Education Abroad Graduate Fellowship

Carlson Global Institute Graduate Fellowships

The Carlson Global Institute offers Fellowships for Carlson School graduate students participating on CGI sponsored programs.

***Military Scholarships are available through the MBA Office to Full-Time MBA students who are currently serving in, or are veterans of, the U.S. military and who will be pursuing a CGI sponsored Education Abroad program. For more information, review the Military Scholarship Application or contact Tracy Keeling at [email protected]

 

Eligibility and Award Criteria

Your essay and GPA will be reviewed to determine eligibility for a CGI Graduate Fellowship award. Preference will be given to students not receiving other study abroad scholarships through the MBA office or other financial assistance such as tuition waivers.

Any students who are also University of Minnesota Full-Time Staff utilizing the Regents Tuition Benefit Program are NOT eligible to apply for this Fellowship.

Students are eligible for only one fellowship per academic year.

Fellowship cannot be defer to another term.

Global Enrichment Programs

  • The deadline for Graduate Fellowship applications for students participating on Global Enrichment programs closely aligns with the priority program application deadlines for these programs.
  • Any Fellowship applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed.

 

Global Immersion Programs

  • The deadline for Graduate Fellowship applications for students participating on Global Immersion will be the deadline closest to when they submit their program application. Students can only submit once per program applied to. 

 

Fellowship Deadlines

ProgramPriority Program DeadlineFellowship DeadlineFellowship NotificationAward Amounts
January 2026 ProgramsTBDApril 15, 2025May 2, 202512 awards of $1,500 each
Global Immersion Programs (Summer 25 and AY 2025-26February 3, 2025April 15, 2025May 2, 2025
May/June 2025 ProgramsTBDMarch 7, 2025

April 4, 2025

12 awards of $1,500 each

  • Additional funding to support CGI short-term faculty led May/June 2025 programs are available and can be applied as of February 3, 2025.
  • If you are currently enrolled in a short-term faculty-led CGI program for May/June 2025 and did not receive a fellowship this past cycle October 15, 2024, please email [email protected] to resubmit a new fellowship application. 

 

Fellowship Application Instructions

The Fellowship application will be an optional checklist item within your program application. To be considered for a CGI Graduate Fellowship, you must input an essay of no more than 250 words addressing the following prompt:

  • Choose an issue impacting your program's country(s) or region and evaluate how this issue affects business now and its influence in the future.

 

Contact [email protected] if you have any questions, or issues with the submission. 

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