Study Abroad Scholarships

Students generally can use their scholarships for their study abroad program, although some KU scholarships do not cover the summer term, and therefore are not applicable for summer study abroad programs. To learn more about how your scholarships will work for your study abroad program, please view Using Financial Aid & Other Funding Sources. 

Often, because of application deadlines, students will not have received notification of receipt of study abroad scholarships prior to having to commit to their chosen program. Therefore, it’s important for students to know how they will pay for their program if they do not receive the scholarship.

In order to calculate an estimate of what the overall cost for a study abroad program will be, please view Study Abroad Costs for resources to do so. Students who will need scholarship support to be able to study abroad and have flexibility can consider programs that have specific scholarship funds set aside for them.

Many of the funds to support study abroad scholarships come from donors. Students who are awarded a scholarship from a donor may be asked to write a thank you letter to the donor, including information about their plan of study. Additionally, semester and academic year awardees are asked to do an outreach project such as writing essays or providing photos about your time abroad. Students will be notified of any scholarship requirements in their award email.