NYU offers the Sir Harold Acton Undergraduate Fellowship for students spending a semester or year at a NYU site. This merit-based award is in honor of  the generous patron who bequeathed his estate in Florence, La Pietra, to NYU. Each semester a select group of students are awarded grants of up to $2,000 to use towards their semester abroad at one of the NYU sites (please note freshmen and school-sponsored programs are not eligible). Only applications submitted before the deadline will be considered.
Click here for the Acton Award application. Applications for the spring 2010 semester are due by November 2, 2009.

NYU offers students who apply for the Gilman Scholarship the chance to be considered for the Class of 2005 Award at the same time. The graduated class of 2005 grants two awards of $850 to help students defray the additional costs associated with a semester abroad.  All NYU students who apply for the Gilman Scholarship will automatically be considered for this award and need not fill out a separate application. Award winners will be notified via email by the end of the semester previous to their semester abroad.

NYU received a substantial gift from Banco Santander, a bank based in Spain with offices around the world. To prove the organization's commitment to higher education part of the gift is committed to assisting undergraduate students fulfill their interest in studying overseas. Need-based grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 will be awarded to up to 100 NYU undergraduate students per academic year. Recipients will be selected by a team of staff members from the Office of Global Programs and Office of Financial Aid during the application admission process. Students demonstrating high financial need and who have applied to enroll in NYU in Buenos Aires, NYU in London, or NYU in Shanghai will be considered. No application forms are required. In addition to the monetary award, recipients may also be invited to meet with executives from Banco Santander during the semester abroad and upon return to New York. Students who are selected to receive the award will be notified via email in May for the fall semester and November for the spring semester.

Each spring semester one student studying abroad at NYU in Ghana will receive the Nkrumah Scholarship. Joe Nkrumah was a professor at NYU in Ghana whose passion for the arts touched and inspired many. Applicants are selected based on a written proposal to conduct upon returning to campus a follow-up project that promotes Ghanaian Art and Culture. For an application form, click here. To be eligible you must have an active application on file for NYU in Ghana for the spring semester. The application deadline for 2010 is November 6, 2009.

The Rolling Across Europe Award was created in honor of Shirin Shakir by five of her fellow classmates from the 2001 NYU in Paris program. The grant offers $1000 to a deserving student in the program, and is intended to help one financially as they experience Europe. For the application form, please click here. To be eligible you must have an active application on file for NYU in Paris for the fall semester. The deadline for applications for the Shakir Grant for fall 2009 is April 17th at 5pm.

The Department of State's Gilman Scholarship, which is available for both the fall and spring terms, is a federal grant ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 and is reserved to students currently receiving federal Pell Grants.  Award decisions are based on both merit and need.  There are three deadlines you must abide by for the Gilman Scholarship that can be found on their web site.  For NYU to process and release your financial aid information to Gilman, you must submit this authorization form to the NYU Office of Global Programs by October 1, 2009. All applicants must request copies of their official transcript be sent to the Gilman Scholarship committee by making a request to the NYU Registrar's Office. The Office of Global Programs does not release university transcripts nor can they make a request on your behalf. Please note that NYU does not administer this scholarship and has no authority to alter deadlines or application requirements.  If you have specific questions regarding such issues contact information can be found on their website.

Diversity Abroad offers $1,000 scholarships for study abroad during the fall, spring, and summer. Economically disadvantaged students, African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino and Native-American students are strongly encouraged to apply. For more details visit Diversity Abroad's web site and be sure to search the scholarship and grant directory.

Students who plan to attend NYU's study abroad program in Berlin, Germany should apply for a DAAD scholarship if they meet the eligibility criteria, which can be found on the DAAD website. The deadline to apply for scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year is January 31, 2010. Please note that the application requires a Statement of Support and Credit Eligibility that NYU Office of Global Programs must complete. To allow ample time for processing, you must submit this form to the NYU Office of Global Programs at least two weeks prior to the deadline.

• Click here to visit the website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Students who are interested in learning a language that is considered to be of critical US interest, such as Arabic, Mandarin, Czech, or Hebrew, should consider applying for the National Security Education Program (NSEP) scholarship. This scholarship also gives preference to applicants planning to study in one of the following emphasized countries: Argentina, China, Czech Republic, and Israel. The national application deadline (whether studying abroad fall, spring or full year) is once a year, usually in February. Please contact the Boren campus representative at NYU Kim Germain for details regarding eligibilty and how to apply.

IIEPassport is an excellent resource for study abroad funding opportunities. It is an on-line database of various scholarships, awards and grants for study abroad. Be sure to read eligibilty requirements very carefully. Click here to start searching!

The Department of State's Gilman Scholarship, which is available for both the fall and spring terms, is a federal grant ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 and is reserved to students currently receiving federal Pell Grants.  Award decisions are based on both merit and need.  There are three deadlines you must abide by for the Gilman Scholarship that can be found on their web site. The deadline to complete the online portion of the application for spring 2010 is October 6th, and all supporting documentation sent to the Gilman must be postmarked by October 9th. Please note that NYU does not administer this scholarship and has no authority to alter deadlines or application requirements. If you have specific questions regarding such issues contact information can be found on their website.

The Rolling Across Europe Award was created in honor of Shirin Shakir by five of her fellow classmates from the 2001 NYU in Paris program. The grant offers $1000 to a deserving student in the program, and is intended to help one financially as they experience Europe. For the application form, please click here. To be eligible you must have an active application on file for NYU in Paris for the fall semester. The deadline for applications for the Shakir Grant for fall 2009 is April 17th at 5pm.

Students who plan to attend NYU's study abroad program in Berlin, Germany should apply for a DAAD scholarship if they meet the eligibility criteria, which can be found on the DAAD website. The deadline to apply for scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year is January 31, 2010. Please note that the application requires a Statement of Support and Credit Eligibility that NYU Office of Global Programs must complete. To allow ample time for processing, you must submit this form to NYU Office of Global Programs at least two weeks prior to the deadline.

• Click here to visit the website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Diversity Abroad offers $1,000 scholarships for study abroad. These scholarships are only available for students studying abroad on programs offered by a Diversity Abroad member organization (NYU is a Diversity Abroad member.) Economically disadvantaged students, African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino and Native-American students are strongly encouraged to apply. Visit Diversity Abroad's scholarship and grant directory to start your search.

Students who are particularly interested in learning the language of a country considered to be of critical US interest, such as the Czech Republic or China, should consider applying for the National Security Education Program scholarship. Details on eligibility and how to apply can be found on the website.

IIEPassport is an excellent resource for study abroad funding opportunities. It is an on-line database of various scholarships, awards and grants for study abroad. Be sure to read eligibilty requirements very carefully. Click here to start searching!