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The Honors College wants to see you study abroad this year and next! For Summer 2025, Fall 2025 and Spring 2026, we are providing up to $60,000 in scholarships for students who want to attend programs to study, intern, or do community projects around the world. This scholarship program is specifically designed for you to pick your program early so that you can meet all of the due dates and maximize potential scholarship opportunities.
The Honors Study Abroad Scholarship will provide students with:
Honors College scholarship funds will be dispersed in the semester of travel. Scholarships cannot be awarded beyond a student’s cost of attendance, which includes program fees, tuition, airfare, and living expenses.
In order to receive Honors College funding, students must also apply to the UTSA International Education Fund, which also provides additional funding. These two applications are very similar and applying to both will not require too much additional time.
Students who also apply for one of the opportunities below will also receive additional funding from the Honors College. Students must coordinate scholarship submission and receive advising and essay review before submission through The UTSA Office of Nationally Competitive Awards. Students must apply to one of the following:
You don’t need to win one of these awards to receive extra scholarship funds from the Honors College. Simply apply. We have designed the Honors scholarship essay questions to be very similar to these other awards. We highly encourage students to apply to the Gilman Scholarship. Students can apply to Gilman up to one year in advance of their program and can apply up to two times to the award if they submit early (Apply in October for Spring, Summer, and Fall programs; Apply in March for Summer, Fall and Spring programs of the following year).
In order to apply for the scholarship and further incentives, you need to have picked a program. Its ok if you are applying to the study abroad itself program later. Students are encouraged to use this opportunity to diversify their course of study beyond your major. You are not required to study abroad in the field of your major. Study abroad would be a fantastic opportunity to add a minor in languages or explore new fields in humanities and social sciences to complement science and business degrees. In your application, you will be writing about your program choice and how it will help you grow.
Listed below are some programs across disciplines that we think will be super impactful to build your resume, however, if you want to pick your own program, you are still be eligible to apply. Featured programs include research, internship, and service opportunities:
This award cannot be applied to students from the Top Scholar Program, which already provides study abroad enrichment funding. Students in the Terry Scholar Program and Texas Leadership Scholars are eligible to apply, but must work with Honors College Special Programs to disclose any awards received.
*Course Credit: Students who need to earn university credit for Internship, Service Learning, or other programs that do not issue credit may discuss with their Academic Advisor if their major will allow for internships to count for academic credit.
In order to apply for the Honors College Study Abroad Scholarship, students must have picked a study abroad program. The student does not need to have applied yet to the program.
The Honors Study Abroad Scholarship Application opens on December 15 and closes on February 15. Note that further incentive programs may have different deadlines.
For questions, please visit the Experiential Learning Lab or contact and academic counselor. For assistance with external scholarship applications (Ex. Gilman Scholarship), please contact Andrew.Chapman2@utsa.edu.
The Honors College offers students the opportunity to participate in a number of different programs to further expand knowledge, especially in the realms of professional development, leadership development, and public service. Special programs are fully integrated into the Honors College curriculum, making credit transfer simple and ensuring that students are working toward Honors requirements.