U.S. Department of State’s Gilman-McCain Scholarship
$5,000 scholarship opportunity for undergraduate child dependents of active duty service members to study or intern abroad on credit-bearing programs.
This opportunity was developed under the framework of the State Department’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, the John McCain International Scholarship for the Children of Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship) is open to eligible students enrolled at accredited U.S. colleges and universities who receive any type of Title IV federal financial aid.
The Gilman-McCain Scholarship is a congressionally funded initiative of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and named after the late senator John S. McCain from Arizona. With the support of the U.S. Congress, this scholarship honors the Senator’s legacy of public service by enabling undergraduate children of active duty military to develop the leadership and career readiness skills and global perspective to pursue careers of service and contribute to preserving the principles and alliances that are critical to an international order based on the rule of law, human rights, and democracy.
Application Deadline:
The Gilman-McCain Scholarship application is currently open and continuing to accept applications. The next deadline is October 6 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
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