The Honors College Study Abroad Planning Scholarship

The Honors College Study Abroad Planning Scholarship is for students planning to study abroad in Spring 2025, Summer 2025, or Fall 2025. Please visit https://honors.utsa.edu/scholarships/study-abroad-award.html for more details on eligibility and for information on further incentives to increase your award amount. In this application, you will enter your program information, and budget and upload your Statement of Purpose essay. It is not required for you to have already applied to your study abroad program.

Eligibility

• Students must be a member of the Honors College.

• Final scholarship amounts cannot exceed the overall cost of attendance + travel.

• Students must be in the process of applying to a study abroad program, whether an academic, internship, service learning, or research program. Program must be credit bearing, either by transfer or course offered by UTSA.

• Independent travel outside of a structured program is not eligible.

• Scholarship awardees must comply with all requirements, regulations, and policies established by UTSA Education Abroad.

• Students can be in any year, from their first year to the year they graduate.

• Must have 2.5 (semester) GPA, as required by UTSA Education Abroad.

• Students must apply to the UTSA International Education Fund (https://global.utsa.edu/education-abroad/student-directory/Study-Abroad-Funding/Study-Abroad-Funding.html), which provides additional funding.

• Upon acceptance to the study abroad program, students must submit all required paperwork to the Study Abroad Office, including the Study Abroad Financial Aid Request form.

• Student must attend the program to have the scholarship disburse or attend similar program in the case of cancellation.

This award cannot be applied to students from the Top Scholar Program or Terry Scholar Program, which already provides international enrichment funding.
• This award cannot be applied to the Honors College Costa Rica Program, which already has scholarships applied to it. Students are encouraged to apply to International Education Fund, Gilman Scholarship, and Honors Experiential Learning Award (https://honors.utsa.edu/scholarships/honors-experiential-learning-award.html)

Please note funding will vary depending on eligibility and funding availability

Award
$0.00
College/Department
Honors College
Deadline
10/01/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you a current Honor College student?
  2. Expected Graduation Year and Term (ex. Spring 2025)
  3. Have you submitted a FAFSA for this year 2024-25(not required for submission)
  4. Name of Study Abroad Program
  5. Enter URL of program (Enter n/a if you do not have a URL)
  6. Anticipated term of travel date (Example: Summer 2023)
  7. Does your program issue academic credit? If not, you can still apply for the scholarship, but we will need to consult with you on how to receive academic credit.
  8. Statement of Purpose Essay (2 pages): In your essay, be specific in describing your reasons for studying abroad as it pertains to your particular study abroad program. Our application question is directly taken from the Gilman Scholarship for study abroad.

    Further advice on writing your essay can be found here.

    *Please address ALL of the questions below, in no particular order:*

    • How will studying or interning abroad help you achieve your future academic or professional goals?

    • Why did you select your specific program and host country?

    • How are you academically prepared to be a successful scholar abroad? If you have faced significant academic difficulties, tell us about those and how you are overcoming them.

    • What examples of knowledge, skills, and experiences will you draw on to meet the challenges of going abroad?*

  9. Acknowledgment
    • I understand that final scholarship amounts cannot exceed the overall cost of attendance + travel, in conjunction with other awards I receive.
    • I understand that I must attend my program to have the scholarship disburse or attend a similar program in the case of cancellation.
    • I understand that I must be in an academic study abroad, internship, service learning, or research program. The program must be credit bearing, either by transfer or course offered by UTSA.* Independent travel outside of a structured program is not eligible.*
    • I understand that in addition to this scholarship, I must apply to my study abroad program separately through UTSA Education Abroad.
    • I understand that scholarship awardees must comply with all requirements, regulations, and policies established by UTSA Education Abroad.
    • I understand to that to be eligible for the Honors College Planning Scholarship, I also will apply to the UTSA International Education Fund.
  10. Upload your study abroad acceptance letter or screenshot showing acceptance to program. If you are not accepted to your study abroad program yet, we will require proof of acceptance at a later date. Please upload a PDF file in which you provide 1-2 sentences telling us when you plan to receive program acceptance.
  11. Please Download this *Budget Worksheet*, fill out completely and then upload the Budget Worksheet.
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