A total of 15 UConn students have been awarded a Gilman Scholarship in the latest cohort to earn the prestigious academic award. The award is congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department.
The funding supports expanding student participation in study abroad programs and encourages travel to diverse locations around the globe, along with intensive language study and internship experiences.
The 15 UConn students, who will study in 10 different countries, will receive a total of nearly $47,500 in scholarship funds through the Gilman program. A total of 22 UConn students have earned Gilman awards in the last two cohorts – the current cohort and October 2025 – for a total of more than $75,000 in scholarship funding.
Six of UConn’s Gilman Scholars come from regional campuses, and the group also includes two students who received the Gilman-FLAD Portugal award, one who received the Critical Language Need Award, and one who received the STEM Supplemental Award.
Students applying for Gilman Scholarships work with advisors in UConn’s Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) and Experiential Global Learning (EGL). Raquel Kupstis, an advisor in EGL, and Michael Cunningham, assistant director of ONSF and UConn’s Fulbright program advisor, are UConn’s two Gilman certifying advisors.
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