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If you study abroad through an approved SMU program, your existing financial aid may transfer. This includes federal and private grants, loans and scholarships. Please visit with the financial aid office to specifically review your scholarships that may apply to study abroad.

For more information contact:
Brenda Burns
Study abroad coordinator
OM 427

Telephone: 360-438-4521

E-mail: SMU.studyabroad@stmartin.edu

Study abroad scholarship opportunities

In addition to being able to keep much of your financial aid when you go abroad, there are many study abroad specific scholarships available. The study abroad office is happy to help you review and apply for them. Please see below for a list of some of these scholarship opportunities.

Saint Martin's University International Experience Scholarship – for Saint Martin's students only

By being accepted to an approved Saint Martin's study abroad program, students are eligible for the $1,000 SMU International Experience Scholarship. The scholarship can be applied to study abroad related costs such as foreign travel, tuition and/or accommodation and is open to Saint Martin's University students only.

Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman- ASIA)

The primary goal of the Freeman-ASIA award program is to increase the number of U.S. undergraduates who study abroad in East and Southeast Asia by providing students with the information and financial assistance they will need to do so. Eligible destinations include China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.

Gilman Scholarship

The Gilman Scholarship is open to U.S. citizen, undergraduate students who wish to study abroad during the fall, spring or academic year. Students may apply worldwide though preference will be given to applications outside of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. To be eligible you must be receiving a Federal Pell grant.

National Security Education Program (NSEP)
David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships

NSEP awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.

Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students, and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. The U.S. Student Program currently awards approximately 1,100 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.