Tartans Abroad Scholarships are for Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students to pursue study abroad experiences during academic break periods including the summer, winter break, and spring break. Tartans Abroad funds can be used for a variety of educational purposes including tuition and fees, course related expenses such as required fees, books, supplies, and equipment, and other expenses related to the overseas experience.
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Tartans Abroad Scholarship
Aim and Benefits of Tartans Abroad Scholarship
A Tartans Abroad Scholarship may cover 1/3 of the total expenses at most, up to a maximum of $1,000.
Requirements for Tartans Abroad Scholarship Qualification
- Program abroad dates must fall within the CMU University calendar dates in order to be eligible for funding. Programs with dates that overlap with the beginning of a CMU semester are not eligible for funding.
- Recipients must be applying to or have been accepted into a study, work, volunteer, or research abroad program at an educational institution abroad or with a study abroad program provider during an academic break period such as the summer, winter break, or spring break.
- Short-term faculty-led programs where students are already receiving funds from CMU (including financial aid) are typically not awarded additional scholarship money through the Tartans Abroad Fund. Students may wish to contact their college-specific Assistant Director in The HUB to find out whether or not they might be eligible to apply for additional aid.
- The quality of the proposed project/experience abroad will influence award decisions and funds will not be awarded for independent, personal travel.
- Only complete applications will be considered. A complete application includes a detailed budget proposal (a template will be provided within the application), an essay, and one recommendation letter.
- Scholarships will not be available for students to travel during the summer after their final semester of study at the university because awardees must commit to sharing their overseas experience with the Carnegie Mellon community upon their return.
- Each recipient will be required to prepare a poster display highlighting the experience abroad, to be displayed during CMU’s annual Family Weekend, scheduled for the Fall semester. Recipients may also be asked to serve as student speakers during Study Abroad Information Sessions and to assist at other OIE events on campus.
- All students must attend a Pre-Departure Orientation Session hosted by the Office of International Education and complete ALL pre-departure registration materials before departing campus. Scholarship funds will not be released until this requirement has been met.
Interview date, Process and Venue for Tartans Abroad Scholarship
- Applicants will be required to answer all prompts, including a detailed budget proposal.
- Applicants will need to address the following prompt in at minimum, a one-page essay, and upload it with their application:
- Describe why you chose your intended experience abroad, what you expect to learn from your opportunity abroad, and how that learning will add to and complement your overall curricular and/or metacurricular education at Carnegie Mellon.
- Applicants are required to provide one recommendation letter from a CMU faculty member, advisor, student affairs representative, department head or college dean. Recommendations are to come to our [email protected] email. Letters submitted will be matched with the appropriate student file. It is the applicant’s responsibility to request the letter with significant advance notice.
Application Deadline
November 15, 2025How to Apply
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