Scholarships

Scholarships For Study Throughout East Asia

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, thereby gaining skills critical to our national security and economic competitiveness. The Gilman Scholarship Program is open to U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide. See here for more information.  

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia. Eligible languages are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese. See here for more information.

US Department of Education Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) FLAS scholarships are awarded through your educational institution. Please contact your school's representative for up-to-date information. Penn students studying an East Asian language can contact David Dettmann and visit Penn's FLAS site or visit Department of Education's site for more information. 

Korea-specific Scholarships
Asian American Scholarships

Learn more about the need for Asian and Pacific Islander American scholarships and also find links to helpful resources for prospective college students here.