Alternate Funding Sources for Study or Research
in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Please contact the individual organizations for information regarding application criteria and deadlines.
Scandinavia
Fulbright Grant Program
IIE
U.S. Student Programs
www.fulbrightonline.org/us
CIES
U.S. Scholars Program
www.cies.org/
Denmark
Direktør Ib Henriksens Fond
Heibergsgade 18
1056 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel: (45) 33-161632
Finland
The Finlandia Foundation
Finnish Government Scholarships
Centre for International Mobility CIMO
www.cimo.fi/
Iceland
Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships
The Sigurður Nordal Institute
PO Box 1220
121 Reykjavík
Iceland
Tel: (354) 562-6050
www.arnastofnun.is/page/a_inter_snorri_sturluson_fellowships
Norway
The America-Norway Heritage Fund
The John Dana Archbold Fellowship Program
Lakselaget
The May 8th Memorial Fund
The Norwegian Emigration Fund
SASS Travel Grants
The Royal Norwegian Embassy - Washington, DC
www.norway.org/
The Norwegian Marshall Fund
Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Leiv Eiriksson Mobility Program
http://www.forskningsradet.no
Rotary Club of North Bethesda
The Sons of Norway Foundation
Torske Klubben Fellowship for Norwegian Citizens
www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/norwegian_citizens/index.html
Sweden
The American Swedish Institute
The American Women's Club in Sweden
Scholarship Foundation
awcstockholm.org/scholar.htm
The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
The Bicentennial Swedish-American Exchange Fund
and
SASS Travel Grants
Consulate General of Sweden in New York
www.swedennewyork.com
The Swedish Council of America
The Swedish Emigrant Institute/The House of Emigrants
http://www.utvandrarnashus.se/eng/
The Swedish Institute
Dept. for Educational and Research Exchange
www.si.se/
The Swedish Women's Educational Association International, Inc.
http://www.swea.org/stipendier___955.aspx
(The information on organization-wide scholarships is available in Swedish only.)
For a list of local chapters, many of which offer their own scholarships:
http://www.swea.org/sweaslokalavdelningar___968.aspx
For example, each year, SWEA North Carolina awards scholarships (generally amounting to $1,000 each) to support a person or an organization with ties to North Carolina in their studies or their efforts to advance/share knowledge of Swedish culture, traditions, language, history, or society. For information in English, visit http://www.swea.org/scholarship___1712.aspx
The Vasa Order of America Scholarships
www.vasaorder.com//benefits.htm
Swedish Funds with Restrictions
Harley L. Anderson & Geneva A. Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund
www.ku.edu/~osa/scholarships/schol_handbook.shtml
Lilly Lorénzen Scholarship
The American Swedish Institute
www.americanswedishinst.org/
Scandinavian American Heritage Society
Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Scholarship
www.newschool.edu/gf/students/finaid_asst-scholar-fellow.htm