The Fred S. Bailey International Service Travel Scholarship for Cause-Driven Leaders offers scholarships of $600-1800 dollars for travel to University of Illinois undergraduate students leading international service projects.

Award Amount

The Fred S. Bailey International Travel Scholarship program will fund up to 75% of the total cost of international travel with a service component.  Awards range from $600–$1800, depending on duration of study and associated costs (price of air travel to/from country, length of stay, etc.). For more information on maximum allowable funding for specific countries, go to:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18QLvQB2zO5Y_iWtn8JRwLWn7dyVqqwPInXe-KcV7vVc/edit#gid=685296145

Qualifications

*Student must be enrolled as an undergraduate student in good standing at the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign campus during the current or previous academic semester.  Student need not be enrolled in classes at the time of travel but must be working towards a degree at UIUC. Students who will have completed their degree requirements by the departure date of travel are not eligible to apply.

*Minimum length of trip to be considered is 10 days.

*Students interested in receiving support for travel must apply within the specified application periods.

*Students must apply for funding for a specific international service trip but may submit more than one application for different opportunities.

*Students may only receive one international service travel scholarship while enrolled as an undergraduate at UIUC.

*Students must have specific travel plans related to an existing project or program and must have been involved in that program (academic or extracurricular) for a minimum of one semester prior to the time of departure.

If selected, the student must complete the program requirements outlined at http://universityymca.org/bailey/travel-scholarship/.

Applications will be reviewed by the Bailey Scholarship committee during two application periods:

Application Period 1 (For trips that occur between December 20, 2017 - August 30, 2018)

Applications Open: August 28, 2017, Application Deadline: October 2, 2017

Application Period 2 (For trips that occur between May 1, 2018 - January 17, 2019)

Applications Open: January 16, 2018, Application Deadline: February 22, 2018