AYRE Scholarship for Graduate and Undergraduate Students in ACES

Description: Through the generous support from the Robert and Barbara AYRE farm income, funding is now available to support graduate student learning and research experiences abroad!

Funding Schedule

The amount awarded depends on the duration of the experience, but also on the actual cost of the planned experience as documented in the budget. As a guideline the amounts will be:

* 2 to 4 weeks USD1,000
* 4 to 8 weeks USD2,000
* 8 to 12 weeks USD3,000
* 1 semester or longer USD4,000

These funds are intended especially to encourage those students who have not studied abroad before to at least do so during their graduate studies. Many of our graduate students were born and raised outside the United States and therefore are already having an international experience by being here at UIUC. They are still eligible for support through this fund but only if the proposed research, study, etc. is to be conducted outside their home country and outside the United States.

Host Institution(s):

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Academic Level:

• Masters

Field(s) of Study:

• Unrestricted / Other

Amount: varies per term

No. of Scholarship Recipients: varies

Criteria: Application Procedure

* Applicants must submit a two-page proposal to Dean Bohn. This proposal must include a description of the project, research, demonstration, or course work to be conducted abroad. Financial support in the order of USD300-500 for attending conferences abroad may also be requested but such proposals will be given lower priority than longer periods abroad.

* In the proposal, the applicant needs to explain how the proposed project, research, demonstration, or course work abroad pertains to areas of research or teaching conducted in his/her department.

* The proposal must include a detailed budget, which also depicts other sources of funding available (e.g., departmental support, personal funds).

* A letter of reference from a faculty member must accompany the application. In this letter, the faculty member is asked to evaluate the students proposal, his/her academic record as well as the promise of success of the applicant in his/her chosen profession.
* Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The application must be received at least two (2) months prior to the anticipated date of travel.

Includes: * Mandatory coverage through CISI emergency medical insurance
* Registration fee
* Consultation with the McKinley Travel Clinic for students going to tropical and sub-tropical, or less developed countries.