Virtual IIE Gilman Writing Workshop: Brainstorming Content, Outlining and more - Taking Steps Toward a Successful Application! - Events Calendar

Virtual IIE Gilman Writing Workshop: Brainstorming Content, Outlining and more - Taking Steps Toward a Successful Application!

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Online
Faculty, Students

The Gilman deadline is approaching! Now is the time to craft, reflect and revise your essay drafts. This is a time for you to brainstorm content, outline and discuss. By joining you will be taking steps toward a successful application. The IIE Gilman is a distinguished, competitive fellowship, a State Department program that is intended to help prepare students for future leadership in international engagement and for successful applications to fellowships such as Fulbright and Peace Corps and more.

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What is the IIE Gilman International Scholarship? It is a US State Department fellowship for US students who are Pell recipients to help defray the cost of undergraduate study abroad. Here is the Gilman blurb:

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means (Pell recipients) to study or intern abroad, providing awards of up to $5,000 for study-abroad programs. The program aims to encourage students to study and intern in a diverse array of countries or areas and world regions. The program also encourages students to study languages, especially critical need languages (those deemed important to national security by adding a supplement of up to $3,000 for intensive language study of designated critical need languages). Are you planning to study abroad? Are you eligible for the IIE Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship? Join us to learn more about the application process!

AM I ELIGIBLE?

- I am a U.S. citizen.

- I am a GVSU undergraduate in good standing (not on probation; with no conduct violations). Spring/Summer Applicants can walk at April graduation but their degree cannot be conferred until after they complete their study abroad program.

- I am eligible for the Pell Grant . Not sure? Ask GVSU Financial Aid Office .

OR — dependent child of an active-duty military member(s) during the time of application. Parent/guardian must serve in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, or Coast Guard. Applicant must currently receive any type of Title IV federal financial aid. Study abroad program must meet all other Gilman eligibility. The Gilman-McCain Scholarship uses the same application as the Gilman Scholarship.

Thinking about study abroad? Receive up to $5,000 to go abroad as a college student if you’re a U.S. citizen and Federal Pell Grant recipient! If you’re studying a critical need language in a country in which the language is predominantly spoken, you can apply for the supplemental Critical Need Language Award of up to $3,000. If you’re interested in conducting STEM-related research while studying or interning abroad, you could receive an additional $1,000 by applying for the STEM Supplemental Award.

And this is ONLY ONE of MANY fellowship opportunities that help with the costs of study abroad - others include IIE Freeman-Asia, Phi Kappa Phi, Bridging (for study in Japan), Watanabe (for year-long study in Japan), Boren (for intensive language study of a critical need language) and more.

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Thank you for joining this Virtual Gilman Scholarship Workshop!

Date: Feb. 17, 2026

Time: 12:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting: https://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/j/98769118153?pwd=naTNLNPaRODZTy8YKzIgaAG6CMq6Fn.1

Contact Information

Email [email protected] for more information about this and other fellowships, including other fellowships that help to defray the cost of study abroad (IIE Freeman-Asia, Bridging (for study in Japan), and Fund for Education Abroad.

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This event was added to the calendar by Brenda Tooley (tooleyb@gvsu.edu) on Friday, February 13, 2026 and was last updated on Monday, February 16, 2026 at 10:20 a.m.

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