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Travel with purpose. Travel for good.

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From deciding whether volunteering overseas is right for you, to choosing a program, to getting on a plane. Hear from overseas volunteers about what it is really like in the field.

Volunteer Abroad

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Seasonal work, teach abroad, international careers and more. Where to start, what to expect, and how to get it done.

Work Abroad

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Overtourism and the problems it creates may make you feel like giving up your passport. But there is a better way.

Ethical & Sustainable Travel

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Make the most of your time overseas while spending the least amount of money. Budget travel for the conscientious traveller.

Budget Travel

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Going abroad as a student, whether it is for a semester, a year or an entire degree, is one of the most accessible opportunities to live abroad meaningfully.

Study Abroad

Study Abroad

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More and more people of all ages taking time out to travel meaningfully—a trend that is being encouraged by educators and employers alike.

Gap Year Travel

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To get an international job, you need international work experience. How do you land that first gig?

International Careers

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Ready to take the next step? Meet with organizations from around the world that can help you plan your travels.

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The Piramal Fellowship for Sustainable Business is a two-year paid program in India that enables aspiring leaders with an opportunity to explore the power of business to do good, develop the tools to innovate business models, and participate in a communit ...
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Qatar Airways has generously donated a limited number of vouchers for round-trip airfare to Jakarta, Indonesia or Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships for outstanding Hispanic students to study abroad with AIFS.
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The Vienna Quantum Fellowship program has been established to offer young scientists the best possible opportunity to develop their talents in the environment of the Vienna Centre for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ). These Fellowships in Experimental ...
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The Benander Academic Scholarship is designed for the Athena student who can best demonstrate a true love of learning in his/her major area of study, and superior academic abilities.
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API is proud to provide a diversity scholarship in order to support students from a variety of backgrounds.
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Thanks to the generosity of the late Walter Jensen, the AATF is able to offer a scholarship for study abroad to a future teacher of French.
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The intern will work full-time for six months in the APEC Secretariat Communications and Public Affairs Unit and assist with a variety of communications tasks including: implementing social media campaigns, editing videos, compiling news media articles, a ...
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The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. Bringing together the best of AU — academic excellence, leadership development, and global engagement — the AU Emerging Global L ...
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The purpose of the awards is to recognize excellence and achievement by a Treaty First Nations person and to encourage and assist Treaty First Nations people in the pursuit of post-secondary education studies in Business, Finance or Economics.
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SINGA is an award given to international students with excellent academic undergraduate and/or master's results, and strong interest in doing research leading to a doctorate (PhD) in Science and Engineering at a Singapore University.
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The Endeavour Vocational Education and Training (VET) Scholarship provides financial support for international applicants to undertake vocational education at a Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree level in any field in Australia for up to two an ...
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The AIFS Foundation is proud to offer the John S. Linakis Scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded annually to an AIFS student with limited financial resources who also demonstrates an interest in and a commitment to social justice.
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AUA will award a grant through the Summer Service Internship program in partnership with Bridges to Tajikistan, a New Mexico-based nonprofit initiative dedicated to creating sustainable international connections between people in Tajikistan and the US to ...
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Aoyama Gakuin University reviewed our various scholarship programs and established a new scholarship scheme to support international students in 2014.
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The grant is named after the Austrian historian, who died in 2001 and who worked at the University of Vienna as a university professor for Eastern European history from 1967 to 1993. In 1981/1982 he was the rector of the University of Vienna. Moreover he ...
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IPRS enables international students to undertake a postgraduate research qualification in Australia and gain experience with leading Australian researchers.
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Don Nunes was the founder of ASE and its Director until his death in November 1997. He passionately believed that ASE should be accessible to as ethnically diverse a group of students as possible. The Don Nunes Memorial Scholarship is available to a stude ...
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The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture awards annually a number of scholarships for studies in Icelandic as a second language at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík.
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Junior Research Fellowships are available to doctoral candidates at U.S. universities in all fields of study. These grants are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue their dissertation research in India.
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