FINANCIAL AID

There are limited financial resources available to international students at MSU. Loan and grant programs are either short term or to be used as degree completion loans. These financial packages are not designed to support your full academic program at MSU.

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

OISS Grants & Scholarships
Emergency Tuition Award
For a limited number of international students who experience financial hardship in the last semester of their degree program.

International Student Essay Contest
Win prize money by writing an essay about your experiences as an international student in the United States .

Homer Higbee International Education Award
Recognizes one US and one international student for their significant contributions to the support of international awareness at MSU.

Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship Grant Program
For African students at MSU who intend to contribute to the development of their home country. Women are strongly urged to apply.

International Student Mandela Fellowship Program
One-year award provided to an incoming graduate student from South Africa .

I. C. Shah Endowed Scholarship
To assist students from India and to further MSU'S compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a racially and ethnically diverse student body

Community Volunteers For International Programs (CVIP) Scholarship
To assist MSU international student by providing a tuition grant of 3 credit hours.

MSU Grants & Scholarships
Walker Hill International
To be used for pre-dissertation visits to the site of doctoral research outside of the U.S. (For international students, research in one's own country does not qualify.)

The Compton Africa Peace Fellowship Program
For students from Sub-Saharan Africa to support their dissertation field research in Africa

Whittier Endowed International Health Scholarship Fund
To fund international health research by MSU graduate or medical students. 

Gliozzo Internship Scholarship
Provides financial support for undergraduate MSU Domestic and International students to participate in approved accreditedinternship programs.

MSU Scholarship Search Facility
Comprehensive database of scholarships offered at MSU

Other Grants & Scholarships
Institute of International Education (IIE)
Administers scholarship programs and provides information on resources for international students.

World Bank Scholarship Program
Scholarships available to applicants mainly from developing countries who intend to pursue a career in a development field.

Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund
Offered to support the education of women from developing countries.

Altrusa International Foundation
Open to women from developing countries who are seeking graduate degrees at recognized colleges or universities in the US .

American Association of Women (AAUW) International Fellowships
Awards support international women for graduate or postgraduate study.

P.E.O International Peace Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships for international women to pursue graduate study in the United States or Canada .

International Education Financial Aid (IEFA)
Search financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for US and international students wishing to study abroad.

Arab Student Aid International
Assists Arab students in upgrading the academic and experience levels at reputed universities, and play a dynamic role in their social, cultural and economic development of their homelands.

LOANS

MSU Resources
Short-term Loan (STL)
Office of Financial Aid provides short term loans for international students. Download the STL recommendation form and bring it to OISS for an advisor's recommendation.

Other Resources
MSU International Student Aid

Rowe Fund Educational Loans