Funding Sources for US Students
You must apply for these scholarships in your home country, not once you are in Australia.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities website provides a scholarships guide for Commonwealth postgraduate students offered by Governments, Rotary International, World Bank, World Health Organization, Asian Development Bank, United Nations, Rockefeller Foundation and other organisations.
American Australian Association
The American Australian Association Education Fund awards individual Fellowships of up to US$25,000 each year in its USA to Australia Program. The Association encourages intellectual interchange and the Fellowships are intended to build on the strong social and economic partnership between Australia and the United States.
American Institute for Foreign Study
AIFS annually awards more than US$250,000 in scholarships to students who demonstrate high academic achievement or financial need.
Arts International Lila Wallace – Readers Digest International Artists
Provides funding for visual artists for international residencies. Open to all levels.
The Explorers Club Exploration Fund
Supports students in exploration and field research. Open to graduate students only.
Fulbright – US Student Loan Program
The largest US international exchange program offers opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
Gilman International Scholarship Program
This program seeks to lower the barriers to undergraduate study abroad by offering scholarships to students with financial need. The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program is sponsored by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education. The award is up to US$5000 for semester or academic programs.
IIE Passport
IIE manages a database of study abroad scholarships, fellowships and grants for US students.
Institute for International Education (IIE)
Describes IIE administered fellowships available to US graduate students wishing to study and/or conduct research abroad.
Population Council Fellowships in the Social Sciences
Supports the advanced training studies or study plans in population in order to contribute to meeting the needs of the population field by processing high-level scientific and technical skills.
Rotary Foundation
The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarship program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies.
US Department of Education, Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
Provides financial assistance to students of superior ability in the fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Open to graduate students only.
Washington University James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowships in Architecture
Provides assistance to architecture graduates, regardless of age, to travel and study architecture in foreign countries.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields. Open to graduate students only.
