Study Overseas

Funding for international students is limited. Therefore, many students fund their education through loans, financial aid and scholarships. Information however, is hard to come by. The Studying In America Scholarship Noticeboard therefore is here to keep you posted of the plethora of funding opportunities available to students worldwide.

IB Educational Loan Scheme

For Indian nationals to meet the cost of education college fees/books/travel expenses/purchases of computers. Maximum loan available for study abroad 15 laks

For details contact:
Indian bank
www.indianbank.in

Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award

For graduate study in aerospace-related science and aerospace-related engineering in the US. Available to student worldwide Fellowship available at $6,000.

For details contact:
www.zonta.org/

American Architectural Foundation Scholarships

Available to students worldwide in the final two years of a professional degree in architecture and design. A Scholarship of $500-$2,500 is available

For details contact:
http://www.archfoundation.org/aaf/aaf/Programs.Fellowships.htm

Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (HUD)

Grant is limited to PhD candidates whose dissertation topic is on a HUD-related subject. A grant is available for $15,000.

For details contact:
www.hud.gov/progdesc/ddrg.cfm

HTIR Internship Program

Colorado Tech University (CTU) in Colorado Springs, Colorado offers a co-op internship program for students in all of their graduate Masters programs. International students can work up to 40 hours per week in practical training jobs for which they are paid regular wages. All of the internship employment positions are with off-campus American based companies in the Colorado Springs and Denver areas. Full Tuition will be paid

For details contact:
www.coloradotech.edu

Elizabeth Greenshields Award

Award is available of $1,000 to aid candidates working in the early stages of their art careers.

For details contact
http://www.calarts.edu/~stdafrs/web/greenshields.html

The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie)

The program provides opportunities for graduate students and professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan for one-year non-degree, one-year degree or two-year degree study in the United States. Eligible fields of study for the Muskie Program are: business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health, and public policy.

For details contact:
http://www.irex.org/programs/muskie/index.asp

Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship

Description:
To enable a person to work on an individual project of a scholarly nature related to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology. A Fellowship of $4,000 is available to students worldwide at a graduate level

For details contact:
www.archaeological.org

C.Y. Cheng Award for International Understanding

A Scholarship is available to students worldwide to pay tuition to East Stroudsburg University

For details contact:
www.esu.edu

Karla Scherer Foundation Scholarships

The Karla Scherer Foundation offers one type of scholarship. This scholarship is for female students majoring only in Finance or Economics with plans for a corporate business career in the private sector.

For details contact:
www.karlascherer.org

Lillian Moller Gilbreth Scholarship

To stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, and to expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life while demonstrating the value of diversity. There is a scholarship available of $5,000

For details contact:
www.uic.edu

Microsoft Corporation Scholarships

A small scholarship of $1,000 is available to women worldwide studying in America at any level to stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, and to expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life while demonstrating the value of diversity.

For details contact:
www.microsoft.com/colleges

Sigma Theta Tau International Small Research Grant

A Grant of $30,000 is available worldwide, to encourage qualified nurses to contribute to the advancement of nursing through research; multidisciplinary and international research in the US

For details contact:
www.nursingsociety.org/research/grant_small.html