Montclair State University Scholarships are funded by departments, alumni and donors, and only awarded to Montclair students.
2025 Study Abroad/Away Opportunity & Access Scholarships (SOAR)
With funding secured by the Office of the Provost, International Academic Initiatives is pleased to announce the SOAR Scholarships. Awards will range from $2000 to $3000 for semester and summer abroad/away programs, and from $750 to $1500 for short-term faculty-led programs. These awards are available to students of any major with demonstrated financial need. To be considered, students must complete only one of the two applications below. Please do not apply for both, as they are for very different types of study abroad/away, and it is not possible to do both in Spring 2025. If you do not know the differences between (1) and (2) below, please do not apply for SOAR until you have completed Study Abroad 101 advising. Email studyabroad@soadonefnet.com to get scheduled for this.
The Summer 2025 SOAR application will be separate and available later. Please do not use (1) or (2) below if you are studying abroad in Summer 2025 or Fall 2025. The committee will not review your application and you will not be notified of a decision regarding your eligibility.
For both types of SOAR applications below, students will be asked to provide short answers (150-300 words each) to the following questions:
- Explain how your study abroad program will help advance your future academic and/or professional goals.
- Describe how you plan to engage culturally during your study abroad experience.
- Please share how the scholarship will help bring study abroad within your financial reach.
(1) Spring 2025 Semester SOAR: apply by Oct.1st, 2024
- Exchange semester
- NSE semester
- Affiliated semester (less likely than exchange to be funded by SOAR)
- Awards ranging from $2000 to $3000
- To be reviewed, students must complete this Study Abroad Financial Aid Budget Form (click here to download), have it signed by your IAI advisor, and uploaded on our Studio Abroad portal. Your financial need review cannot be completed without this form.
- Apply here for Spring 2025 Semester SOAR
(2) Faculty-Led Program SOAR: Varied
- Dance in Panama: October 1st, 2024
- March Spring Break Programs: December 1st, 2024
- May Programs: February 1st, 2025
- Early applications are encouraged, and can result in a response from the committee sooner
- Subsidies ranging from $750 to $1500, reducing costs of your program fees
- Apply here for Faculty-Led Program SOAR
Montclair-Graz Sister City Scholarship
The program includes a full scholarship funded by both Montclair State University and the City of Graz. It currently offers two Montclair State undergraduate students the opportunity to study tuition-free, with housing and a stipend for one academic year in Graz, Austria.
Erasmus+ Scholarship
Montclair State undergraduate students majoring within the Feliciano School of Business or the College of Science and Mathematics have the opportunity to apply for the Erasmus+ Scholarship to help subsidize the cost of a semester exchange at the University of Graz. This application is to study at Uni-Graz for either the Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 semester with partial scholarship.
The scholarship provides one semester of € 820 travel subsidy and an € 850 per month stipend to help with living expenses. Students are billed for tuition and fees by Montclair State. Students may apply for the academic year, but will only receive funding for one semester.
Two scholarships are available. Please check the brochure page for more details.
Harold S. Sloan Trust Award
$300-800 for semester or academic year exchange program for students in social sciences. No application required. All eligible students who complete a study abroad application by March 1 will be considered.
The Dugan Scholarship
A $500 scholarship for semester or academic year exchange. No application required. All eligible students who complete a study abroad application by March 1 will be considered.
Peter Balsamo Scholarship for Language and Heritage Study Abroad
$500-1,000 Award to Montclair State student with financial need to study language and/or heritage abroad. Apply here: Peter Balsamo Scholarship for Language and Heritage Study Abroad Fillable Version
Polly & Greg Dell’Omo Global Studies in Math
$500 awarded annually to a Montclair State student studying mathematics. No application required. All eligible students who complete a study abroad application by March 1 will be considered.
Anita Magistro Udell Scholarship for Language Majors
$1,000 awarded annually to a student majoring in a foreign language who is in financial need or identifies as an underrepresented minority. No application required. All eligible students who complete a study abroad application by March 1 will be considered.
Study Abroad Scholarship in Memory of Montclair State Alumna
Udell Scholarship Guidelines (PDF)
Margaret B. Holz Scholarship Award (approximately $500)
For undergraduate language majors studying abroad.
Margaret B. Holz Scholarship Award Guidelines and Example Application (PDF)
Margaret B. Holz Scholarship Award Fillable Application (Google Form)