Note: International students are required to have health insurance which is an additional cost of USD 2,403.

International freshman and transfer students at USF are eligible for merit-based scholarships. The deadline to apply for these scholarships is February 15, 2021. All required application materials must be submitted to the USF Office of Admissions by the May 1, 2021 completion deadline.
Scholarships are only available for students starting in the Fall Semester.
Students can only accept the scholarship with the highest award and cannot accept multiple awards. Academic requirements for these awards include high GPA score and high scores in the SAT/ACT exams.

The scholarships offered to freshmen are renewable upto a period of 4 years.

All Green & Gold awards are credited in the form of a partial out-of-state tuition waiver; exact award amounts vary based on the number of credits in which a student enrolls each term.

Freshman Scholarships

Scholarship	Award/Benefits	Academic Requirements
USF Green & Gold Presidential Award	$48,000 (Up to $12,000 per year)	3.90+ GPA and 1340+ SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing & Math only) or 29+ ACT
USF Green & Gold Directors Award	$36,000 (Up to $9,000 per year)	3.70+ GPA and 1280+ SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing & Math only) or 27+ ACT
USF Green & Gold Scholars Award	$24,000 (Up to $6,000 per year)	3.50+ GPA and 1210+ SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing & Math only) or 25+ ACT
USF International Student Scholarship	$4,000 (Up to $1,000 per year)	3.30+ GPA and 1180+ SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing & Math only) or 24+ ACT

- Apart from these, students may look forward to outside scholarships offered to international students in the USA based on a variety of eligibility criteria.

Other Sources of Funding

Applying forscholarships to study in the US can be overwhelming due to their extensive application filing process. Here’s a brief list of research scholarship opportunities from private organizations both within the U.S. and India.

American University Emerging global leader Scholarship
United World Colleges International Youth Scholarships.
Civil Society Leadership Award
The Indian Trust Fellowship
Stanford Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowships for Indian Students
Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellowship
Inlaks Scholarship

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