Research Funding Options

• $2,000 for academic year
• $1,500 for one semester
• Up to $1,000 for summer and short-term programs (which award USI credit)
• More information on Study Abroad Ambassadors' responsibilities...
• Apply through the myUSI study abroad portal

• Open to all USI students who have been accepted in a USI study abroad program and will receive USI credit during the program.
• Recipients must enroll in USI during the fall or spring semester following their study abroad program and complete the study abroad ambassador projects outlined in their application within 6 months.

• Up to $3,000 for the duration of the program
• Apply through the myUSI study abroad portal

• Open to all USI students who have been accepted in a USI study abroad program and will receive USI credit during the program.
• Ability to engage in a Global Engagement project during the term abroad; projects will be judged on feasibility and relevance, as well as other factors.
• Recipients must enroll in USI during the fall or spring semester following their study abroad program and complete the requirements for the Global Engagement project within 6 months.

• $500 for the duration of the program

• Open to all USI students who will receive USI credit for studies at one of USI's partner institutions.
• Applicable to USI direct exchange partners only, not ISEP exchange.

• One $500 scholarship will be awarded each academic year
• Available for fall or spring semesters 
• Apply through the myUSI study abroad portal

New Lanark Internship Scholarship

• Most expenses, up to $6,000
• Summer only
• Location: New Lanark, Scotland
• Application Deadline: February 15
• New Lanark Internship Application 

• Open to full time degree-seeking students in all majors. Additional requirements will depend on specific internship opportunities.
• Preference will be given to juniors and seniors, and to applicants who have not received USI study abroad scholarships in the past.

USI Study Abroad Diversity Scholarship

• motivate underrepresented students to go abroad by easing the financial barrier
• increase representation of diverse viewpoints on study abroad programs

• Scholarship recipients must be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 2.75 and must demonstrate financial need to be eligible
• Students from all majors and class standing who will study for a short-term, semester, or year-long program are encouraged to apply
• Applicants must be enrolled as a degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student at the University of Southern Indiana at the time of applying.
• Applicants must be accepted to and participating in a credit-bearing, USI-approved short-term, semester, or year-long study abroad program
• Apply through the myUSI study abroad portal

Students who apply for the CIEE Frederick Douglass Fellowship but are not selected and instead are given CIEE's $1,500 Frederick Douglass Grant will also receive a matching grant of $1,500 from USI to be used toward a CIEE program! Available for up to 16 USI students. The deadline to apply for the fellowship is February 14.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a recipient of CIEE's Frederick Douglass Grant
• Available to the first 16 recipients