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Money is available to help fund teachers’ professional trips. Here are some resources to help you find and apply for grants and fellowships.

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Summer is the perfect time to research and apply for a teacher travel grant. The key is to look in the right places and write a compelling application. Once you win an award, you might find yourself kayaking the length of the Mississippi River while developing a river ecology unit. (At least, that’s what one teacher did with a Fund for Teachers grant.)

To help you get started, here are some tips for writing winning proposals, a few inspiring articles, and a list of interesting travel grants that you might want to research or apply for this summer.

The Best Places to Look

Edutopia has covered travel grants in the past. Be sure to check out other content on the subject, including “ Five-Minute Film Festival: Travel for Teachers ” and “ No-Cost Teacher Travel ” for more grant-writing tips and funding sources.

Also, the Institute for International Education is an organization that anyone interested in educational travel should get to know. In addition to administering tons of interesting travel grant programs, the IIE is a source for research, policy updates, and opportunities for teachers and working professionals.

Some available grants and fellowships:

Grosvenor Teacher Fellowships From National Geographic : Each year, National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions take K–12 geography teachers on expeditions around the world. In general, about 25 educators from the U.S. and Canada are selected for fellowship trips each year, and participants travel to exotic locales and participate in professional development and curriculum-building activities. Applications for 2018 expeditions open in November.
Fund for Teachers Fellowships : Fund for Teachers fellowships enable U.S. educators to design their own professional development programs. International and domestic travel are often included in grant proposals, and FFT has been supporting these grants for U.S. educators since 2001. Additionally, FFT has links to some other great travel fellowships. Applications open in October 2017.
Teachers for Global Classrooms Program From IREX : This Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs program, administered by IREX, is a year-long cultural exchange for U.S. elementary, middle school, and high school teachers. The program includes intensive training, an international field experience, and a global education symposium in Washington, DC. Applications open in December 2017.
Grants to Travel to Polar Regions From PolarTREC : PolarTREC offers annual grants to U.S. 6–12 teachers that enable them to spend three to six weeks in polar regions and participate in field research projects. Since the program’s launch in 2007, teachers have traveled to Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica and have studied a range of science-related topics, including wetland dynamics and coastal ecology. The application process for next year’s expeditions will open this summer.
Teacher at Sea Grants From NOAA : Since 1990, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Teacher at Sea program has enabled more than 600 teachers to sail aboard NOAA research ships and gain hands-on research experience. The program is open to U.S.-based K–12 and college educators, and participants study oceanic and atmospheric science alongside NOAA scientists. Applications for the 2018 program will open in late 2017.
Teach Earth Conservation Research Grants : The Earthwatch Institute’s Teach Earth program offers U.S. K–12 educators the chance to support conservation projects in natural locations around the world. In addition to research, educators also participate in science learning and professional development. To be notified when applications open, educators must fill out an interest form; qualified teachers will be invited to complete a full application, due in late 2017.
German Study Tours From Goethe-Institut : Every year, the Goethe-Institut offers U.S. and Canadian social studies and STEM educators the opportunity to travel through Germany on two-week excursions. During the tours, “each corner of Germany is sampled through sight, sound, touch, and taste.” Applications for the 2018 program will be released in October.
Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows Program in STEM : The Einstein program enables U.S. teachers to advocate for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) on Capitol Hill and/or in congressional offices for up to a year. The application process for the 2017–18 school year is closed; the application process for 2018–19 will open in late summer.

Other Great Travel Grant Sources

Travel the World With Grants Just for Educators : This article from the National Education Association features 10 scholarships designed to help teachers travel the world. Included are program details, funding amounts, and eligibility requirements for applications. Most grants apply only to U.S. teachers; international teachers should check out Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching .
29 Travel Grants and Other Travel Opportunities for Teachers and Education Professionals : Travel Beyond Excuse is a blog that’s “helping teachers who want to travel.” This article features 29 sources for teacher travel grants, and in addition you’ll find tons of ideas and strategies for traveling on the cheap.
Travel Grants From Teaching Traveling : Another website dedicated to education travel, Teaching Traveling is a great source of inspiration for educators looking for travel funding. In addition to the site’s Travel Grants section, you’ll find inspiring interviews with “teacher-travelers” as well as ideas and tips for securing funding.

