About NAFSA

Grants

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NAFSA serves the field of international education by providing grant opportunities to overseas educational advisers. Overseas educational advisers work with students, scholars, and trainees interested in opportunities for education, research, and training in the United States. They play a vital role in the development of services and opportunities for NAFSA members.

Travel Grants for Overseas Educational Advisers

These grants are designed to promote professional development and retention for talented overseas educational advisers and regional leaders in the field of international education.

Former Grant Programs

Advisers' Professional Partnership Program
This program sponsored visits to EducationUSA advising centers for ten U.S.-based international educators to improve their understanding of the role and work of EducationUSA advisers as well as strengthen ties between advisers and U.S.-based international educators and their home institutions. During the one-week visit, participants gave presentations on topics such as U.S. higher education, the admissions process, and campus life. The APPP Program closed its last cycle of competition in July of 2006.

Advisers' Professional Partnership Program

This program sponsored visits to EducationUSA advising centers for ten U.S.-based international educators to improve their understanding of the role and work of EducationUSA advisers as well as strengthen ties between advisers and U.S.-based international educators and their home institutions. During the one-week visit, participants gave presentations on topics such as U.S. higher education, the admissions process, and campus life. The APPP Program closed its last cycle of competition in July of 2006.

Student Scholarships

NAFSA does not offer scholarships for students wishing to study in the United States or abroad. However, NAFSA does compile information on how to obtain scholarships for study.