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Freeman Foundation
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA)
Need-based scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. The award assists with the study abroad program and related expenses, including airfare, basic living costs, local transportation, and books.
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Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- citizenship U.S. citizen, permanent resident
- currently receives need-based financial aid OR demonstrates a verifiable need for financial assistance to par…
- degree undergraduate student pursuing a first bachelor's degree or associate's degree
- degree minimum GPA 2.8
- institution two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the United States
- institution apply through the U.S. home campus
- enrolment at least one term of enrollment remaining at the U.S. home institution upon return
- admission Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan…
+7 more requirements
- institution study abroad program awards academic credits through the home campus or another U.S.-accredited college or un…
- At least 8 weeks for a summer term; at least 10 weeks for a quarter term; at least 12 weeks for a semester term
- Not open to: admission internship-based programs
- Little or no previous experience in the proposed country; summer applicants must not have spent more than 4 w…
- Not open to: previous Freeman-ASIA award recipient
- institution endorsement by both the study abroad adviser and the financial aid adviser by the specified deadline
- institution study abroad program approved by the applicant's home institution
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- For a multi-country program, at least 8 weeks in one of the listed countries
- language For a multi-country program, intensive language study during the period spent in one of the listed countries
Not open to: Internship based programs; previous Freeman-ASIA award recipient
- Who is eligible
- U.S. citizen, permanent resident
- Level of study
- Undergraduate
What's covered Partial funding
- Funding type
- Partial funding
- Host country
- Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
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What I need Not listed here
- In-person requirements
- Required in-person study/placement/event
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How to apply
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- Review the Freeman-ASIA eligibility requirements. Required
- Identify a qualifying study abroad program in East or Southeast Asia that is approved by your home institution. Required
- Contact the appropriate Study Abroad Adviser, who will certify the programmatic and academic portions of the application. Required
- Contact your Financial Aid Adviser to review and understand your projected financial aid for the study abroad program. Required
- Register an account in IIE’s online application system; a registration confirmation email will be sent. Required
- Complete the application’s eligibility page before proceeding with the rest of the application. Required
- Complete and save your portion of the application, including the required information, and upload your current and applicable prior transcripts, latest Student Aid Report, current academic year financial aid award letter, and current academic year home-institution cost of attendance. Required
- After completing your portion of the application, register only your Study Abroad Adviser in the application’s “Adviser Registration” section so they can certify the application. Required
- Follow up with your Study Abroad Adviser to ensure they received the registration email to access the certification form. Required
- Submit the online student application by the student deadline; a submission confirmation email will be sent. Required
- Check with your Study Abroad Adviser to ensure their certification is submitted by the adviser deadline; a confirmation email will be sent when it is submitted. Required
- Deadline
- Deadline unconfirmed
- Deadline notes
- For Academic Year 2026–2027, the stated student application and adviser-certification deadline was Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 11:59pm Eastern Time. The source anticipated that Academic Year 2027–2028 applications would open in February 2027, but did not give a deadline for that cycle.
- Deadline timezone
- Eastern Time
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
- Notes
- Recipients must submit the Freeman-ASIA Student Impact Survey within one month of returning to the United States, initiate a service project promoting study abroad opportunities in Asia, and submit a Freeman-ASIA Final Service Report at the end of the term following their return.
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