Funding

Faculty-Led Programs

Students going on a faculty-led program and already receiving financial aid may apply for additional loans to cover additional program expenses such as flights, passport, insurance, meals, etc. Students may also apply for additional study abroad scholarships, whether based on merit or need.

May Term Scholarship Opportunities

• Cockrell Maymester Scholarship: Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO. 
  • Deadline: November 1st
• International Education Fee Scholarship (May Term): Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO. 
  • Deadline: November 1st

Summer Term Scholarship Opportunities

• Cockrell Summer Scholarship: Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO. 
  • Deadline: November 15th
• International Education Fee Scholarship (Summer): Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO. 
  • Deadline: December 1st

Semester

Students already receiving Cockrell School and non-UT Austin scholarships may carry over these funds for their semester abroad. Students already on financial aid may be able to apply for additional loans, if necessary, to cover all required expenses for studying abroad, including room/board, required transportation, passport/visa and insurance. Students may also apply for additional study abroad scholarships, whether based on merit or need.

Semester Scholarship Opportunities:

• Cockrell Exchange Scholarship: Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO. 
  • Deadline: November 1st
• International Education Fee Scholarship (Fall or Spring): Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO. 
  • Spring Deadline: October 1st
  • Fall Deadline: March 1st
• Mark and Sarah Murray Scholarship for International Study (Spring): Award description, eligibility criteria and applications are available on LASSO.
  • Deadline: October 1st 

Internships/Experiential Learning

Students participating in an internship can have their associated costs covered with aid. If the internship is part of a credit-bearing program, it could be covered with federal financial aid. If the student is participating in a non-credit-bearing internship, it will most likely only be covered with scholarships.

• Freeman Scholars: Available for UT students who participate in an internship of at least six weeks in East or Southeast Asia.
  • Apply through Texas Global
  • Deadlines vary by term
• Gilman STEM-Supplemental Award: Available for Pell Grant recipients who include STEM-related research abroad as part of their study abroad or international internship program.
  • Apply through Gilman online
  • Deadlines: two cycles (October and March)
• Global Change Maker Scholarships: Open to all UT students who incorporate an international experience into their degree plan.
  • Apply through the McCombs Center for Global Business
  • Deadlines vary by term

Other Scholarships

• First Abroad Scholarship: This is a planning scholarship that supports first-generation, first-year students for a study abroad experience after their first year at UT.
  • Apply at Texas Global
  • Deadline: December 1st
• Benjamin A. Gilman Awards: For Pell Grant recipients only. (Restrictions may apply if your host country has a designated restriction level.) 
  • Apply at Gilman online
  • Deadlines: two cycles (October and March)
• Diversity Abroad: Various opportunities.
  • Apply at diversityabroad.com
• Fund for Education Abroad: Various opportunities.
  • Apply at fundforeducationabroad.org