Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

Photo of a Gilman Program participant from University of California at Irvine in Vietnam.
Gilman Program participant from University of California at Irvine in Vietnam.

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program provides scholarships to U.S. undergraduates with financial need for study abroad, including students from diverse backgrounds and students going to non-traditional study abroad destinations.  Established under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, Gilman Scholarships provide up to $5,000 for American students to pursue overseas study for college credit.

Students studying critical need languages are eligible for up to $3,000 in additional funding as part of the Gilman Critical Need Language Supplement program.


Critical Need Languages Include:

  • Arabic

  • Chinese

  • Korean

  • Russian

  • Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)

  • Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)

  • Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujurati, Sindhi)

For eligibility details, an application form, and further information, please check the program website at http://www.iie.org/gilman/.