad and those with high financial need. The program aims to encourage 
students to choose nontraditional study abroad destinations, especially 
those outside of Western Europe and Australia and aims to support students 
who have been traditionally underrepresented in study abroad. This 
includes but is not limited to, students with high financial need, 
community college students, students in underrepresented fields such as 
the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, 
students with disabilities, and students of nontraditional age. The 
program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year 
and four-year public and private institutions from all 50 states.

The Gilman Scholarship provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen 
undergraduate students at two- and four-year institutions to pursue 
country-based undergraduate opportunities abroad of up to one academic 
year. To be eligible students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at 
the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country 
currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba. For 
more information, full eligibility criteria and the online application 
please access the Gilman Program website at http://www.iie.org/gilman or contact 
the Gilman office directly.

NEW APPLICATION DEADLINES:

Fall Term/Academic Year Programs -- April 15

Spring Term/Calendar Year Programs --September 22
 

 Please feel free to contact the Gilman Program office with any questions or inquiries.

Interested students should contact

The Office of International Programs, 

Dr. Richard Bennett, 

Ph: 678 915-7443 

Email:  rbennett@spsu.edu