PITT HOME
AFRICA
African Heritage Room Committee
In Memory of Ms. Florence L. Williams
$5,000
ARMENIA
Armenian Room Committee
$3,500
AUSTRIA
Austrian Room Committee
$5,000
CHILE
Ivan Santa-Cruz Memorial Scholarship
$4,000
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR TAIWAN
John H. Tsui Memorial Award
$4,000
Chinese Room Committee
In Honor of Tom Chen
$4,000
CZECH/SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Czechoslovak Room Committee
$4,000
GREECE & CYPRUS
Greek Room Committee
$3,500
HUNGARY
Hungarian Room Committee
In Memory of Stephen Novak
$4,000
INDIA
Indian Room Committee
$3,500
IRELAND
John F. Kennedy Scholarship
$4,000
ITALY
Italian Room Committee
$4,000
Two semesters of Italian language required
JAPAN
Japanese Room Committee
In Honor of Dr. Etsuro Motoyama
$3,500
LITHUANIA
Lithuanian Room Committee
In Memory of Josephine and John McCloskey
$4,000
POLAND
Polish Room Committee
In Memory of Gertrude Long
$3,500
SCOTLAND
Frank and Vilma Slater Fund/Scottish Room Committee
$3,500
SWITZERLAND
Swiss Room Committee Scholarship
$4,500
WESTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, LATIN AMERICA
Robert and Helen A. Sette Scholarship
$3,500
For immersive foreign language study in a formal language acquisition program
ANY LOCATION ABROAD
David L. Lawrence Memorial Award
$4,000
Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Award
$4,000
Helen Pool Rush Award
$4,000
Savina S. Skewis Award
$4,000
Women’s International Club
$4,000
Nationality Council
$4,000 (Active Quo Vadis Guide)
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Be a current full-time student on a University of Pittsburgh campus for the fall and spring terms prior to study abroad
- Must be enrolled and on campus as a full-time student for the fall and spring terms immediately following the study abroad
- Proposed study abroad must relate to career goals
- Foreign language skills if required by the scholarship
- Minimum stay of five weeks in one country or region during the summer term
- Have a GPA of at least 3.0
- Must have at least 60 credits by the end of April 2018 (current sophomore or junior and no AP credits)
- Propose a career-related, credit-worthy study abroad program or internship
- For independent research proposal, must speak with the Scholarship Administrator
- All proposed undertakings must receive credits
*Previous awardees are not eligible to apply again.
Online Application. Please complete and submit through online application.
- Two letters of recommendation. One from a faculty member and a second from a faculty/other. Complete and submit through the online application.
- Awardee Obligation Signature Form. Print from online application, sign and submit a hard copy to 1209 Cathedral of Learning (CL)
- Academic Credit Signature Page- Obtain approval for the proposed program from the Study Abroad Office. Have Study Abroad sign and submit hard copy to 1209 Cathedral of Learning. Keep a copy for yourself.
- Transcripts required with fall semester grades and turned in to 1209 CL.
- Undergraduates interested in conducting “independent study” must speak with scholarship administrator for approval before applying for the scholarship.
- Other Scholarships Notice. Complete and submit through online application.
- Attend scholarship information sessions in 1209 CL. Sign up at:(http://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/scholarshipsgrants. If unable to attend, schedule an appointment with Scholarship Administrator.
- Applicants may apply for 2 scholarships but can only receive 1 scholarship award
Application becomes available: Early September 2017
Scholarship information session begins: September 22, 2017
Last scholarship information session: December 5, 2017
Completed Applications Due: January 8, 2018
Finalists announced: January 18, 2018
Finalist interviews begin on: January 29, 2018
To sign up for information session and for complete information on the Nationality Rooms Summer Study Abroad Scholarships, visit us at http://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/scholarshipsgrants.
Nationality Rooms Program
1209 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412.624.6150; Fax: 412.624.4214
E-mail: mcl38@pitt.edu
