Scholarships

Bertrand Ball Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is for sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate students who are majoring or minoring in a foreign language. To be eligible, recipients must major or minor in a Global Language program or certificate, must have earned a minimum GPA of 3.0, and must be enrolled in language courses at or above the 200 level when they apply. You can find more information about applying for this scholarship at Education Abroad.

Hunt and Jennye Sue Smock Scholarship Endowment for Spanish Language Immersion

This scholarship is for currently enrolled Murray State students with sophomore or junior status at the time of study abroad in any academic major. Students must have completed 12 hours of college-level Spanish language study, and must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. They also must return to Murray State during the academic year following the study abroad program. Only KIIS program participants in Spanish language programs who take at least one Spanish language course while abroad will be considered. Financial need will be a consideration and recipients of the scholarship may reapply in the future. Scholarships are awarded in minimum amounts of $1,000. You can find more information about applying for this scholarship at Education Abroad.

Alpha Mu Gamma Scholarships

For more information on national scholarships available to foreign language students who are members of the Alpha Mu Gamma honors society, contact the AMG advisor, Dr. Roxane Riegler (rriegler@murraystate.edu).

Scholarship Deadlines

For the most up-to-date information about scholarship deadlines, visit Education Abroad. Here are some upcoming tentative deadlines, based on the information our department's received:

• For Summer 2023 programs: February 1, 2023.
• For Fall 2023 and Full Year 2023-2024 programs: February 1, 2023.