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 —  HIEP Grant Eligibility Criteria

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Who is eligible for funding?

HIEP grants are made on a competitive basis. Any IU-Bloomington undergraduate student with a minimum 3.40 cumulative GPA or minimum 3.70 GPA in the major may apply for this award. There is a preference for Hutton Honors College students and Hudson & Holland Scholars, and for students studying abroad for a semester or a year, as well as for students going to non-traditional destinations (ie. Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, South America). All HIEP awards are made to individual students on the basis of merit, with HIEP awards ranging from $500 to $2500 (based on GPA, essay, strength of recommendation, destination, and duration of overseas program).

To check your eligibility, please review the following questions:

  • Are you a full time IU Bloomington undergraduate student?
  • Do you have a 3.40 cumulative or 3.70 major GPA?
  • Are you traveling to a country that is not listed on the U.S. Department of State's travel warning list?
  • Will you complete your travels before your official IU graduation date?

Who is not eligible?

  • Students who have major IU scholarships that already include support specifically for an overseas study experience (Wells and Kelley Scholars, for instance) are not eligible for HIEP awards.

  • Students who have previously received a HIEP award are not eligible to receive another HIEP award. All HIEP awards are one-time-only. EXCEPTIONS: Funding currently allows you to re-apply for the HIEP grant if:
    1) if your prior award was for the Kelley BUS G-256 Emerging Economies class.
    2) if your prior award was for the Kelley BUS P-255 Business in a Flat World class.
    3) if you have been accepted into BUS G-256 or BUS P-255 and meet the HIEP GPA requirement.

  • Students receiving funding from the Liberal Arts and Management Program's (LAMP) Robbins/ Hutton Scholarship Fund cannot receive HIEP awards during the same semester.

  • Students traveling after their undergraduate graduation date are not eligible for the grant. In this case, you may wish to talk to the Registrar's office to discuss pushing back your graduation date.

  • HIEP awards are made to individual students on a merit basis. They may not be used to provide blanket support for multiple students for any particular overseas experience or program.

  • Important! Except for those programs deemed exempt by IU's Overseas Study Office, we will not award grants for travel to dangerous locations. Dangerous locations include any country or area about which the U.S. Department of State has issued a travel warning. The suitability of grant support for travel to other destinations will be subject to the discretion of the Hutton Honors College Undergraduate Grant Program awards committee. Please review the IU Office of Overseas Study Policy on Study Abroad in Countries Under Travel Warnings and contact them for clarification.

Not eligible?

  • If you are not eligible to apply for the HIEP grant, please consider applying for the many other grants offered through the Hutton Honors College listed here.