TCU in support of the university’s mission to “educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community,” offers merit and need based scholarships for students who desire to study abroad. 

MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS are available for students who wanting to study abroad for a summer, semester or year. Students are encouraged to apply for the merit based scholarships by completing the application form.  Applications are currently being accepted for Summer 2010 STUDENTS. 

NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS are available for students wanting to study abroad at one of TCU’s summer faculty sponsored or summer partner programs.  Students must qualify for the need based scholarships by completing the FAFSA form and application. 

ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING

Students studying at TCU Partner Programs may be eligible for scholarships and aid through those agencies.  While very competitive, students are encouraged to apply for the scholarships.  More information can be found on IES' website and CIEE's website.

Students can also consider applying for scholarships and grants through outside organizations.  Some search engines for these kinds of scholarships are http://www.StudyAbroadFunding.org and http://www.internationalscholarships.com.

There are also a number of prestigious awards available for highly motivated and internationally-minded students planning to study abroad for a year.  These awards require lengthy applications and proposals submitted well before the intended study abroad period (6 - 18 months in advance).  Some are limited to graduate students.  The Center for International Studies can provide more information to students interested in these scholarships.

• FULBRIGHT GRANTS are prestigious awards offered annually to graduating seniors, young professionals, artists and graduate students to study in over 100 countries.  The Fulbright Program was established at the end of World War II to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Grants are made to citizens of participating countries, primarily for: university teaching; advanced research; graduate study; and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. 
• ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, the world’s largest privately-sponsored international scholarship program, provides funding for overseas study for undergraduate, graduate, and vocational students.  Rotary Ambassadorial scholarships provide money for travel and living expenses, as well as tuition and academic fees.  Students are eligible to apply in to the club in their hometown, where they go to school, and where they work.
• RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and now bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford.   Selection committees are charged to seek excellence in qualities of mind and in qualities of person which, in combination, offer the promise of effective service to the world in the decades ahead.  Rhodes Scholars are appointed for two years of study at the University of Oxford, with the possibility of renewal for a third year. All educational costs, such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, are paid on the Scholar's behalf by the Rhodes Trustees.  
• MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS were instituted by the British Parliament in 1953, and currently 40 awards are made annually for American students to study at any one of more than a hundred universities and university-type institutions in Britain. Marshall Scholars are expected to stay in residence at their British university for two years and to take a degree. In a limited number of cases a Marshall Scholarship may be extended for a third year.  Marshall selectors look for candidates who demonstrate maturity, self-reliance and self-discipline; and in particular they look for intellectual distinction, the potential to become leaders, opinion formers and decision makers, strong motivation and seriousness of purpose, an outward-looking disposition and an interest in society in general good communication skills, and the potential to promote British-American understanding. 
• 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. The awards focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.  Students must study in a "non-traditional area," such as Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, and must study the country's language while there.  Students in fields of study critical to U.S. national security, such as engineering and applied sciences, business and economics, international affairs, political, policy and social sciences, and health and law, are particularly encouraged to apply.   Click here for more information about the Boren Scholarship for undergraduate students and the Boren Fellowship for graduate students.