Scholar at Sea Scholarship

NSCS and the Semester at Sea program are pleased to offer the Scholar at Sea scholarship allowing students to visit nearly a dozen countries while studying on a sailing campus. The University of Virginia academically sponsors this program and grants credit from more than 70 courses. One $7,000 partial scholarship is awarded for each fall and spring voyage and five $2,000 scholarships are awarded for the summer voyage. To find out more about Semester at Sea, please visit www.semesteratsea.com.

Eligibility

• Must be an active NSCS member
• Must be attending an accredited university
• Must have a minimum 3.4 G.P.A
• Must have a complete profile on NSCS
• Must be a fan of your NSCS Chapter Fan Page on Facebook
• Must have an updated resume on NSCS Scholar Jobs
• Must have applied to the Semester at Sea program Spring 2010
• Must be accepted and enrolled in the Semester at Sea program for Spring 2010
• Please note, all scholarships are disbursed directly into your Semester at Sea student account

Spring 2010 Key Dates:

Application Opens: September 10, 2009
Application Closes: October 31, 2009
Notification Date:   January 18,  2010

Summer 2010 Key Dates: Apply for Scholar at Sea Summer 2010 below

Application Opens: January 11, 2010
Application Closes: March 10, 2010
Notification Date:    May 2010

Fall 2010 Key Dates:

Application Opens: April 12, 2010
Application Closes: June 12, 2010
Notification Date: August 2010

Recommendation Letter FAQ

Please download Summer 2010 recommendation form 

All recommendation letters must be postmarked by March 10, 2010

My recommender sent in their recommendation letter late. Will it still be accepted?
No, it is your responsibility to let the recommender know of the postmark deadlines. No exceptions will be granted.

Your recommender can also fax the letter of recommendation with NSCS recommendation form, so far we have the signature of your recommender and a phone number we can contact them with. The NSCS Fax # is 202.265.9200

Having trouble applying? - Download the paper application here!

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Spring 2010

• Congratulations to the Spring 2010 Scholar at Sea Recipient Chidinma Achebe from The University of Pennsylvania!                          
  

Past Recipients

Read all about past recipients scholar at sea experience.

Fall 2009

•  Andrew Dilla, University of Pittsburgh

Summer 2009

• Kimberly Ann Barletta, University of South Carolina
• Lauren Arielle Beebe, The University of Kansas
• Karla P Hernandez Martinez, University of Puerto Rico
• Austin J. Walsh, The University of Texas at Austin
• Bryce W Diestelmeier, The University of Iowa

Spring 2009

Alexandra Bannon Gawron, Western Washington University
Read all about Alexandra's experience

Fall 2008

Sarah Brown, University of Virginia
Read all about Sarah's experience

Summer 2008

Stephanie Raab, Indiana University

Mark Finster, University of California Santa Barbara

Amanda Reineke, University of Northern Colorado

Spring 2008

Kaelynn Sporka, Arizona State University

Fall 2007

Sydney Elizabeth Owens, University of Virginia

Summer 2007

Kaelin Browne, University of Virginia
Karen Nenno, University of Pittsburgh