International Studies majors have won prestigious national and international post-graduate fellowships. Consider applying for national and international fellowships, including the Fulbright Program, Marshall Scholarship, Rhodes Scholarship, Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Truman Scholarship, Gates Cambridge Scholarship, George J. Mitchell Scholarship, Schwarzmann Scholars, American Scandinavian Foundation Fellowships, Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, and Princeton in Africa/Asia/Latin America Fellowship.  These scholarships and fellowships can support students’ study abroad endeavors.

Critical Language Scholarship Program Recipients

Clara Vorndran ’24

International Studies alumna Clara Vorndran ’24 was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship, a U.S. government grant to promote the study of languages essential to U.S. global engagement.

Margaux Johnstone ’24

International Studies alumna Margaux Johnstone ’24 was awarded a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship.

Kasey Pukys ’22

International Studies alumna Kasey Pukys ’22 was awarded a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship. Kasey will study Russian virtually in the summer of 2021 through the KORA Russian Language Center in Vladimir, Russia.

Anna Koch ’20

International Studies alumna Anna Koch ’20 was awarded a second Critical Language Scholarship in 2021 to study Urdu at the American Institute of Indian Studies.  She previously won this U.S. government grant to study Korean remotely in the summer of 2020.

Anna Koch ’20 in South Korea prior to the pandemic.

Fulbright Program Recipients

Kimberly Osbern ’21

International Studies alumna Kimberly Osbern ’21 was awarded a Fulbright to conduct interviews in Moldova in 2021-2022.  She is investigating connections between individuals’ language usage choices and their attitudes toward possible unification of Moldova and Romania.

Anna Sklenar ’19

International Studies alumna Anna Sklenar ’19 was awarded a Fulbright to examine the influence of nostalgia for the Soviet era on populism in Russia today.  She conducted interviews in Ekaterinburg, Russia in 2019-2020 as part of her research.

Read Anna’s interview in The Daily about her Fulbright research plans in Russia.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program Recipients

Sabrina Adhikari ’25

International Studies major Sabrina Adhikari ’25 was awarded a Gilman

Kintan Silvany ’24

International Studies alumna Kintan Silvany ’24 was awarded a Gilman International Scholarship.  Learning Indonesian at the University of Sydney not only helped Kintan connect more with her culture but opened her world on how to be a better global citizen. It led Kintan to interning at the Asylum Seekers Centre, which further solidified her passion for working in education policy for immigrants and refugees around the world.

Kintan in front of the University of Syndey

Kine Buie ’23

International Studies alumna Kine Buie ’23 was awarded a Gilman

Learn more by reading the Undergraduate Advising Support Office National Fellowships and Scholarships page, Googling the name of the fellowship, and consulting with Undergraduate Advising Support Office staff, who assist students with many of these fellowship competitions.