Undergraduate students in the United States who are currently receiving a Pell Grant as part of their tuition package are eligible to apply for study abroad scholarships through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program. Only citizens and nationals of the United States are eligible for this federally sponsored award, which offers up to $5,000* for a semester or academic year. Scholarships are offered for the spring, summer, and fall sessions.
The Office of Global Programs holds informational events and hours for advice throughout the semester. You can contact Gilman at gilman@nyu.edu or view the specifics here for more.
*An additional reward of up to $3,000 is available to applicants who are studying a critical need language overseas, for a possible total of $8,000.
Eligibility Criteria for the GILMAN Scholarship:
To qualify for the Gilman Scholarship, you have to be:
- an American citizen or national;
- a full-time undergraduate student at a recognized U.S. university (two-year or four-year), with excellent standing;
- During the application process, study abroad program, or internship term, a recipient of a Federal Pell Grant;
- submitting an application for, or being granted acceptance into, an academically-credited study abroad or internship program;
- applying to credit-bearing study abroad programs in a nation or region that, in the opinion of the U.S. Department of State’s Travel Advisory System, has an overall Travel Advisory Level of 1 or 2, or is on the list of authorized Travel Advisory Level 3 countries/areas. However, some places within these nations or regions might be listed in the travel advisory as “Do not travel to” (Level 4) or “Reconsider travel to” (Level 3) locations; as a result, students won’t be permitted to go to these particular destinations.
Note: Recipients of the Gilman Scholarship are only eligible to receive it once. Students who have previously been denied the Gilman Scholarship are welcome to reapply as long as they continue to meet the aforementioned qualifying standards.
Deadlines & Timelines for the Scholarship:
Students can study and intern abroad during the academic year or in the spring, summer, fall, or January. See each term for further details regarding the dates of the application cycle’s deadlines and timetable. For the Gilman Scholarship to be available to them, students must apply for the appropriate scholarship term based on the dates of their program.
| October 2024 Deadline December 1, 2024, to October 31, 2024 | Application Opens Mid-August | Applicant Deadline October 10th. 202411:59 PT | Advisor Deadline October 18th, 2024 |
| March 2024 Deadline May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026 | Application Opens Mid-January | Applicant Deadline March 6th, 202511:59 PT | Advisor Deadline March 13th, 2025 |
How to Apply for the Application?
In order to submit a winning Gilman Scholarship application, take the following actions:
- Check out the material online or at an information session (see the Application Guides below).
- Fill out the online form, which asks you to submit three essays along with your official and unofficial transcript(s).
- To allow your NYU Gilman Advisors to certify your application, fill out an NYU Authorization Form.
- Lastly, a certification that the data in your online application is correct will be provided by your NYU Financial Aid and Study Abroad Advisors.