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BERAN INTERNATIONAL/SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP:
To provide partial support for a student participating in a sport, physical education, or exercise science experience outside the U.S. (but not with a varsity or sport club team) OR a service project in a related field with minority or inner-city groups in the U.S. For more information, please go to the College of Human Sciences web site.

BROWN SCHOLARSHIP:
This scholarship funds 12 $500 awards for students majoring in programs administered by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction or the Department of Human Development who are also pursuing international study. The scholarship is named in honor of Maxine and Dennis Brown, Ames residents, who operated a dairy farm in Boone County for 48 years. Application deadline is February 15 for summer/fall semester experiences, October 15 for spring/summer term experiences. For more information, please go to the College of Human Sciences web site.

COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT:
Partial reimbursement is available in amounts up to $300 to support student's international travel related to study abroad in a for-credit program that applies toward an ISU degree is available to students with a major administered by the Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition, the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, or the Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality. For more information, please go to the College of Human Sciences web site.

ESTER CATHERINE HARMON SCHOLARSHIP:
 For undergraduate students in a student teaching experience abroad at the elementary-school level in a foreign language, or who are participating in a foreign language study abroad experience. An award for foreign language study abroad is renewable for a student teaching abroad in the language. For more information, please go to the College of Human Sciences web site.

SOJOURNER SCHOLARSHIP (Now Available to Undergraduate Students Only):
This need-based award may be applied toward any study abroad program. Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. Credit earned while abroad must be applied toward an ISU degree. Past awards have averaged $250.

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PUTZIER PRIZE:
This $500 merit-based award is named in honor of Matthew Putzier, an Ames native and ISU graduate. During his studies at ISU, Matthew participated in both the ISU-University of Wales, Swansea, exchange program and the ISU-Mandarin Training Center exchange in Taipei, Taiwan.

Matthew was a great proponent of study abroad and of full immersion in the host culture. He also understood the positive impact of semester and year-long programs, which offer the greatest potential for learning.

Matthew graduated from ISU in December 1994 with a B.B.A. in Marketing. The combination of a good academic record, international experience, and grounding in the Mandarin language held the promise of an excellent future. On January 20, 1995, Matthew was killed in a car accident in Ames. The Putzier Prize is given in honor of this young man to recognize the potential for study abroad to positively influence and shape the lives of young people.

The Putzier Prize is awarded annually in the Fall. It recognizes and assists U.S. undergraduate students studying in a non-Western culture at a university or college outside the U.S. where courses are taken with students from the host country. Credit earned while abroad must be applied toward an ISU degree. Applicants must be undergraduates and must study outside of Europe or Australia/New Zealand for at least 12 weeks.

Turn in the application by April 15.

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LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP:
This $1,000 scholarship is granted annually to one or two students in the Honors Program participating on one of the following ISU programs in the Fall semester or for the academic year: University of Glasgow exchange, Lancaster University exchange, University of Wales, Swansea, exchange or Regents' program, and the University of Newcastle exchange or Regents' program.

In addition to completing the study abroad scholarship application, qualified students must attach a 250-word essay indicating their reasons for going abroad and explaining how the award would enhance the quality of their experience and how the study abroad experience relates to or enhances their Honors Program of Study.

Turn in the application by April 15.

AGRICULTURE STUDY ABROAD:
Students in the College of Agriculture may also apply for College of Agriculture Scholarships. Applications are available in 111 Curtiss or at http://www.agstudyabroad.iastate.edu/funding.htm.

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FREEMAN ASIA:
The goal of the Freeman-ASIA program is to encourage undergraduate students to study abroad in East and Southeast Asian nations by providing information and financial assistance. The award is valid on over one hundred programs in 15 Asian countries/regions. Undergraduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, who have not yet entered their senior year of study, and who have verifiable financial need are eligible to apply.

For further information, please visit the Freeman Asia web site.