General Eligibility for all Four Foundation Scholarships

• At the time of applying for any of the Foundation scholarships, you must be enrolled in a North American college or university where transfer credit from an academic program abroad will be applied to your degree being earned. (The exception to this requirement is the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Internship Scholarship.  There are no other exceptions.)
• You must be a US or Canadian citizen

Your year in college may be any one of the following:

Your program abroad is one of the following:

Important information about transcripts

Your transcript is required to apply for a scholarship and must be mailed or emailed.  The GPA entered on this application must match the GPA on your transcript.  Your application is not complete without the Foundation receiving your transcript!  Unofficial transcripts will be accepted with your application. However, official transcripts may be requested upon awarding of a scholarship.  You will be notified if this is the case.  Please email or mail your transcript to the address below:

Your most recent university transcript should be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mailed to:

  

Foundation for Global Scholars

Attn:  Karen Brockwell

12050 N. Pecos Street, Suite 320

Westminster, CO  80234 USA

 

You may apply for any of the four scholarships available from the Foundation provided you meet the eligibility requirements for each one. 

Here are the Foundation scholarships

• Foundation for Global Scholars General Scholarship

  Foundation for Global Scholars General Scholarship

  • There are no additional eligibility requirements beyond those listed above in the "general eligibility" section
  • General award amounts vary and range in increments of $500 to $1500
  • The Foundation expects to hear from scholarship recipients at least three times during their time abroad.  The third and final time should be in the form of a reflection on how their their international education experience affected their future academic, career or personal goals or choices.  You can send your information to us in one of two ways:  via email or through a personal blog that you share with the Foundation.    

  The Foundation expects to hear from scholarship recipients at least three times during their time abroad.  The third and final time should be in the form of a reflection on how their their international education experience affected their future academic, career or personal goals or choices.  You can send your information to us in one of two ways:  via email or through a personal blog that you share with the Foundation.   

  
  
• STA Travel Scholar Award

  STA Travel Scholar Award

  STA Travel Inc. is a global travel specialist with 30 years experience helping students, teachers and young professionals travel the world. STA Travel offers a unique range of products with exclusive discounts on airfare, accommodations, tours, rail passes and more. Globally, STA Travel is present in 90 countries with 400 retail locations, sending over 6 million travelers away each year. "Our mission is to create opportunities for students and young adults to experience the world around them," said Kevin Jacobs, STA Travel's managing director. "This donation helps us achieve that mission and give deserving students the opportunity to study abroad where they can learn just as much about themselves as the world around them."

  In addition to the "general eligibility" requirements listed above, students should have an academic major at their home university in one of the following areas in order to apply for the STA Travel Scholar Award (academic minors in these areas are not eligible):

  • Photography
  • Film and Art
  • Travel and Tourism
  • International Business
  • International Studies or
  • Foreign Language
  • STA Travel, Inc. award amount in increments of $2,500

   $2,000 upon confirmation of participation in program abroad and full payment of program fees.  $500 upon completion of program and fulfilling blogging requirements.

   

  All applicants must submit at the time of their application a letter of reference from a professor with whom you have studied.  The reference letter should address the following:

   Please briefly describe the most positive aspects, both personally and academically, of the applicant that makes this person a good candidate for study abroad.

  Your reference letter must be received by the Foundation by the deadline or your application will not be complete.  Please send your reference letter on university letterhead to: 

   Foundation for Global Scholars
  12050 N. Pecos St.
  Suite 320  Attn:  Karen Brockwell
  Westminster, CO 80234 USA

   Please note:  If you are chosen as a recipient of this award, you will be required to blog during your time abroad through STA Travel’s website at: STA Travel Blogs and to the Foundation for Global Scholars website. Detailed requirements for the blog will be provided to you.  Lastly, STA Travel expects you to take photographs and make them available to the company for their promotional use.

