Scholarships and Finances
Scholarships + Financial Aid
If you are looking for the program budgets and fees, please view the webpage here.
Most forms of financial aid can be used for all GlobalWorks International Internships.
Freeman Fellowship
This Fellowship is made possible by a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation.
Fellowships of up to $6,500 are available.
Amounts are determined by the length of the internship, location, budget, and other support.
No separate application needed. Students who apply for the GlobalWorks International Internship Program are automatically considered for this Fellowship if they meet the below criteria. Please plan to submit a copy of your Financial Aid Award Offer with your application to be considered for this Fellowship as well as the name and email of one reference who can supply a letter of recommendation.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Freeman Fellowship, students must meet the following criteria:
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Enrolled at the UO as a degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student
- In good academic standing (GPA 2.75 or greater)
- Accepted to an internship program in East or Southeast Asia
*For this program, the eligible countries include Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Please note: Freeman Fellowships cannot be used for virtual programs, or programs less than six weeks in length.
Following their return to UO, all awardees will be required to share their experiences and lessons learned with other students through presentations, mentoring, and/or publications.
Global Oregon
Global Oregon provides up to $1,000 to GlobalWorks students with high financial need to offset the program cost. Locations in East and Southeast Asia eligible for Freeman Fellowship are not qualified for Global Oregon. Amount is determined mainly by students’ financial need.
No separate application is needed. Students who apply for GlobalWorks internship program can check a box in the GlobalWorks application form to be considered for the Global Oregon award. Please plan to submit a copy of your Financial Aid Award Offer with your application to be considered for this Fellowship as well as the name and email of one reference who can supply a letter of recommendation.
Please note: the Freeman Fellowship and Global Oregon awards cannot be applied to a student’s program deposit fee.
Other Scholarships
The GEO study abroad department offers additional scholarships with varying requirements. Visit their scholarships page to learn more and find the right scholarship for you. Additionally, your academic department might offer their own scholarship for international education and internship programs.
Departmental Scholarships
Some academic and non-academic departments on the UO campus offer scholarships to students interning abroad for a discipline abroad within their department. Deadlines and eligibility requirement vary by scholarship.
Examples of departmental scholarships:
Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply for scholarships to support them in pursuing experiential learning opportunities. The scholarship will provide financial support of up to $5,000 to assist students in completing an unpaid internship, research opportunity, or service-learning experience. Preference will be given to applicants with financial need, as determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships. We will consider assistance for paid internships where the case can be made that the compensation will not be adequate to cover living expenses.
UO Human Physiology majors who have accepted an unpaid internship related to human physiology topics can apply for a stipend to alleviate the financial burden of uncompensated, though professionally relevant, work. The purpose of this funding is to increase equitable access to undergraduate experiential learning opportunities, especially to folks who have been historically excluded due to socioeconomics and/or systemic racism. To be eligible students must be completing at least one full 10-week term of an unpaid internship with at minimum 30 hours total of meaningful human physiology-related work. Students with financial need and those from underrepresented identities in STEM will be given priority for this limited funding.
The University of Oregon offers six different scholarships for outstanding students interested in a health profession based on academic record, financial need, and extracurricular involvement. Set up your profile on the UO Scholarship Dashboard to access opportunities that you may qualify for.
Deadlines to apply: Fall term=Aug 15; Winter term=Nov 15; Spring term=Feb 28; Summer term=Apr 30