Steps to apply for University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP)

UCR Study Abroad

UCEAP - Deadlines

Financial Support

Even if studying abroad is a worthwhile investment—and often affordable—you might need help financing your program. The good news is, in most cases you can apply some or all of your financial aid to your study abroad program:

To apply any of your financial aid to your study abroad program, you must earn academic credits or units on your program.

If you’re currently using a Cal or PELL Grants, you may use them for your study abroad program. Talk to your study abroad advisor about this.

If you go on an Education Abroad Program (Non-USA):

• You may use eligible federal, state, UCR grant, and scholarships.
• Financial aid also includes student and parental loans.
• You will continue to pay UC tuition and fees.
• After acceptance, your UCR financial aid will be re-packaged according to the cost of your program.
• If you don’t currently receive UC financial aid, you may qualify for student or parental loans while on an EAP.

Helpful Resources:

• NAFSA: Association of International Educators - A resource for undergraduate students, this website lists funding sources that include federal aid, state aid and scholarships. It also provides a sample budget worksheet and hidden costs to consider.
• StudyAbroad.com - Choose from scholarships awarded based on merit, diversity factors, your destination, your program or the subject you will study.
• AllAbroad.us - A full-scale resource for anyone interested in studying abroad, this site lists scholarships in three categories: “General Study Abroad” for all students, “Diversity in Study Abroad” for underrepresented students and “Nontraditional Countries” for those who study in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the Caribbean.
• DiversityAbroad.com - This site lists a wide range of scholarships with info about loans and how to apply for them.
• Institute for International Education - The IIEPassport for Study Abroad Funding provides information on various study abroad grants and scholarships.
• UCEAP Scholarship - UCEAP provided scholarships that can help fund your study abroad experience.
• Fund My Travel - A creative way to create an online travel campaign to raise funds for your study abroad experience.

Scholarships:

• Applying to many scholarships increases your chances of receiving funding. While each scholarship has its own level of competitiveness, all have the same goal of helping students to study or work abroad. We encourage you to read each website carefully for eligibility, application instructions and deadlines. Most of all, good luck!

  • UCEAP Scholarships - UCEAP wants its participants to afford the tremendous opportunities of studying abroad. So it offers $700,000 each year in scholarships, which include:
    • Duttenhaver Scholars Program awards $5,000 for year-long study abroad programs. 
    • Jasmine Jahanshahi Scholarships awards $2,500 for semester and year-long study abroad programs.
  • Bridging Scholarships - Geared toward U.S. undergraduate students who study for one semester or an academic year in Japan, the US-Japan Bridging Foundation helps America’s young people to prepare for future global leadership roles. Awards up to $5,000 for the academic year.
  • Boren Awards - Representing a variety of academic backgrounds, Boren Scholarships for undergraduates and Boren Fellowships for graduate students support programs in underrepresented areas that are critical to U.S. interests. These include Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. They exclude Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program - Offered by the U.S. government, the CLS Program offers intensive summer language institutes overseas in critical need foreign languages. Awarded with the expectation that they will apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers, CLS Program participants have studied Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Urdu.
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship - Supporting 50-60 U.S. and Canadian undergraduates each year, the DAAD Scholarship funds study, senior thesis research and internships in Germany from four to ten months.
  • DiversityAbroad.com Scholarships- DiversityAbroad.com has partnered with several organizations to offer study abroad scholarships and grants. In addition, DiversityAbroad.com hosts a directory of study abroad scholarship, grants, and fellowships.
  • Freeman Asia Scholarship - Supporting American undergraduates who study overseas in East or Southeast Asia, the Freeman-ASIA (Freeman Awards for Study in Asia) helps to increase the number of Americans with first-hand exposure to—and understanding of—the people and cultures of Asia.
  • Fulbright Scholarship - Formed in 1946, the Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. Since its beginning, the Fulbright Program has helped nearly 300,000 participants to study, teach and conduct research abroad.
  • Gilman Scholarship - Targeting U.S. undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grant funding, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program helps students of limited financial means to study in non-traditional study abroad destinations.

  
  Additional scholarship resource information can be found on the UCEAP website for Study Abroad programs that are not UC affiliated.

Study Abroad - Finance Support

UCR Financial Aid

Health and Safety Support

At UCR, your health and safety are our top priorities. We hope they’re yours too! Maximizing the safety and well-being of students who travel abroad is of utmost concern. This involves tracking student activity, consultation on risk abatement and best practices for health and safety, orientation for students, and creating mechanisms in limiting severe incidents and responding quickly and efficiently to incidents when they occur. Remember, as you prepare to go and while you’re abroad it’s up to you more so than ever to make the right choices and do the right thing to ensure a healthy and safe experience. Read and follow the guidelines below.

What To Do While Abroad

UC Campuses with Study Abroad Programs