   

  
  
• GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Internship Scholarship

  GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Internship Scholarship - Please note this scholarship is for participants in a GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Internship Program ONLY

   

  GlobaLinks Learning Abroad is international education leader in the facilitation of high quality international internships.  In addition, we also offer a wide range of other international education programming such as semester/year abroad, short courses, and degree programs.  GlobaLinks Learning Abroad understands the importance for students to build and explore careers early and often, not only domestically but in a global context as well. Investing in these types of experiences will help set students on the right professional path by the time they graduate.

  “With over 2.5 million graduates entering the job market each year, we want students building their personal brand and skill level as much as possible so they can stand out amongst their competition. Gaining global competencies abroad through an internship is a great way for students to differentiate themselves and build the skills they need to succeed, “said Barbara West, GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Manager of Internship Programs. “We also understand that an unpaid international internship is hard to fund for many students and we want to make this program open to those who might not normally be able to afford an important opportunity like this. We hope that these scholarships will make an international internship possible for a wider range of students.”

  In addition to the "general eligibility" requirements listed above, applicants must meet all of the following eligibility requirements for this award.  Important note about eligibility for this scholarship only:  The  GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Internship Scholarship does NOT require participants receive academic credit at their home university or college for the internship program.  All other general eligibility requirements apply.

   

  • GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Internship Scholarships are in increments of $1,000

  • Minimum GPA 3.0
  • Recipients are required to blog throughout their internship and send their blog to GlobaLinks Learning Abroad
  • Must be participating in an internship program through GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Students only
  • Recipients must also participate in a post experience webinar on Career Development through GlobaLinks Learning Abroad
    

   

   

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• Banks Family Scholarship

  Banks Family Scholarship

  Cynthia Banks, CEO of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, and her family have personally donated an annual scholarship through the Foundation for Global Scholars in support of education abroad for future leaders and in particular for students in business and entrepreneurship. Cynthia was a business student and an entrepreneur who founded the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad organization in 1989. "Our family wishes to support students in their international endeavors so that they also have similar opportunities to explore their interests and career passions," said Cynthia Banks.

   

  In addition to the "general eligibility" requirements listed above, applicants must meet all of the following eligibility requirements for this award and answer one additional essay question on the scholarship application.

  • Banks Family Scholarships are in increments of $1,000
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Business Major
  • GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Students
  • Interest in entrepreneurship
  • Attending a Semester Abroad program only

  Please note: If you are chosen as a recipient of this award, you will be required to prepare a brief presentation (10 minutes) and give it to a class describing your study abroad experience, how it helped further your interest in entrepreneurship and encourage others to have study abroad experience. Provide a video (simple camera or flipcam video is fine) of your presentation to the Foundation.

  
  

Here's the Process for applying

• Complete Scholarship Application
• Your most recent university transcript should be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mailed to:
  

   

  Foundation for Global Scholars

  Attn:  Karen Brockwell

  12050 N. Pecos Street, Suite 320

  Westminster, CO  80234 USA

   

DEADLINE AND AWARD TIMELINES

Please note the following:

• There is a 60 day window in which to apply for a scholarship.  Be sure you are applying in the correct award period for your program start date (the date classes begin in country).
• Because of the time necessary for the scholarship committee to score scholarship applications, your program may begin before you know if you have been selected to receive an award or not. 
• Applicants are notified about 30 days from the application deadline (depending on application volumes) whether they will receive a scholarship or not.
• Scholarship recipients will not receive their scholarship check before they begin their study abroad program.  This is because confirmation of your participation in classes, in country, for one full week must be received by the Foundation before your check will be mailed to your permanent address provided on your application.  (Electronic funds transfer is not available for a scholarship to be deposited into your bank account.) Additionally, full payment of your program fees is required before your scholarship check will be mailed.
  
• All decisions regarding scholarship awards are those of the Foundation and are final.
  

WHEN WILL I FIND OUT IF I AM A SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT?  WHEN WILL I GET MY SCHOLARSHIP CHECK?

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The Foundation wants to keep in touch with our award recipients after their program ends and learn how the study abroad experience affects subsequent life experiences such as career choices.  We will follow up with recipients upon completion of their program and periodicaly thereafter.

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