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Beryl R.Colbourn Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship (Scholarship Program) Featured
- Program Terms: Fall
- Restrictions: UCF applicants only
Beryl R. Colbourn Study Abroad Scholarship
This award is specifically designed to help make study abroad programs accessible to students. To apply for this scholarship you must have first submitted an application and been accepted into a UCF Abroad program.
Award:
Awards are made based on evaluations of written applications, need, merit and other factors. Awards can be up to $1000 per semester.
To be eligible to apply you must:
Eligibility:
Students must be participants in UCF Abroad Programs. Applications are not considered complete without a letter of reference/recommendation and a personal statement by the posted deadline. It is your responsibility to notify the contact person to provide your recommendation of the deadline for the scholarship to which you applied.
Selection Process and Timeline
After the scholarship application deadline, the following selection process commences;
All applications are reviewed by a committee, with membership selected from the UCF Abroad office, UCF Global unit, as well as faculty and staff from other units of UCF.
The committee members rank scholarship applications using a common rubric based on the selection criteria, as well as the quality of student's submitted recommendation and the student's personal statement.
A list of awardees is then generated based on the committee's rankings and feedback as well as the pool of available funding at that time, which may vary.
All applications undergo a review by both the UCF Abroad and Financial Aid offices to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria listed above.
Recommendations for final awards are then forwarded to the appropriate units for processing, this could take 3-5 weeks depending on the time of year as well as other factors.