Writing an Awesome Application

Grant Space Classroom From Foundation Center : Foundation Center’s training center features tons of useful online grant-writing courses. Many of the courses are free and self-paced, and they’re designed to help anyone write more effective proposals. Great, free courses for beginners include Introduction to Proposal Writing and Proposal Budgeting Basics .
How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal : This GuideStar resource offers concrete tips for writing strong applications. With ideas for what to include as well as formatting and style tips, there’s a lot here to help you get started.
10 Key Ingredients of Winning Proposals : Looking for ways to make your application stand out? Mathilda Harris, the director of the Grant Training Center, provides tips and ideas on what to include in your grant proposal.

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Are you an art teacher longing to see the art treasures of Florence, Paris or Beijing? Are you a language teacher desiring to visit one or more of the countries where the language you teach is spoken? Teacher travel grants can make such trips possible.

What is a teacher travel grant?

Travel grants help U.S. teachers travel overseas on short-term visits to experience new cultures and explore new ideas. It’s not a vacation: Educators usually explore different instructional methods and broaden their horizons through cultural and academic immersion programs.

Government organizations, private companies and non-profit international organizations sponsor travel grants for teachers. Some programs give the money to the teacher; others pay expenses directly. Some programs are teacher exchanges where a teacher from overseas goes to your school while you teach at their school; with others, you travel independently.

Types of travel grants

Grants usually target a subject area or emphasize specific research or professional development goals. While some grants have a wide, general focus like a student exchange programs, others function as travel-work or teach-abroad programs.

Grant requirements

Limitations and requirements on grants run a wide gamut. For instance:

Grants may be designed for teachers in high schools, middle schools or elementary school teachers.
Some teacher travel grants pay only partial amounts, while others cover round-trip airfare plus boarding, food and incidental expenses.
Most grant terms last six to eight weeks, though a handful of highly selective programs offer travel grants of up to six months.
Grant travel usually happens in the summer when school is out.

Who offers teacher travel grants?

Numerous travel grants are available to teachers in U.S. public and private schools. Here are a few notable programs:

Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program

This highly competitive and selective travel grant is available through the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Awards. It’s open to teachers, curriculum specialists, guidance counselors, special education coordinators and librarians.

If you’re selected, you can spend three to six months in an overseas school, university or research center. You’ll also be required to work at least some time in a local school in the host country. You’ll also have to complete a “Capstone Project” that benefits students in your home schools. The grant pays all travel expenses, lodging, programs costs and tuition fees and other costs.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

This federally funded program offers up to $6,000 for travel expenses for teachers wishing to do summer research in their field both in the United States and abroad. The NEH also offers a “Summer Seminars and Institutes” program in the US and abroad, where teachers join organized continuing education programs. As you would expect, this is a highly competitive program.

Earthwatch Institute

Earthwatch offers field enrichment trips to teachers in grades K-12. More than 90 destinations are offered, both in the US and in other countries. You’ll get to work alongside experts in your field doing important work. All expenses are covered at the destination and some trips offer a stipend to cover travel to and from the destination. After the trip, teachers are expected to develop a lesson plan about the subject of their trip and share their experiences with others in their community.

Teachers for Global Classrooms Project (TGC Project)

The TGC Project travel grant is available to secondary school teachers in the United States. The International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), a non-profit organization that operates under the aegis of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Awards, manages the TGC Project.

The program offers a fully paid, two- or three-week international fellowship in countries including India, Ghana, Brazil, Indonesia and Ukraine. Teachers graduate with a deeper understanding of international pedagogy. To qualify for the fellowship, teachers must successfully complete an online course and attend a Global Education Symposium in Washington, D.C.

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American Councils Exchange Program

American Councils offers a program known as “Educational Seminars” that pays for U.S. educators to participate in short-term teacher-exchange programs in other countries. The program helps teachers broaden their horizons by learning about the culture, teaching methodologies, educational system and social mores in different countries.

Teachers must have at least three years of experience to apply. Educational seminars are available in China, India, Brazil and Portugal. The program pays for all travel, lodging and program-related expenses.

Fund for Teachers

Fund for Teachers, a private non-profit foundation, provides travel fellowships for close to 500 teachers each year. The program allows teachers to propose international projects that they think will benefit them professionally and have an impact on their students.

