Recent Awards
Since its funding in 2004, The Foundation has committed over $3,800,000 in grants to 64 colleges, universities and other not for profit institutions, in support of undergraduate study abroad. As far as we can ascertain, The IFSA Foundation is the nation's only foundation dedicated exclusively to strengthening study abroad.
Please note: The IFSA Foundation has a strong bias toward the support of semester and full year study abroad; grants are given only to institutions not individuals; scholarship grants are not tied to the participation of students under the auspices of any particular program or institution.
Grants for the sixth grant cycle, December 2007
Grants for the fifth grant cycle, March 2007
Grants for the fourth grant cycle, December 2006
Grants for the third grant cycle, May 2006
Grants for the second grant cycle, December 2005
Grants for the first grant cycle, May 2005
Inaugural Grants, fall 2004
Grants for the sixth grant cycle, December 2007:
• Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH — a two-year grant for scholarships for non-traditional undergraduate students (25 years and older) for semester/ year-long study abroad.
• Doane College
Crete, NE — a two-year grant for scholarships for selected Honors Program Juniors and selected students at non-traditional locations.
• Miami Dade College
Miami, FL — a two-year grant to provide for scholarships for semester-long study abroad programs.
• SECAC
Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium (all twelve universities of the Southeastern Conference; headquartered at the University of Arkansas), Fayetteville, AR —
a two-year grant for Global Leadership scholarships for study in Northern Ireland.
• Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA — a two-year grant for scholarships for semester-long programs in Africa, Asia or Latin America.
Grants for the fifth grant cycle, March 2007:
• Eckerd College
St. Petersburg, FL — a two-year grant for scholarships for Eckerd students to attend the college’s program at Xiamen University, China.
• The Forum on Education Abroad
— a one-year grant for implementation of the Quality Improvement Program (QUIP) designed to insure institutional conformity with the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice.
• Illinois Valley Community College
Oglesby IL — a two-year grant for students of the Illinois Consortium for International Studies to attend semester length programs of study abroad.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Education
— a three-year grant for scholarships for semester or full year study abroad for students majoring in education programs at the College of Education.
• Loyola University
New Orleans, LA — a two-year grant for residents of Louisiana attending Loyola University to participate in semester or year long study abroad programs.
• Maryville College
Maryville, TN — a two-year grant for scholarships to under-represented students of Maryville College to attend semester or year long study abroad programs.
• University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN — a two-year grant for scholarships for students with disabilities at the University of Minnesota for semester or full-year study abroad; these students will agree to assist in a program designed to facilitate participation of other students with disabilities on study abroad programs organized through the Learning Abroad Center of the university.
• The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA — a two-year grant for scholarships for semester and full year study abroad for students at Penn State as an enhancement to the university’s Whole World Scholarship Program designed to increase the participation of students in non-traditional locations.
• University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT — a one-year grant for Global Diversity scholarships for semester and full year study abroad providing support for under-represented students who are encouraged to attend non-traditional study abroad sites.
• Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities
Nashville, TN — a two-year grant for scholarships to under-represented students to participate in semester-long and full-year study abroad.
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, VA — a one-year grant for scholarships for Virginia Tech students to participate in semester and full year study abroad.
• Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, PA — a two-year grant for scholarships for Washington & Jefferson students participating in semester long study abroad programs.
Grants for the fourth grant cycle, December 2006:
• Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI — for scholarships to allow nursing, pre-med and pre-vet students to spend a semester or academic year of study abroad.
• Benedictine University
Lisle, IL — for scholarships for semester or academic year study abroad for students on AWAY and PEP Programs.
• Long Island University
Brookville, NY —a three-year grant to cover a portion of study abroad costs for LIU students to spend a semester abroad.
• University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA — for scholarships for Mary Washington students to spend a semester abroad on the university’s Cultural Envoy Program.
• University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO — a three year grant for scholarships for UMKC students to spend a semester studying abroad.
• Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK — a three-year grant for scholarships for OSU students from the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources attending both a six-week immersion course and a following semester in Mexico.
• Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR — for scholarships to allow ten Diversity Scholars to study for a semester abroad.
• Worcester State University
Worcester, MA — for scholarships for WSU students to spend a semester or full-year of study abroad.
Grants for the third grant cycle, May 2006:
• Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ — for a three year project to support the Hispanic Mother-Daughter International Programs Project; scholarships for ASU students to study abroad on specialized semester long study abroad programs.
• Clark University
Worcester, MA — for scholarships on semester long study abroad programs to Clark students from under-represented groups.
• East Carolina University
Greenville, NC — for funding of scholarships over a two year period to ECU students studying for a semester or full year in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Asia.
