Travel Grants for Overseas Educational Advisers

The program provides $2,000 USD travel grants to overseas educational advisers needing support to attend the NAFSA Annual Conference.

Overseas educational advisers work with students, scholars, and trainees interested in opportunities for education, research, and training in the United States. They play a vital role in the development of services and opportunities for NAFSA members.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be an adviser at an EducationUSA certified educational advising center.
• Preference will be given to advisers who are presenting at the 2009 NAFSA Annual Conference, hold a NAFSA leadership position, and/or reside in underrepresented areas/countries.
• Must not be receiving a financial grant from the Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, to attend the 2009 NAFSA Annual Conference.
• Must devote at least 50% of their professional duties to advising undergraduate/graduate students regarding study in the United States.

A selection committee of overseas educational advisers reviews all applications before selecting the award recipients.

2009 Overseas Advising Travel Grants Donors

NAFSA appreciates the contributions made to the OEA Travel Grant Program by the following NAFSA Global Partners.

• Hobsons
• Law School Admission Council
• Linden Educational Services
• QS World MBA Tour/QS World Grad School Tour
• The TOEFL Program at ETS
• World Education Services (WES)

And by:

• Prometric
• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
• US Journal, LLC
• Sandy Gault
• Diana Lopez
• Kathleen Trayte Freeman
• Robert Watkins

NAFSA greatly appreciates the contributions made to date by the sponsors listed above.

2009 Recipients

Congratulations to the awardees of the 2009 OEA Travel Grant Program:

• Claudia Carrillo, Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura, Chile
• Gayane Grigoryan, American Councils for International Education/EAC, Armenia
• Matthew Grollnek, US Embassy, Lasaka, Zambia
• Bianca Macena, Fulbright Commission, Brazil
• Zarene Rashid Malik, United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan
• Arona Maskil, US-Israel Educational Foundation, Israel
• Natia Nanava, Center for International Education, Georgia
• Dr. Mari Nelson, American Educational Advising Center, Kenya
• Maria Paniakova, Fulbright Commission, Slovak Republic
• Lauren Welch, US-UK Fulbright Commission--EducationUSA Centre, UK
• Beth West, Fulbright Commission, Colombia
• Rasha Zalzala, AMIDEAST, Kuwait

Sponsor Contact

If you are interested in supporting the Travel Grant program, please E-mail Gail Hochhauser at gailh[at]nafsa.org.