Scholarships Page

Scholarships Page

FINANCIAL AID & SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY ABROAD

GENERAL FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION FOR STUDY ABROAD

Click the link above to learn how to apply your financial aid to a study abroad program. 

STUDY ABROAD OFFICE GRANTS

Click the link above to learn about the grants offered through the Study Abroad Office. 

 

MORE ROWAN SCHOLARSHIPS TO CONSIDER

     ROWAN FOUNDATION STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS 

  • The Study Abroad Scholarship offers $1800 to help a Rowan student from any major study abroad in any country in Fall and/or Spring. Applicants must have a minimum 3.4 GPA. Preference will be given to students who study abroad in non-English speaking countries. Click the following link to begin the application process: 

    https://sites.rowan.edu/financial-aid/paying-for-college/scholarships/continuing-students.html 

  • ​The Dr. Kenneth Baird Charlesworth Scholarship offers $3700 to help a Rowan student from any major study in Scotland (ISA offers programs to Glasgow and Stirling and World Endeavors offers a program in Edinburgh) for Fall and/or Spring. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0.​

 

     DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGES SCHOLARSHIP OFFERINGS

     Erika Freiberger Memorial Scholarship for World Language Students

Eligibility:

  1. This scholarship is intended for full-time students enrolled in major, minor or certificate programs offered by the Department of World Languages.
  2. The student's overall GPA and the GPA in the language program must be at least 3.0.
  3. The student must have completed, or have language experience equivalent to, 4 semesters in the language of the country in which the stay will occur.

Scholarship Awarded: $500 

Term: Summer, Fall and/or Spring 

The Josefina and Enrique Pujals Study Abroad Scholarship

Eligibility:

  1. This scholarship is intended for Spanish Majors, Modern Languages & Linguistics Majors, Spanish Minors, and students of the Applied Spanish Program Sequence.
  2. The student's overall GPA must be at least 3.0.
  3. The student must be of Junior or Senior standing.

Term: Spring 2025

Rosemary Geri Scholarship

 Eligibility:
  1. This scholarship is intended for full-time Majors in Spanish and Modern Languages & Linguistics.
  2. The student's overall GPA must be at least 3.25.
  3. The student must be of Junior or Senior standing.
  4. Preference will be given to lower-income applicants with financial need

Term: Spring 2025

Raymond Geraci Endowed Scholarship

1. The student must be a full-time matriculated undergraduate student at Rowan University who has declared one of the three Italian programs available at Rowan:

  • Certificate of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Italian
  • Major in Modern Languages and Linguistics (MLL) with Concentration in Italian
  • Minor in Italian Studies

2. The student must have completed at least Elementary Italian II, or be enrolled in Elementary Italian II at the time of application.

3. The student must have an overall minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2. The student’s GPA in Italian courses will also be considered as a criterium of selection.

4. If the scholarship is used towards a Rowan study abroad program to Italy, the scholarship recipient commits to write a short paper and give a talk about the travel abroad experience to the students studying Italian within the World Languages department.

5. Preference will be given to a student with demonstrated financial need.

Terms: Spring 2025

 

OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIPS

 Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship - up to $5,000!

The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply.
 
Boren Scholarship - up to $12,000 for a semester program!
The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture abroad by U.S. undergraduate or graduate students. In addition to these basic eligibility criteria, the Boren Awards give preference to programs based on their duration, focus on intensive study of a preferred language in a preferred country, and the applicant’s field of study.
 
FEA invests in promising students with financial need who wish to study abroad. Potential applicants who meet our eligibility requirements may participate on any international education program that meets their academic objectives. Scholarships range from $1,250 – $10,000 and can be applied for programs that run for at least 28 days.