Category Archives: Scholarships

Embedded Scholars 2025 Fellowships

The Embedded Scholars Program has opened its 2025 Fellowship Application focused on democratic and constitutional development in Latin America, Eurasia, and the Balkans. This is a funded international internship open to undergraduate and graduate students from any major at UT.

The program provides unparalleled opportunities for students interested in democracy to work with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Latin America and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Eurasia and the Balkans. Students receive training at UT in the spring before going abroad for the summer to support democracy assistance programs and conduct original research.

Join us for an information session and coffee on October 15, 2024, from 12:30-1:30pm, in BAT 5.108 or on Zoom. Program directors and prior fellows will share more about the program and fellows’ work in the field.

Applications are due December 1, 2024 and can be found here. For more information, visit the links above or contact Ashley Moran (ashleymoran@utexas.edu) and Zachary Elkins (zelkins@austin.utexas.edu) with any questions.

Gilman Scholarship for Pell Students

The Gilman Scholarship is a generous federal scholarship for study abroad and a great opportunity for U.S. citizens receiving a Federal Pell Grant to fund their international experience. UT Austin is consistently a top producer of Gilman Scholars.

Education Abroad is hosting two virtual information sessions to help students prepare a competitive application. During the information sessions, we will cover scholarship details, selection criteria, and tips for submitting a competitive application. We will also host an in-person writing workshop for essay review.

Information Sessions:

  • Tuesday, September 17, 5:00-6:30 pm via Zoom
  • Friday, September 27, 12:00-1:30 pm via Zoom

Writing Workshop:

  • Friday, October 4, 12:00-3:00 pm in UTC 1.130

The online application is now open for applicants whose in-person programs or internships start between December 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025. This cycle encompasses Winter or January term 2025, Spring 2025, May term 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and academic year 2025-2026 abroad programs. The application deadline is Thursday, October 10, 2024. For more information, consider visiting the link here!

Psychology Study Abroad

UT Psychology is holding its first faculty-led study-abroad program! Dr. Franco Pestilli will take students to Geneva, Switzerland for a May term in 2025. The course is PSY 355N, cognitive neuroscience.

Dr. Pestilli has incorporated many visits to famous places in the Geneva area, as well as several guest speakers, so experiential learning will be a key part of this program.

If you might be interested in learning more about scholarships and grants for this experience, click the link here!

The TCE Summer Exploration Grant 2024 is now open. Priority will be given to students in greatest financial need. The application will require students to communicate how their academic or career plans will benefit from the experience or resource.

Interested in applying? Simply click the link here or scan the QR code above!

Texas Career Engagement is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Summer 2024 TCE Internship Fund! Our goal is to reduce financial barriers to internship participation. Students in an eligible unpaid internship can receive funding of $20 per hour up to a maximum amount of $2,400 (based on the number of internship hours they work during Summer 2024).

For more information on funding, eligibility, and application requirements, please click the link here! The deadline to apply is May 15th, 2024.

2024-25 UEPS Application Open in LASSO

We are happy to announce that the University Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS) application is now open in LASSO! The University Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS) program was created in 1973 to provide scholarships to outstanding juniors and seniors at The University of Texas at Austin. We expect to make over 250 awards for 2024-25. Most UEPS awardees must be a junior or senior by Fall 2024, have a GPA of at least 3.75, and must have completed at least 45 hours in residence at UT Austin, but there are some awards that do not have these requirements. Recipients should enroll full-time in the 2024-25 academic year.

To be considered, please log in to LASSO and submit the OSFA – University-wide Endowed Presidential Scholarship Application by March 25, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

Study Abroad Scholarship Opportunity!

This spring, the Senate of College Councils Academic Enrichment Committee will be awarding three $1,000 Study Abroad Scholarships to qualified UT students! Eligible applicants must be an undergraduate or graduate student at UT Austin currently accepted into an accredited Maymester or Summer 2024 program.

 

Additionally, applicants must have (1) completed two semesters or be currently enrolled in their 2nd semester, (2) have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and (3) be in good academic standing. The application is due on Sunday, March 3rd at 11 PM CST. Should applicants have questions, please email senateae@gmail.com or Veronica Cantu, Senate Financial Advisor, veronicanc@austin.utexas.edu.

 

Applications can be accessed by clicking the link here!

2022 Student Writing Flag Awards

The deadline is approaching for the School of Undergraduate Studies Writing Flag Award, honoring the best writing produced by UT undergraduates in courses carrying the Writing Flag. Students must submit their work by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2022, to be eligible for prizes of up to $300, awarded in three categories — Research, Persuasive/Critical, and Creative/Reflective. In each of these categories, the Writing Flag Awards will recognize student writing that best demonstrates clarity, inventiveness and intellectual rigor.

Eligible works must be written by an undergraduate student and submitted for credit in a UT Austin Writing Flag class in the Spring, Summer or Fall semester of 2022. Collaboratively written entries are allowed in all categories.

For full contest rules, submission guidelines and other information, please visit our website.

Thank you,

The Center for Skills & Experience Flags Team