Foreign Study Scholarships


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The purpose of a Foreign Study Scholarship at Catawba College is to enable a foreign study experience for as many students as possible within the limitations of available funds. Therefore, scholarships are awarded solely on the basis of need, not on merit. PLEASE NOTE: If you have not submitted a FAFSA for the Financial Aid Office, we have no basis for determining financial need and thus cannot consider your application for an award. Failure to receive an award in no way reflects on your academic performance or on your value to the institution, nor does it imply that you have no need for financial assistance. It means simply that others needed assistance even more than you did. Unfortunately, the available funds are not sufficient to offer aid to everyone.  Please be assured that the College is constantly pursuing support for foreign study scholarships, and that our goal is to make a foreign study experience possible for all students of the college, regardless of their financial situation. In the meantime, funds are awarded as fairly as possible, based on information supplied by the Office of Financial Aid.

Awards are available only for college-sponsored educational programs, designated eligible by the Catawba College Center for International Studies. The only exception is for students applying for a grant from the Messinger Fund which is restricted to programs undertaken to fulfill the foreign study requirement for a major in Modern Foreign Languages (French or Spanish). Ordinarily, only one award per academic year per student is permitted. Programs generally fall into one of the following three categories:

• Short-term excursions associated with a Catawba course; Maximum award: $500. (NOTE: in order to be eligible for an award, you must enroll in and complete the associated course.)
• College-sanctioned, credit-bearing (minimum 6 semester hours) study abroad programs Maximum award: $1,000.
• Programs approved by the Chairman of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and the Center for International Studies as eligible for Messinger Fund awards (foreign language majors only).

Unless otherwise instructed by your professor, return completed applications to Provost's Office, Catawba College, 2300 West Innes Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.

Questions may be directed to the instructor in charge of your program or to saloudin@catawba.edu or (704) 637-4428.