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From http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html

The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers a competition for awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at a 2-year or 4-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.

Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000.

Critical Need Languages include:

* Arabic (all dialects)
* Chinese (all dialects)
* Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)
* Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)
* Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi)
* Korean
* Russian

The Gilman Scholarship Program is now accepting applications from students participating in study abroad programs that take place during Fall 2007 or for Academic Year 07-08 study abroad programs.

Important Deadlines:
April 3, 2007 - Deadline to submit an application
April 7, 2007 - Transcript postmark deadline
April 10, 2007 - Advisor certification deadline

For more information, go to http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html .

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