Funding

Fee Based Program: Study abroad enrollment and billing can be confusing for students and families.  Here is a summary of the timeline and process of what can be expected for IPE Programs that are fee based programs.  A fee based program is defined as one where students are not charged U-M tuition for the term; instead, students pay a program fee via the UM payment system and that fee typically covers courses, and other inclusions listed on the program M-Compass page.

Exchange Programs:  Study abroad enrollment and billing can be confusing for students and families.  Here is a summary of the timeline and process of what can be expected for IPE Programs that are Michigan Engineering Exchange Partners.  An exchange based program is defined as one where students are charged U-M tuition as if they were on campus in Ann Arbor.  The amount of tuition is determined by a student’s in-state/out-of-state and lower/upper-division status.  Study abroad tuition will be billed directly to U-M student accounts.

Most UM-awarded financial aid—grants, scholarships, loans—may be used toward the cost of study abroad programs. Speak with an advisor in the Office of Financial Aid to determine what kind of financial aid funding you will receive for an IPE program. (And what might be available for Beyond UM programs).

• Office of Financial Aid Contact Information
• Office of Financial Aid Study Abroad Scholarships
• Office of Financial Aid Scholarships

CoE Go Global Fund 

• For CoE undergraduate students on IPE study abroad programs. No application necessary. 

OSA First-Generation Undergraduate Experiential Learning Funding

• For CoE undergraduate First Generation students.

OSA Scholarships Office

• If you are a CoE undergraduate or graduate student who receives Financial Aid, contact this office to inquire about any available funding for your specific international experience.

Student Organizations & Groups Funding through OSA

• For CoE undergraduate or graduate students leading a student organization abroad and looking for funding to support your group’s experience.

Individual Student Funding through OSA

• For CoE undergraduate or graduate students who are individually participating in a co-curricular experience abroad (an experience that does not yield academic credit).

Rogel Scholarship

• College of Engineering undergraduate students in good academic standing admitted to the College of Engineering’s UM-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute program are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to students with no prior international travel experience and students who have not traveled to or lived in China. 

Ashwin Krishna NUSIP Memorial Scholarship

• This scholarship is available to a University of Michigan student, who is going to take part in NUSIP-Nagoya University Summer Intensive Program in Automotive Technology (single award of US$1,000).  

Engineering International Internship Scholarship

• For CoE undergraduate students planning an international internship experience.

IPE Abroad Blog Paid Positions

• For CoE undergraduate students participating on an IPE study abroad program, who have an interest in sharing their stories from abroad. 

Home Departments

• CoE graduate students should inquire with their home department about any available funding to support their international experience.

• U-M Funding for Study Abroad: List of  U-M offices offering funding and U-M-specific scholarships
• Raoul Wallenberg International Summer Travel Award: For U-M Ann Arbor students taking part in community service or civic participation domestically and abroad
• Mary Sue & Kenneth Coleman Global Experiences Scholarship:  For U-M students participating in overseas experiences

Gilman

• The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, thereby gaining skills critical to our national security and economic competitiveness.
• The Gilman Scholarship Program is open to U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide.

Boren

• The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture abroad by U.S. undergraduate or graduate students. All eligible applicants have the option to either apply for a Regional Flagship Language Initiative or select/design their own study program.

Diversity Abroad

• The DiversityAbroad.com Overseas Ambassador Scholarship was formerly known as the DiversityAbroad.com/AIFS Blogging Scholarship. Diversity Abroad, in cooperation with the AIFS Foundation, will offer $500 scholarships for fall and spring semesters as well as summer term. Five scholarships are available for each semester and two scholarships are available for summer. Students going abroad for the full fall, spring or summer terms are eligible to apply. Economically disadvantaged students, first-generation, students with disabilities and ethnic and racially diverse students are strongly encouraged to apply.

FEA Scholarship

• The Fund for Education Abroad (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.

IIE Generation Study Abroad Travel Grants

• IIE Generation Study Abroad Travel Grants were made available for U.S. students from a broad range of backgrounds to make it possible for them to participate in academic, internship or service-learning experiences abroad. With the goal to diversify study abroad and to encourage students to go abroad who would otherwise not participate in an international experience as part of their college education, a cohort of exceptional undergraduate students were selected, with consideration given to the following factors: financial need; status as first-generation college students; status as members of underrepresented racial/ethnic/gender groups; disabilities; and the lack of experience with travel abroad.

JASSO

• JASSO offers scholarship for qualified international students who are accepted by a Japanese university, graduate school, junior college, college of technology 3rd grade or upper or professional training college hereinafter referred to as “Japanese school” under a student exchange agreement or other student exchange arrangement on a short-term basis from 8 days to one year between Japanese school and their home higher educational institution outside Japan hereinafter referred to as “home school”.

DAAD Undergraduate Scholarships

• The DAAD’s scholarship database contains numerous scholarship offers for study or teaching visits and research projects in Germany.

Bridging Scholarships for Study Abroad in Japan

• The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations, through donations to the nonprofit US-Japan Bridging Foundation, makes it possible to award about 100 scholarships each year to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year. Applications are accepted twice a year for Bridging Scholarships.

Education New Zealand Study Abroad Travel Awards

• Generation Study Abroad students come to New Zealand for a great education and an incredible adventure. It’s a place where learning is personalized and easily tailored, where independent thought is welcomed and innovation is encouraged.

Freeman-Asia Scholarship

• Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA) provides scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia.

LGBTQI Rainbow Scholarship

• The Rainbow Scholarship awards deserving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) students who aim to participate in high-quality, rigorous education abroad programs. To be considered for the Rainbow Scholarship, applicants must self-identify on the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarship application.

Rotary Foundation Scholarships

• The Rotary Foundation and clubs invest in our future leaders and philanthropists by funding scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study.

Go Overseas Study and Intern Abroad Scholarships

• We Believe Going Overseas Changes Lives. That’s Why We Give Away $100,000 in Scholarships Every Year. Programs and community reviews aren’t the only things we offer here on Go! We are also a scholarship resource. We want to help as many people as possible travel abroad and experience a new culture — you included.

BUTEX North American Scholarships

• Each year BUTEX awards a number of scholarships to students studying abroad for either a semester or for a whole academic year in the UK.
• The value of each scholarship is £500 and will be paid to the winners once they have arrived and registered at their host university.

Golden Key Study Abroad Scholarships

• Scholarships for Members
• Apply for some of the world’s top scholarships, grants and travel opportunities for researchers, graduates and for professional development.

Phi Kappa Phi Society Study Abroad Grants

• Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Seventy-five $1,000 grants are awarded each year.
• Applicants do not have to be Society members but must attend an institution with an active Phi Kappa Phi chapter.

Scott’s Cheap Flights Study Abroad Scholarship

• Earn a $1,000 study abroad scholarship
• Many of the Scott’s Cheap Flights team members had their first international travel experience when they studied abroad. We’d like to give others this same opportunity.

Additional Search Engines

• Money Geek Study Abroad Scholarship Search Engine
• U-M Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships