Spring 2007 Gilman Scholarship Application Available Online

[Gilman]

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.  

***************************************************

 

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

***************************************************

 

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 

 

 

 

 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------