Finance & Scholarships

Funding for Study Abroad

Home School Tuition Model

The Home School Tuition model is the method of payment for Simmons-Approved study abroad programs in the fall and spring semesters. It allows Simmons students to be charged for a full-course load (12 credits) and prorated housing cost, as if attending Simmons for the regular semester. Any financial aid, grants, or scholarships students are typically given to attend Simmons are then included towards this total cost.

Self-Pay is the method of payment for Summer programs because the  Home School Tuition model cannot be used for the summer semester. 

External Scholarships

External scholarships are available for most students looking to study abroad. A selected list of scholarships can be found here. There may be additional scholarship opportunities possible through your study abroad program provider.

• Fund for Education Abroad
  Fund for Education Abroad's mission is to provide scholarships and ongoing support to students with financial need who are underrepresented among the U.S. study-abroad population, including students of color, community college students, and first-generation college students.
• Boren Scholarships
  The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture abroad by U.S. undergraduate or graduate students.
• Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan
  The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Recipients receive stipends of up to $2,500 for a semester's study program.
• Freeman-ASIA
  For U.S. citizens or permanent residents who demonstrate financial need and interest in studying abroad in East or Southeast Asia.
• Fulbright Commission Summer Institutes to the UK
  The Institutes are three to four week programmes for US undergraduate students, who have no or very little travel experience outside North America. Participants can explore the culture, heritage and history of the UK while experiencing higher education at a UK university. Students receive free airfare, free tuition and fees at their host institution, accommodation and some meals.
• Gilman International Scholarships
  A U.S. Department of State grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, applicants must be US. citizen undergraduate students receiving Federal Pell Grants.
• Gilman McCain Scholarship
  The John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship) provides awards of $5,000 for child and spousal dependents of active or activated United States military personnel during the time of application to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs.
• Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship
  $1,000 scholarship for studying abroad that may be used for tuition, room & board, books, or travel.