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SCHOLARSHIPS
Flagship Student Support
Flagship students in good standing are eligible for Student Support Funding to mitigate the cost of participation in approved intensive summer language programs domestically and overseas. Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone funding is available for students through the Boren Awards and ROTC Flagship student support funding.
External Funding
Flagship Student Support Funding is intended to offset the cost of summer programs and typically does not cover the entire cost of the programs. UGA Russian Flagship Program students are encouraged to apply for additional scholarships to support their Russian language study. Scholarship opportunities are listed in order of application deadlines.
UGA Study Away Passport Initiative
Key Eligibility: UGA undergraduate students who are US citizens and have never had an adult US passport before (full eligibility here)
Deadline: rolling. Submitted applications are reviewed and awarded biweekly beginning Thursday, August 22nd, 2024. The program will remain open until the funding limit is reached.
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Key Eligibility: Federal Pell Grant recipients participating in credit-bearing study abroad (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1: Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 11:59pm Pacific Time
Deadline Cycle 2: typically a date in March at 11:59pm Pacific Time
Key Eligibility: dependents of active United States military personnel participating in credit-bearing study abroad (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1: Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 11:59pm Pacific Time
Deadline Cycle 2: typically a date in March at 11:59pm Pacific Time
UGA Office of Global Engagement (OGE) Global Education Scholarships
Key Eligibility: students participating in a UGA Study Away Opportunity (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1 (programs occurring in Summer 2024): October 15, 2024
Deadline Cycle 2 (programs occurring in Summer 2024 or AY 2024-25): February 15, 2025
UGA Office of Experiential Learning Scholarships
Key Eligibility: UGA undergraduate students with at least one semester of UGA coursework pursuing approved Study Abroad programs (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1 (programs occurring in Summer 2024): October 14, 2024
Deadline Cycle 2 (programs occurring in Summer 2024 or AY 2024-25): mid-February, 2024
Honors International Scholars Program (HISP)
Key Eligibility: Honors students engaging in overseas opportunities. More details here.
Deadline Cycle 1: November 4, 2024.
Deadline Cycle 2: TBD. Round 2 will open in late fall.
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Key Eligibility: degree-seeking students at accredited institutions with one year of prior study in Russian (full eligibility here)
Deadline: November 19, 2024. Find application here.
Campus representative: Colleen Larson clarson@uga.edu
Key Eligibility: U.S. students studying critical languages abroad in world regions critical to U.S. interests (full eligibility here)
Deadline: campus deadline January 8, 2025
Campus representative: Elizabeth Hughes ejhsears@uga.edu
UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences International Scholarship Funds
Key Eligibility: degree-seeking majors in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences who have completed at least one semester in the College and who are studying abroad during the Maymester or Summer terms in a UGA-approved program (full eligibility here)
Deadline: February 3, 2025
American Councils (AC) Scholarships for Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP)
Key Eligibility: RLASP applicants (full eligibility here)
Deadline: February 15 of every year.
UGA Kicklighter Study Abroad Travel Grants
Key Eligibility: German or Russian major or minor participating in a Russian or German language or culture program abroad with the University of Georgia and not receiving Flagship funding toward that program (full eligibility here)
Deadline: March 20, 2025
Key Eligibility: students in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies participating in an intensive study of Russian or another Slavic language (either in the US or abroad), an independent research project, an internship, or some other program for professional development related to Russia and/or Eastern Europe (full eligibility here)
Deadline: March 20, 2025