Awards and scholarships on campus

Oscar Ferenandez Scholarship

Awards up to $1,300

Awarded to currently enrolled juniors or seniors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences majoring in Spanish or Portuguese. Students must demonstrate financial need (students may submit a letter of award notification from the UI Office of Student Financial Aid, or a copy of the most recent FAFSA filed by their parents) and academic excellence. Interested students may nominate themselves or be nominated by a faculty member from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. 

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Spanish Student Aid Scholarship

Awards $500

Awarded to a deserving student majoring in Spanish who demonstrates financial need and merit. 

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Genevieve Davis Searle Scholarship

Awards up to $10,000 for two consecutive semesters

Available to undergraduate Spanish majors studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.

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Stephen Lynn Smith Memorial Scholarship

Gilman International Scholarship

Awarded to students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding to participate in study or intern abroad programs worldwide. Visit the website for more information.  

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International Programs scholarships

Explore the many funding opportunities open to UI students and alumni, available from the International Programs Student Grants and Fellowships page.

Undergraduate students who are committed to developing advanced language proficiency should investigate the Naomi Gunderson Scholarship for Foreign Language Study Abroad. 

Undergraduate students who have completed at least one year of Spanish or Portuguese and are looking to study abroad in Spain and Latin America can look into the Carol A. Snodgrass Scholarship.

Students majoring in a world language who are participating in a study abroad program or an international internship program through International Programs should investigate the Richard J. Tyner International Programs Scholarship. 

Undergraduate students who study abroad in countries including sub-Saharan Africa, Asia (including Central Asia), Latin America, and the Middle East (including North Africa) should investigate the Joel D. and Sandra Barkan Scholarship. 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences scholarships

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also awards scholarships to students continuing coursework in a major within the college. Some scholarships are open to all liberal arts and sciences students and others are for select liberal arts and sciences majors.