Financial Aid for International Students
Beta Phi Mu, Library and Information Studies International Honor Society offers scholarships. There is an international office, Beta Beta Delta in Europe. The scholarship link is: http://www.beta-phi-mu.org/scholarships.html.
IFLA offers international scholarships to students and IT professionals in Asia and Oceania. The scholarship link is: http://www.ifla.org/VI/1/admin/scholarasia.htm. Also, http://www.ifla.org may be helpful as a general international resources site.
Also, if there is an Operational Rotary Club in this student's country, then he or she may be eligible for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, providing that he or she has finished two years of undergraduate study. The scholarship link is: http://www.honors.ufl.edu/scholarships/international.html. For the 2002 guidelines http://rotary.org contains the application information.
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offers an annual scholarship for a student of library and information science to attend the yearly meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). This may open some doors to other resources via participation in IFLA. The scholarship link is: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/rovelstad/rovelstad.html.
For undergraduates looking to study in Melbourne, Australia there is
this site that has a division of information studies: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/ugrad/index.html.
ASEAN Student Assistance Awards Program (ASAAP) [http://www.nafsa.org] ASAAP is a public-private partnership, providing scholarships to students from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines currently enrolled at accredited 4-year academic institutions in the U.S.
International Education Finance Corporation [http://www.iefc.com/islp.html] International student loan program for international students enrolled in U.S. universities and colleges.
International Education Financial Aid
[www.iefa.org] Financial aid information for students wishing to study in a foreign country. Comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs and other information to assist students in their pursuit to study abroad. Can search by field of study.
Korean Student Assistance Awards Program (KSAAP) [http://www.nafsa.org] KSAAP is a public-private partnership, providing scholarships to students from the Republic of Korea currently enrolled at accredited 4-year academic institutions in the U.S.
Vietnam Education Foundation
The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) is accepting fellowship
applications from Vietnamese nationals who have been admitted to U.S.
graduate schools in the following fields: Natural Sciences and
Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Technology
(including Information Technology), and Medicine (including Public
Health).
The Vietnam Education Foundation is a newly established independent
federal agency aimed at building stronger relations between the United
States and Vietnam through education, primarily through scholarships and
educational exchange.
Students should email Priorityone@vef.gov and provide the following
information:
Name (family and given names)
Home address in Vietnam
Email/phone contact information
University(ies) and specific department(s) to which admitted in the U.S.
Field of study and degree:
Beginning term: