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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.

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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.

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The L. Austin Weeks (LAW) Undergraduate Grant program awards deserving undergraduate level geoscience students with grants that are intended to support their educational endeavors.
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The William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship at the American University in Dubai seeks to further the goals of the Clinton Presidential Foundation to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of gl ...
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Students participating in an API program who have been awarded a Gilman scholarship will be eligible to receive up to $1,000 in matching contributions from API.
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This award funds Master’s degree or Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to undertake 4-6 months study or research in Australia towards their degree or research.
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The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage graduate research in grain-based food science and technology.
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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 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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The fellowship honors the memory of John R. Coleman, whose premature death deprived the field of a scholar of unusual integrity and promise. The Coleman Fellowship is to be used for travel and study in Italy, the western Mediterranean, or North Africa.
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Post-Graduate Research Fellows whom are already working with the foundation can request some funding support for travel related to their activities at the Foundation. This includes travel for conferences, workshops or research programs. These requests wil ...
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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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Alliance Pipeline believes the best way to help Aboriginal communities build a bright future is to contribute to the personal growth and education of Aboriginal youth, today. That’s why the Alliance Pipeline Aboriginal Student Awards Program provides scho ...
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API is pleased to support students who are the first in their families to attend a college or university.
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The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships and grants to individuals to pursue research, study or creative arts projects in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year.
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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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The AllPeopleBeHappy Volunteer Service Award enables volunteers to do service projects in the developing world. These Volunteer Service Awards enable impassioned young people to give of their time and talents while expanding their understanding of people ...
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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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The Ernst Mach Grants are named after the famous Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838-1916). Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply for this grant to come to Austria for a research or a study stay.
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To support studies undertaken at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece.
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The Alexia Foundation offers production grants to students and professional photographers to give them the financial ability to produce substantial stories that drive change in the effort to make the world a better place. Students also get scholarship opp ...
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