The UO College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) offers numerous undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships for continuing students. Many of these scholarships may be applied to your study abroad program costs. CAS offers different awards based on major, financial need, and merit.
Two awards in particular are especially relevant to study abroad and global internships:
Hildegard Kurz Foreign Language Scholarship
The UO Department of Global Studies offers Judy Fosdick Oliphant Scholarships to support undergraduate majors fulfilling the international experience requirement for the Global Studies major. Every fall, winter, and spring term, multiple Oliphant Scholarships will be awarded.
Scholarships are open to current UO undergraduate students who are declared majors or minors in the Romance Languages Department at the time of application as well as to all graduate students in the Romance Languages Department.
For more information on these scholarships, visit the Department of Romance Languages, 102 Friendly Hall or call 541-346-4021.
Golden Key is the world’s premier collegiate honor society, recognizing outstanding academic achievement and connecting high-achieving individuals locally, regionally and globally with lifetime opportunity, reward and success.
Ten US$1,000 scholarships are available each year to Golden Key International Honor Society members who study abroad. Awards are based on academic achievement and relevance of study abroad program to major field of study, as determined by the selection committee. Membership is by invitation only.
Clark Honors College students can apply to different scholarships to study abroad, including two specifically created to serve Honors Students at the UO:
The Roger and Ginny Reich Scholarship awards $1,000 to a student at the Clark Honors College attending a UO-sponsored study abroad program for a minimum of one full term. Applicants must have a 3.70 GPA.
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) scholarships are available only to CIEE program participants. These grants are awarded each year to students who demonstrate both academic excellence and financial need. The awards are applied directly to the applicant’s CIEE program fee. For more information and application materials, go to the website above or contact a GEO advisor.
School for International Training (SIT) Scholarships
The American-Scandianvian Foundartion (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (up to $5,000) to individuals to pursue research, study or creative arts projects in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year.
Grants are considered suitable for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts to carry out research or study visits of one to three months duration.
The Butex Scholarship seeks to promote mobility between universities and colleges in the UK and institutions overseas by offering multiple awards of £500 (almost $800) to undergraduate students interested in studying in the UK.
Applicants must ultimately be accepted into a Butex affiliated school program in the UK for a minimum of one semester. Applicant programs cannot be eligible for an ERASMUS grant. For more information visit the Butex Scholarship website.
DIS - Study Abroad in Scandinavia offers a wide range of scholarships for students participating in DIS Copenhagen or DIS Stockholm programs. Each year, DIS grants over $2 million in scholarships, and on average, 50% of all students receive financial support from DIS through scholarships and discounts.
DIS offers financial need scholarships, as well as merit-based scholarships. For a full list of awards go the DIS Scholarship website.
