Funding

Details on scholarships and other funding opportunities for various study abroad programs.
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: February 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
- The University of Sheffield – Trevor Richards Scholarship: Thanks to the generosity of donor Trevor Richards, UT students can apply for a scholarship of approximately $1,000 per semester. Tillerson Engineering Global Leaders (TEGL) will match the Richards Scholarship, so all recipients will automatically receive an additional $1,000 from TEGL.
- For application information, contact your program coordinator.
- Swedish Excellence Endowment Scholarship: Students applying to the KTH exchange or doing a semester/summer program through our affiliate DIS at Stockholm may apply. Tillerson Engineering Global Leaders (TEGL) will match the Swedish Excellence Endowment Scholarship, so all recipients will automatically receive an additional $1,000 from TEGL.
- Applications open each fall and spring semester. Application information available on LASSO.
- Normandy Scholar Program (Spring): The NSP brings together eighteen students in the spring semester who take the same five courses and travel together for nearly a month in Europe in May with the NSP faculty. Thanks to a generous donation from a former NSP student, special scholarship funding for engineers covers all expenses associated with the NSP trip to Europe.
- To learn how to apply, visit the College of Liberal Arts.
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.) Visit Texas Global for more details and event information.
- Apply at Gilman online
- Deadlines: two cycles (October and March)
- Fund for Education Abroad: Various opportunities.
- Search for funding at fundforeducationabroad.org
More Funding Opportunities
UT Austin’s Education Abroad Office offers additional information on funding and financial aid opportunities for studying abroad.
