SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AMONG 3,500 RECIPIENTS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BENJAMIN A. GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, SUPPORTING AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH HIGH FINANCIAL NEED TO STUDY OR INTERN ABROAD
Syracuse University has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State for producing 20 Gilman recipients this Spring 2025 cycle. In total, the Syracuse recipients received over $60,000 in scholarships for study in the summer and fall 2025 and spring 2026.
Join us in congratulating some of the recipients:
- Afnan Akinyele, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France
- Autumn Clarke, United Kingdom
- Maymouna Dibassy, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France
- Coco Fang, Spain
- Syarra Goldstein, Jordan
- Abbi Johnson, Italy
- Kimberly Lucas, Spain
- Dalia Scolnick, United Kingdom, Italy
- Paris Smith, Spain
- Aramata Trawalley, United Kingdom
- Oliver Tricarico, Italy
The U.S. Department of State has awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to 3,500 American undergraduate students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia in spring 2025 to study abroad in over 170 countries. Over 70 percent of selected Gilman Scholars are from rural areas and small towns across the United States, and 55 percent are first-generation college students. Gilman Scholars are U.S. undergraduate students with high financial need as federal Pell Grant recipients. The Gilman Program received a record high of 17,000 applications across the 2024-2025 academic year.
This group of Gilman Scholars from Syracuse University will represent the United States overseas and will return to communities across the United States with the global networks and foreign language skills needed to support U.S. economic and national security interests.
The governments of France, Germany, through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), New Zealand, and Wales, as well as the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Portugal and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), provided additional scholarships to Gilman scholars to study in these locations.
Established by the U.S. Congress, the Gilman Scholarship is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is aided in its implementation by the Institute of International Education. The next application cycle will be launched in August 2025. To learn more about the Gilman Scholarship, visit gilmanscholarship.org.