SUNY Geneseo Study Abroad Scholarships

This page provides a list of the study abroad scholarships administered by SUNY Geneseo Study Abroad. For the most part, these scholarships are only available to SUNY Geneseo students on SUNY Geneseo programs. 

Please note that the SUNY Geneseo study abroad scholarships will be awarded pending the availability of funds. Please email studyabroad@geneseo.edu or stop by the Study Abroad Office in Erwin 218 if you have any questions.

Applications for all SUNY Geneseo-sponsored scholarships must be completed on .  Please read the "Description" for each scholarship to determine if you are eligible to receive the scholarship.  

Scholarship Name Sponsor Amount Available Terms & Eligibility Application Deadline
Ambassador Apartments/Geneseo Foundation $500.00-1,000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester or Academic Year Programs

Eligibility: This scholarship is awarded to a student at SUNY Geneseo who will participate in a Fall or Academic Year study abroad program and best demonstrates, in the personal statement on their scholarship application, an awareness and understanding of what it means to be a world citizen. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients.  Endowed by Frank Csapo, Ambassador Apartments. 

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Jo Kirk/Geneseo Foundation $500.00-
$1,000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester or Academic Year Programs

Eligibility: Applicant must be in good academic and judicial standing, and must be accepted on a Geneseo sponsored semester or academic year study abroad program. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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  Geneseo Student Association/Geneseo Foundation $1000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester/Academic Year and Spring Semester 

Eligibility: Applicant must be a degree seeking student in good academic and judicial standing, and must be accepted on a Geneseo sponsored study abroad program for the Fall/Academic Year or Spring Semester. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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Private Donor/Geneseo Foundation $1,000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester/Academic Year or Summer 

Eligibility: Applicants must be degree seeking students, in good academic and judicial standing, and accepted on a Geneseo-sponsored program in Italy. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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SUNY Geneseo Study Abroad $1,000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester/Academic Year and Spring Semester 

Eligibility: Applicant must be in good academic and judicial standing, and must be accepted on a Geneseo sponsored semester or academic year study abroad program in a country OUTSIDE of Western Europe, Australia, or New Zealand. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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Geneseo Student Association/Geneseo Foundation $1,000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester/Academic Year and Spring Semester

Eligibility: Applicant must be a degree seeking student in good academic and judicial standing, and must be accepted on a Geneseo sponsored study abroad program for the Fall Semester, Academic Year, or Spring Semester. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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Private Donor/Geneseo Foundation $1,000.00

Available Terms:  Fall Semester/Academic Year and Spring Semester

Eligibility:  Applicant must be a degree seeking student in good academic and judicial standing, and must be accepted on a Geneseo sponsored study abroad program for the Fall Semester, Academic Year, or Spring Semester. Preference is given to students participating on academic year programs. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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Geneseo Student Association/Geneseo Foundation $1,000.00

Available Terms:  Summer 

Eligibility: Applicant must be a degree seeking student in good academic and judicial standing, and must be accepted on a Geneseo sponsored study abroad program in the Summer. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 

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SUNY Geneseo Study Abroad $1,000.00

Available Terms:  Summer

Eligibility: Applicants must be degree seeking students, in good academic and judicial standing, accepted on a Geneseo-sponsored Summer study abroad program. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients.

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SUNY Geneseo Study Abroad $1,000.00 Available Terms:  Winter/Intersession
Eligibility: Applicants must be degree seeking students, in good academic and judicial standing, accepted on a Geneseo-sponsored Winter/Intersession study abroad program. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 
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SUNY Geneseo Study Abroad $1,000.00 Available Terms:  Spring Break/Travel After Course
Eligibility: Applicants must be degree seeking students, in good academic and judicial standing, and accepted on a Geneseo-sponsored Spring Break study abroad program. Financial circumstances will be considered when selecting recipients. 
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Erika Rottenberg '84 Endless Possibilities Scholarship Private Donor/Geneseo Foundation $5,000.00

Available Terms:  Summer/Semester with preference for longer duration programs

Eligibility: Applicants must be education majors and/or pre-law students, Geneseo GPA of 3.5 or better, demonstrate financial need but does is not required to receive federal or state financial aid grants (Pell, TAP, etc.), awardees must be US citizens and residents of the United States. Preference will be given to students with out-of-state residency.

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