Scholarships are merit based.
You must be a U.S. citizen and enrolled in a degree program. Any student may apply for semester or year-long study abroad. Summer awards are limited to freshman and sophomores in any major, or freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors in applied sciences or engineering majors. NSEP undergraduate scholarship recipients must agree to work either in a federal agency or office with national security responsibilities or in higher education. Terms of service are approximately equal to the length of time spend abroad on a NSEP scholarship.