The application is now closed for Spring and Summer (Early Application) 2018 Programs Abroad! Advisors certifications are due October 10 by 11:59 pm CDT. Advisors can log into their accounts here.
State Department and Education New Zealand Partnership Supports Gilman Scholars to New Zealand
Education New Zealand (ENZ) U.S. Department of State and Education New Zealand (ENZ) have each committed $50,000 over the next two years to support at least 10 additional Gilman Scholars will study abroad at New Zealand universities over the next two years.
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Congratulations Summer 2017 Awardees!
The Gilman Scholarship is proud to announce the Summer 2017 scholarships offered. Email notifications were sent on 4/20/2017.
State Department and Airbnb Partnership Allowing U.S. Gilman Scholars to Create Connections in China
With support from a new partnership with Airbnb, the U.S. Department of State sent additional U.S. undergraduate students to China this academic year to pursue studies. The selected students received scholarships through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, which enables undergraduates of limited financial means to study or intern abroad.
Gilman Awardees Take Flight
University of Delaware undergraduates Julian Jackson and Richard Egan have begun their first global experiences thanks to the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.
The Gilman Scholarship program, funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, awards competitive grants to students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad.
Jackson, a senior mass communication major and McNair Scholar, is currently studying abroad on a Winter Session program in Panama, where he is completing the final courses needed to graduate this spring with a minor in Spanish, in addition to two others in black American studies and journalism.
The Legacy of Benjamin A. Gilman
In 2000, two years before he left Congress, Benjamin A. Gilman worked with his colleagues to establish the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. This program has since provided over 19,000 scholarships to U.S. undergraduate students who receive Federal Pell grants.
The Gilman program has been a study abroad success story. African Americans participate in Gilman at three and a half times the national rate for study abroad overall, Hispanics at two and half times, and Asian Americans at double the rate. Reflecting the program’s encouragement of non-traditional study abroad destinations, 71 percent of Gilman Scholars study abroad outside of Western Europe, with China the most popular destination.
Report: Study Abroad Scholarship For Lower-Income Students Generates Broad Impact
For too long, study abroad opportunities have been out of reach for lower income students. Scholarships for such programs are limited, and participants aren’t able to work while participating. But new research on the U.S. State Department’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship highlights the value of having a study abroad experience, no matter your financial situation.
In 2015, 2,800 Gilman scholarships were awarded. Participants must meet similar requirements to Pell Grants, and both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Even as study abroad has expanded, programs have remained overwhelmingly white. The Gilman Evaluation Report covering the first 15 years of the scholarship’s existence points to success in diversifying which students have international experiences.
Gilman and Boren Scholar, Jeffrey Wood Interviews First Lady Michelle Obama in China
Jeffrey Wood, a Gilman and Boren scholar for the 2013-2014 academic year, interviewed First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, while in China. Wood participated in Discovery Education’s “Of the People: Live from the White House” online broadcast.
