In addition to the addresses included in this file, also check out the following web sites:

www.studentservices.com
www.gallaudet.edu/~cgeweb

Students interested in attending Gallaudet University should look at the web site for Gallaudet's Financial Aid Office at http://financialaid.gallaudet.edu They may also contact the Gallaudet Financial Aid Office for assistance and advice at Financial.Aid@gallaudet.edu

A listserver called Intl-Dev sometimes distributes announcements via email about scholarship and fellowship opportunities for international students. Intl-Dev is FREE. For more information, contact amy.wilson@gallaudet.edu

International students are also sometimes able to get financial assistance from the World Bank, the World Health Organization, United Nations, and the Rotary Club. I suggest that you try contacting each of these organizations for more detail about their scholarship programs.

Are you a deaf person in a developing country? Have you graduated from high school (secondary school program)? Do you want to be a teacher at one of the schools for deaf children in your own country? If you answered "yes" to all the above, then you might be interested in learning more about http://deafconnection.org

• Talk to the government in your country. In many countries, the government is willing to sponsor (and pay for) students who want to study abroad. Ask people in your country's government what programs might be available for you.

• Are you a member of a religious organization? Sometimes churches, temples, etc., in the United States are willing to sponsor students from other countries. Talk with the clergy of your church or temple (rabbi, minister, religious leader, etc.). Maybe they can help you contact other congregations of the same religion in the United States.

• Do you have any relatives or friends in the United States? Sometimes a friend or relative can sponsor a student from another country. Officially, this means they need to show that they are willing and able to give financial support to the student. If you can find a sponsor, then a sponsor can help you come to the United States to study. If you are lucky, your sponsor might be able to actually help you financially. Or, sometimes a sponsor helps a student come to the United States then, after the student is here, the student looks for more financial assistance somewhere else. It is usually easier to find financial assistance once you are already in the United States. Sometimes the biggest problem is simply finding a way to be allowed to come to the United States to be a student. But don't have false hopes. It can still be hard to find financial help even after you have come to the United States.

• Do you know what university or universities you are interested in? Always ask to communicate with the Financial Aid Office of any university you are interested in. The financial aid office can usually tell you about any scholarship opportunities that might be available at their university. Unfortunately, there are not as many opportunities as there should be for international students--but there ARE a few. Sometimes the financial aid office can also give you ideas or advice on how to find financial aid from other sources.

The following information comes from an old information sheet oriented at helping foreign women, but perhaps some of these places can at least suggest alternate funding sources for foreign men as well. Note that some of these directories can be expensive to purchase. (I don't include prices because the infomation sheet was dated anyway--write or call for current infomation. This is just a warning.)

This page was last updated on 8 December 2003 by Andrea Shettle, who can be reached at ashettle @ patriot.net.