• Frontiers Journal
Carlisle, PA — to fund, along with Dickinson College , the Forum and Frontiers Journal, the cost of a Special Issue of the journal devoted to The History of Study Abroad: Beginnings to 1965.
• James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA — for diversity initiative scholarships to under-represented students for full year and semester exchanges and study abroad
• Montana State University
Bozeman, MT — a two year grant for scholarships for semester and full year study in Morocco by students from MSU and its associated institutions in the US Arabic Distance Learning Network.
• New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM — a three-year grant for scholarships for semester and full year study abroad for NMSU students participating in the Hispanic Serving Institution Study Abroad Capacity Building and Scholarship Program.
• Penn State University Altoona
Altoona, PA — a two year grant for scholarships to PSU
Altoona students to study abroad on semester and full year programs.
• Rockford College
Rockford, IL — a three year grant to support a semester and full year Service Learning Program in Argentina .
• St. Ambrose University
Davenport, IA — a two year grant for student stipends and student project supplies to St. Ambrose University students participating on the university's semester long program in Ecuador.
• Texas A&M University
College Station, TX — matching funds to TAMU for need based scholarships for semester and full year undergraduate study abroad programs.
• University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL — two year funding of scholarships to undergraduate minority students, Horizon Scholarship students, for semester or full year study abroad
• University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT — a matching grant for scholarships for semester and full year undergraduate study abroad by students to enhance the university's Global Diversity Undergraduate Studies Scholarships program.
Grants for the second grant cycle, December 2005:
• Arcadia University
Glenside, PA — support of students studying for a semester on Bioko Island in Equatorial New Guinea
• Child Family Health International (The University of California at Davis )
San Francisco, CA — to assist pre-medical and other health science students to attend a program in Oaxaca , Mexico .
• CCIE , a consortium of 72 California Community Colleges
Fremont, CA — for students to participate in semester length study abroad programs and for institutional support in the development of study abroad programs
• The Glimpse Foundation
Providence , RI — for the implementation of interactive features on a new website
• Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, MA — a two-year grant for scholarships to students studying abroad at the University of the Arts, London
• Michigan State University , Office of Study Abroad
East Lansing, MI — for scholarships and special on-site accommodation costs to students with disabilities studying at University College , Dublin
• Purdue University , Office of International Programs
West Lafayette, IN — a four year study of the impact of timing on the study abroad experience and on early exposure as a means to additional study abroad
• Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ — for the production of a video and Training Manual concerned with violence against women in the study abroad situation
• Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN — scholarships for semester and full year study abroad over the next three semesters
• St. Norbert's College
De Pere, WI — for scholarships to financially needy students for study abroad on semester programs
• Temple University
Philadelphia, PA — three-year grant for scholarships to students participating on semester length programs of study abroad
• University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY — scholarships for semester and full year study abroad
• University of Vermont
Burlington, VT — three-year grant for scholarships to engineering students for a year or semester of study abroad
Grants for the first grant cycle, May 2005:
• The Abroad View Foundation
Bennington, VT — to establish a student editorial staff for the "Abroad View" magazine at Northwestern University
• Berea College
Berea, KY — scholarships for semester study abroad during 2005-2006
• College of St. Rose
Albany, NY — scholarships for semester and full-year study abroad
• Frontiers Journal
Carlisle, PA — a three year grant to publish annual Special Issue devoted to undergraduate education research
• Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA — for marketing and informational material designed to increase participation in undergraduate study abroad by underrepresented students
• St. Edward's University
Austin, TX — a four-year grant for scholarships for underrepresented students for semester and full year study abroad
• United Negro College Fund Special Programs
Washington, DC — a two year grant to strengthen the capacity of study abroad staff at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL — scholarships for study abroad for full year and semester students during the next two academic years
• University of Maryland
College Park, MD — support for a survey and development of inventory instruments related to a graduate student thesis on outcomes assessment in study abroad
• University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA — production of a DVD to encourage students with disabilities to study Abroad
• University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY — scholarships for a program tying summer and semester study abroad over the next two academic years
Inaugural Grants, fall 2004:
• The Forum — to mark the start-up of the Foundation (announced in September at the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University), a grant was awarded to The Forum on Education Abroad for a project to refine instruments and methodology to establish standards and exercise quality control for the field of study abroad.
• ISEP, The International Student Exchange Program — to mark the 25 th anniversary of the nation's largest and most extensive program of student exchanges
• NAFSA, Association of International Educators — for revision and strengthening of professional development workshops in such areas as health and safety, ethical marketing practices, and broad based training of new members.