Temple 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
May 23, 2025 — Temple University has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State for producing thirteen (13) Gilman recipients this Spring 2025 cycle.
This is the largest cohort of recipients in recent years, including an impressive 62.5% increase over the Spring 2024 application cycle. To encourage more applicants, Education Abroad offered an Apply-to-Gilman Guarantee for the first time this year – guaranteeing at least a $500 award for summer and $1000 for semester—for any eligible Temple student who applied for the Gilman.
“We are so pleased to see more students benefiting from this award and the impactful experience of studying abroad,” said Education Abroad Executive Director, Maureen Gordon. “It is our goal to increase access to study abroad, and the Gilman scholarship program offers critical support for students who receive Pell Grants,” she said.
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 Temple 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.
Temple’s Education Abroad and Overseas Campuses office partners with Scholar Development and Fellowships Advising, as well as the Writing Center, to offer additional advising and resources for Temple Gilman Scholarship applicants. Visit the Gilman page on the Education Abroad website for details.