Scholarships

Help finance your time abroad!  See below for a list of scholarship opportunities and application tips.
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Click here for a list of study abroad scholarships and essay tips.

UCSB EAP Gaucho Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a UCSB student participating in a UCEAP fall, winter, spring, or year-long program

• Must be eligible to receive financial aid (grants, scholarships, or loans) and have filed a FAFSA for most Gaucho Scholarships

Average Award Amount

• $2,000 - $3,000

Application Deadlines

• Fall/Northern Hemisphere Year 2025-26 Programs: February 28, 2025 by 11:59pm PT

• Winter/Spring/Southern Hemisphere Year 2026 Programs: May 30, 2025 by 11:59pm PT

Application & Details

• When you submit a UCSB EAP Gaucho Scholarship application, you're automatically considered for donor-named and academic departmental scholarships (see below) available for specific program types (e.g. year-long, immersion), locations (e.g. Africa, Asia, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, the Middle East, UK-England) and students (e.g. first generation college students, students taking classes in a foreign language).

• The UCSB EAP Gaucho Scholarship application consists of:

1. Scholarship Questionnaire - Save file as a PDF, rename it "Full Name, Scholarship Questionnaire" and upload it to your scholarship application.
    
2. Most recent unofficial UC transcript with your legal name - Save file as a PDF, rename it "Full Name, Transcript" and upload it to your scholarship application.
    
3. UCSB EAP Gaucho Scholarship Application (This is a Google form - use your UCSB NetID email/credentials to access this.) 

Academic Department Scholarships

• Center for Taiwan Studies

• East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies EAP scholarships (China or Hong Kong, Japan, Korea)

• Department of Religious Studies EAP Scholarships

Featured Gaucho Scholarships

• The George H. Griffiths and Olive J. Griffiths Charitable Foundation EAP Scholarship (Asia)

• The Gupta Family StartWise Scholarship  (Africa, India, Latin America)

• The EAP Academic Immersion Scholarship (participation in a non-English language immersion program with a preference for STEM students)

• Additonal donor-named scholarships

UCSB EAP Piccus Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

UCSB EAP Freeman Foundation Internship Scholarship

Students can receive a $6,500 UCSB EAP Freeman Foundation Internship Scholarship to pursue an internship for academic credit in select summer programs in China, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand.

View this page for more information, application details and deadlines.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen

• Must be a Pell Grant recipient

Average Award Amount

• $1,000-$5,000 or up to $8,000 if studying a critical need language

Application Deadlines

• Winter 2025/Spring 2025/Summer 2025/Fall 2025/Year 2025-26 Programs: October 10, 2024 by 11:59pm PT

• Summer/Fall 2025, Year 2025-26, and Winter/Spring 2026 programs: March 6, 2025 by 11:59pm PT

• Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall 2026 and Year 2026-27 programs: October TBD, 2025 by 11:59pm PT

Application & Details

• See here for more detailed information.

• Access the application here.

Gilman-McCain Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen

• Must be a dependent (child or spouse) of an active duty military member

• Must be a recipient of any type of Title IV federal financial aid

Average Award Amount

• $5,000

Application Deadlines

• Winter 2025/Spring 2025 Programs: October 10, 2024 by 11:59pm PT

Application & Details

• See here for more detailed information.

• Access the application here.

UCEAP Scholarships and MORE

Scholarship funding is available through UCEAP and national study abroad scholarship organizations.  UCSB EAP students have been successful in receiving these awards.

Check out these scholarship opportunities here.

Get Your Scholarship Essays Reviewed

Step 1:

Research your scholarship options and attend a Financing Your Study Abroad Workshop held biweekly during the fall/winter/spring quarters.

Step 2:

Get your essay reviewed. Visit the CLAS Writing Lab.  Peer tutors provide individual assistance to students at any stage of the writing process. Tutors are available on a by-appointment basis on MyCLAS.  Prepare for your session by having your materials handy: your work so far saved as a PDF and the prompt.  CLAS tutors are not permitted to annotate your work, so you will have the opportunity to take notes or make your own annotations.

Step 3:

Determine if official transcripts or letters of recommendation are required for your scholarship applications.  Get these documents ASAP and with plenty of time before the application deadlines.  Make sure that any transcripts list your legal name.

Step 4:

Submit all of your scholarship application materials by the deadlines.  Note that some are due by a specific time (check the time zone!).  Do not wait until the last minute!