Flagship Student Support
Flagship students in good standing are eligible for limited Student Support Funding to mitigate the cost of participation in approved intensive summer language programs domestically and overseas. Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone funding is available for students through the Boren Awards and ROTC Flagship student support funding.
External Funding
Flagship Student Support Funding is intended to offset the cost of summer programs and typically does not cover the entire cost of the programs. UGA Russian Flagship Program students are encouraged to apply for additional scholarships to support their Russian language study. Scholarship opportunities are listed in order of application deadlines.
UGA Study Away Passport Initiative
Key Eligibility: UGA undergraduate students who are US citizens and have never had an adult US passport before (full eligibility here)
Deadline: rolling. Submitted applications are reviewed and awarded biweekly starting in August of each calendar year. The program will remain open until the funding limit is reached.
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Key Eligibility: Federal Pell Grant recipients participating in credit-bearing study abroad (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1: Check back for date (typically October)
Deadline Cycle 2: Check back for date (typically March)
Gilman-McCain Scholarship
Key Eligibility: dependents of active United States military personnel participating in credit-bearing study abroad (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1: Check back for date (typically October)
Deadline Cycle 2: Check back for date (typically March)
UGA Office of Global Engagement (OGE) Global Education Scholarships
Key Eligibility: students participating in a UGA Study Away Opportunity (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1 (programs occurring in Summer 2026): Check back for date (typically October)
Deadline Cycle 2 (programs occurring in Summer 2024 or AY 2024-25): Check back for date (typically February)
UGA Office of Experiential Learning Scholarships
Key Eligibility: UGA undergraduate students with at least one semester of UGA coursework pursuing approved Study Abroad programs (full eligibility here)
Deadline Cycle 1 (programs occurring in Summer 2026): Check back for date (typically October)
Deadline Cycle 2 (programs occurring in Summer 2025 or AY 2025-25): Check back for date (typically February)
Honors International Scholars Program (HISP)
Key Eligibility: Honors students engaging in overseas opportunities. More details here.
Deadline Cycle 1: Check back for date (typically November).
Deadline Cycle 2: Check back for date (typically January).
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Key Eligibility: degree-seeking students at accredited institutions with one year of prior study in Russian (full eligibility here)
Deadline: Check back for date (typically November).
Campus representative: Colleen Larson [email protected]
Boren Awards
Key Eligibility: U.S. students studying critical languages abroad in world regions critical to U.S. interests (full eligibility here)
Deadline: Check back for date (typically January)
Campus representative: Elizabeth Hughes [email protected]
UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences International Scholarship Funds
Key Eligibility: degree-seeking majors in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences who have completed at least one semester in the College and who are studying abroad during the Maymester or Summer terms in a UGA-approved program (full eligibility here)
Deadline: Check back for date (typically February).
American Councils (AC) Scholarships for Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP)
Key Eligibility: RLASP applicants (full eligibility here)
Deadline: February 15 of every year.
UGA Kicklighter Study Abroad Travel Grants
Key Eligibility: German or Russian major or minor participating in a Russian or German language or culture program abroad with the University of Georgia and not receiving Flagship funding toward that program (full eligibility here)
Deadline: Check back for date (typically February).
UGA Igor Levitzky Award
Key Eligibility: students in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies participating in an intensive study of Russian or another Slavic language (either in the US or abroad), an independent research project, an internship, or some other program for professional development related to Russia and/or Eastern Europe (full eligibility here)
Deadline: Check back for date (typically February).
