Global Grants

• Go to the Education Abroad website and apply for the Buffs Abroad Scholarship.
• Click “Get Started” to begin the process.  The application will include additional questions for IAFS majors, which will be considered by the IAFS Advisory Board to determine awardees.  Application deadlines follow the Buffs Abroad scholarship deadlines (early October/early March). 
• Please note that Global Grant awards are not eligible for the Buffs Abroad rolling 2-week decisions.  Global Grant recipients will be notified by Education Abroad approximately one month after the final scholarship deadline.
• For Education Abroad help, visit http://abroad.colorado.edu/ and click “Getting Started” for information on CU Education Abroad 101 and Education Abroad advising.

• Global Grants are awarded based on merit and need. A minimum GPA of 2.75 is required.
• Applicants must be IAFS majors.
• Resident and non-resident students may apply.
• Global Grant scholarships are awarded to students travelling anywhere in the world for Academic Year, Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. Please review program application deadlines on the Education Abroad website. 
• There is a service requirement attached to the Global Grant, accepted by Global Grant recipients upon their agreement to receive the award. The Program requires all recipients email IAFS@colorado.edu with updates and photos while they are abroad. Additionally, students may be asked to present on their experiences to the IAFS Advisory Board (entity which does the fundraising for the Global Grants) or other opportunities to share about the Global Grants program.

Here are a few sample questions that the scholarship application may include:

• Information about your academic goals - Describe what types of classes do you plan to take abroad and what degree requirements these courses fulfill. Next, describe how your learning and experiences will extend beyond the classroom when you are abroad?

• Information about your overall goals - Please provide more detail about what do you hope to learn and gain from the program, and how this experience will fit into your future and/or career goals? Please expand upon any information that you included in the Buffs Abroad question about your program choice.

• Information about you - Comment on any of the following and how will these relate to your study abroad experience: your extracurricular activities, major achievements, travel history, away-from-home living experience, your family or your home community.

• Financing Your CU Education - Describe how you normally finance your tuition and expenses at CU.

• Education Abroad Financial Plan - Describe if/how finances affected your program choice, how you have planned and budgeted for your program, and how you will pay for the program if you have unmet need.