Here are a few scholarships that are available for Kansas Paraguay Partners and other residents of Kansas and students who are interested in traveling to Paraguay and Kansas:
STUDY ABROAD in PARAGUAY
KANSAS-PARAGUAY PARTNERS
Scholarship
One scholarship of $1200 is available for the 2013-14 academic year. The Special Merit Scholarship is available to students enrolled at any Kansas college or University that offers Paraguayan students instate tuition. Currently this includes all of the Regents institutions and Johnson County Community College. The scholarship may be used for study in a Paraguayan university, research center or for an internship experience in Paraguay. Application deadline: March 1, 2013. The field of study is unrestricted. Preference will be given to students in their second or third year of university study. A student may only receive the scholarship one time.
Download scholarship application and info here Scholarship Application 2013-2014
The Dennis R. Shaw Memorial Scholarship
Dennis Shaw was a valued member of the Partners of the Americas team in
Washington DC starting in 1996. His lifelong passion for education and cultural
exchanges and for the Youth Ambassadors program, which he coordinated for
Brazil from 2003-2007, were contagious to all that met him. Prior to working for
Partners, Dennis served with the US Department of State in several countriesbut
it was his love of Brazil that brought him to Partners of the Americas after he
retired. In addition to his involvement at Partners headquarters, Dennis was also
an active member of Partners’ chapters in Maryland, Washington DC, and
Virginia.
The Shaw Memorial Scholarship will assist young people of limited fi nancial
means who 1.) Have traveled on a Partners of the Americas administered grant
or program or 2.) Are members of a Partners of the Americas chapter.
Download the application here Dennis R. Shaw Memorial Scholarship Description
The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad.
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.
To learn more about this scholarship download the information here Benjamin A Gilman Scholarship
