Travel Grants for Overseas Educational Advisers

The program provides $2,000 USD travel grants to overseas educational advisers needing support to attend the NAFSA Annual Conference.

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.

2008 Overseas Advising Travel Grants Donors and Recipients

NAFSA appreciates the contributions made to the OEA Travel Grant Program by the following NAFSA Global Partners.

• ETS
• Prometric
• Hobsons
• World Education Services (WES)
• QS World MBA Tour/World Grad School Tour

And by:

• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
• Educational Credentials Evaluators, Inc. in honor of Jim Frey
• Linden Educational Services
• USJournal, LLC
• Kathleen Trayte Freeman
• Diana Lopez

NAFSA appreciates the contributions made to this program by these sponsors.

2008 Recipients

Congratulations to the awardees of the 2008 OEA Travel Grant Program. These advisers, selected from a high volume and quality of applications, devote at least 50% of their professional duties to advising undergraduate/graduate students in their locale on studying in the United States.

• Lara Meltem Bilikmen, Turkish Fulbright Commission, Turkey
• Martin Ellerman, Denmark-America Foundation, Denmark
• Nyamtsend Gombodorj, Education Advising Resource Center, Mongolia
• Hala Al Hawary, AMIDEAST Egypt, Egypt
• Maria Elena Hidalgo, Asociación Venezolano Americana de Amistad – AVAA, Venezeula
• Martin Kanjadza, United States Education Information Center, Malawi
• Karen Kaylor, United States Education Information Center, Singapore
• Andreas Lejon, EducationUSA @ Malmo Borgarskola, Sweden
• Mukami Maina Macharia, U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda
• Arona Maskil, US Israel Educational Foundation, Israel
• Do Huyen My, Institute of International Education, Vietnam
• Leila Zahmoul, AMIDEAST Tunisia, Tunisia
• Rashsa Zalzala, AMIDEAST, Kuwait

Sponsor Contact

If you are interested in supporting the Travel Grant program, please E-mail Gail Hochhauser at gailh[at]nafsa.org.