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1) Subject:Gilman Scholarship Application Available

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Date: 26 Aug 2006
From:Gilman <Gilman at iie.org>
Subject:Gilman Scholarship Application Available

The Spring 2007 Gilman Scholarship Application Is Now Available  
Online at www.iie.org/gilman

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is currently accepting  
applications from students participating in study abroad programs  
during Spring 2007. The Gilman Scholarship is open to all U.S.  
undergraduates, in good academic standing, who meet the criteria  
listed below:

* The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of  
application or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell  
Grant during the term of study abroad.

* The applicant is applying to or has been accepted into a study  
abroad program eligible for credit by the student's institution of  
higher education in the U.S.

* The applicant is studying abroad for at least four weeks in one  
country.

* The applicant is studying abroad in a country not currently under a  
U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.

* The applicant is studying on a program that begins between December  
15, 2006 and April 15, 2007. The Spring cycle encompasses spring  
semester, quarter, calendar year, winter inter-session and January  
term programs that are a minimum of four weeks in length. May-term or  
Summer-only study abroad programs are not eligible.

Award recipients will receive up to $5,000.

Students can now apply online via the Gilman website, http:// 
www.iie.org/gilman. The student online application deadline is  
September 26, 2006. Please review the full Spring 2007 Application  
Timeline online at www.iie.org/gilman, which includes deadlines for  
advisors and transcripts.
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New! Critical Need Language Supplement. During the 2006-2007 academic  
year 25 recipients will be eligible to receive a $3,000 Critical Need  
Language Supplement for a total possible award of up to $8,000.  
Critical Need Languages include:

* Arabic (all dialects)

* Chinese (all dialects)

* Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)

* Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)

* Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi,  
Gujarati, Sindhi)

* Korean

* Russian

For more information on the Critical Need Language Supplement visit  
the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman
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Are You Registered in the Gilman Application System to Certify  
Applications?

All advisors who will be certifying Gilman Scholarship Applications  
are asked to login to the application system now to ensure their  
account information from last cycle is up to date.  Advisors who are  
not currently registered in the application system to certify  
applications should create a new advisor account.  To access the  
online application go to http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/advisors/ 
certifications.html.

Once you have logged into the application, please be sure to view the  
list of other certifying advisors at your institution at the bottom  
of the page to make sure that list is accurate. Applicants will be  
able to select any advisor listed under the other certifying advisors  
list for your institution. If the information on that list is not  
accurate, please notify the Gilman Program at gilman_scholars at iie.org

All advisors who will be certifying applications for the Gilman  
Scholarship must have a registered account in the Gilman application  
system. Applicants will not be able to select you as their advisor or  
submit an application until you have created an account.

Advisors only need to create an account once. Once you have created  
an account in the application, you will continue to be able to use  
the same login and password every application cycle. If you have  
forgotten your password from last cycle, you can have a new password  
sent to you. Simply click on the lost password link at the top left  
of the login page.

Instructions for creating an account and certifying applications can  
be found on the Gilman website at http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/ 
advisors/applicationinstructions.pdf

Please feel free to contact our office should you have any questions.

Gilman International Scholarship Program
Institute of International Education
520 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 740
Houston, TX 77027
(713) 621-6300 ext. 12
(713) 621-0876 (fax)
www.iie.org/gilman

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