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Opportunities for Students
Fullbright Grants for Graduate Study and Research Abroad
International Programs coordinates the applications by students at the University of Kansas for grants under the auspices of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
The purpose of the Fulbright Program which was created by the U.S. Congress in 1946 is to foster mutual understanding among nations through education and cultural exchanges. Fulbright Grants are funded under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 through annual appropriations made by Congress to the United States Information Agency (USIA) and by foreign governments, universities, corporations and private donors. The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, composed of 12 educational and public leaders appointed by the President of the United States, establishes criteria for the selection of candidates and has final authority for the awarding of grants. The Institute of International Education (IIE) administers the Fulbright U.S. Student Program on behalf of this Board and USIA. Each year the program allows more than 800 Americans to study or conduct research in over 100 countries.
Global Partners pairs international & domestic students and scholars to share a cultural & social exchange.
Each international student or scholar will be paired with a domestic participant according to language, geographical interest, major, hobbies, and gender.
All Undergraduate students, graduate students, and international scholars are welcome to participate.
The partners will meet at their leisure throughout the semester and engage in activities that interest them.
In addition, Global Partners sponsors a number of large group activities that allow students to interact with others who share the same passion for internationalism.
Global Partners provides social entertainment, community service and academic development.
The Global Awareness Program (GAP) is a KU initiative that recognizes undergraduates' international experiences. Students can receive transcript certification for experiences including study abroad, classes with an international focus, foreign language study and international co-curricular activities.
Founded at California State University, Long Beach in 1986, Phi Beta Delta was established as a national organization in 1987 with 38 charter chapters. It is the first national honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education. Phi Beta Delta's goals are:
- to recognize the scholarly achievement of international students and scholars, U.S. students who have studied abroad, and staff who are involved in international activities;
- to serve as a vehicle for the development of academic-based international programming;
- to provide a network on each campus of faculty, staff and students involved in international endeavors; and
- to extend this network to thousands of members in chapters across the United States and other countries
Humanities Summer Graduate Internship
Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:59pm
Supports PhD or MA students who demonstrate the ability to make outstanding contributions in their chosen humanities or social science disciplines and are interested in both interdisciplinary studies and community outreach.
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities
for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important
international and language component to their educations. We focus on
geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to
U.S. national security, broadly defined, and underrepresented in study abroad.
The 2012 application deadlines have passed.
Boren Scholarships 2013 Deadline: February 13, 2013
Each campus sets an earlier campus deadline.
Boren Fellowships 2013 Deadline: January 31, 2013
Critical Language Scholarships
A program of United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2012. The selection process will be administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) with awards approved by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The CLS Program will be administered by CAORC and American Councils for International Education.
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