The fund provides grants of up to $5,000 to teachers whose proposals are accepted. Teams can receive a grant of up to $10,000 under the program. Since 2001, Fund for Teachers has provided travel grants to nearly 5,000 teachers and has approved fellowships in more than 120 countries around the world.

Applying for teacher travel grants

Each travel grant program has its own deadline and requirements. Generally, teachers need to have at least a few years’ teaching experience. Programs are offered that augment virtually any teacher’s base of knowledge.

Many more travel grants are available to educators. If you’re interested in pursuing these opportunities, keep these points in mind.

Institutions offering grants start accepting applications well in advance of when they become available, often six months before the program starts.
Though most grants are open to all U.S. educators, they are also highly competitive.
Applications usually require a detailed listing of qualifications and experience and a well-reasoned explanation of the projected benefits of traveling abroad on a teacher travel grant.

Don’t think that just because you are living on a teacher’s salary and supporting a family that overseas travel is beyond your means. Well-traveled teachers make better teachers, and there are dozens of organizations that will help make such an experience possible for you.

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Travel the World With Grants Just for Educators

These scholarships for educators can pay for your travel expenses and make you, and your students, richer for the experience..

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Travel is an enriching experience all on its own. But with a grant or scholarship, educators not only get to explore an interesting place or topic; they get to bring that valuable experience back to their own classrooms. If you’ve ever wanted to travel to historic sites, interview experts, research alongside field professionals or even learn an artisanal craft, travel grants and fellowships can make your goals a reality.

Design your own enrichment trip

Fund for Teachers. Perhaps the largest provider of educator-enrichment funding, Fund for Teachers (FFT) offers grants for self-designed summer fellowships. This empowers teachers to take control of their own learning in a way they know will have the most impact on their students. FFT has awarded $33.5 million in grants to nearly 9,000 of America’s top educators, and FFT Fellows have traveled to 152 different countries on all seven continents.

Program details: Grants of up to $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for teams of two or more. Who’s eligible: Full-time, pre-K–12 teachers with at least three years’ teaching experience who spend 50% or more of their time in classroom instruction with students and intend to return to a classroom or teaching environment. Application deadline: The application cycle begins in October and ends in January. For a better chance of success, be sure to review the Scoring Criteria , which details how applications are evaluated.

Gain an international perspective

Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program. The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (Fulbright TGC) knows that for students to have a global perspective, their instructors need to gain one through their own international travel. Each year, about 80 educators are selected for the program (funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the nonprofit IREX) and challenged to transform their classrooms to enhance students’ global points of view.

The yearlong fellowship includes a free online training course plus a trip to Washington, D.C., for a collaborative Global Education Symposium. It culminates with a two- to three-week international trip to a TGC-selected location. Past countries have included Brazil, Morocco, India, the Philippines and Kazakhstan. Once at their destination, educators connect with local teachers and host schools to exchange ideas and even lead classes.

Program details: The fellowship covers airfare, hotel and travel incidentals for the Washington, D.C., and international trips. Fellows earn professional development Continuing Education Units. Who’s eligible: Full-time, K-12 teachers who are U.S. citizens and residents with three years’ experience who spend 50% or more of their time in a student-facing role. Application deadline: The application cycle begins in December or January and closes in March. Apply at irex.org or join its mailing list to receive details about the next trips.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program. The U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program offers approximately three summer seminars annually, each hosting 16 U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities for four to six weeks. The seminar locations in 2021 were Iceland, Morocco and Mexico. The program aims to improve participants’ understanding and knowledge of the people and cultures of other countries.

Program details: The grant includes airfare, room and board and program costs within the host country, but participants are responsible for some shared costs. In 2021, that cost was $650. Who’s eligible: Educators responsible for curriculum or instruction in the social sciences or humanities and languages, including elementary and secondary teachers, administrators or curriculum specialists, faculty or administrators from institutions of higher education, librarians, museum educators and media or resource specialists. Applicants must also be citizens or permanent residents of the United States holding a bachelor’s degree or higher with at least three years’ experience and current full-time employment in one of the professions listed above in a U.S. school system, institution of higher learning, local or state education agency, library or museum. Application deadline: The application cycle is typically announced in the fall or winter for the following year (e.g., fall or winter 2021 announcement for 2022 programs) with a deadline at the end of December. Contact the Department of Education for future application schedules, and check the Hints for Preparing a Competitive Application .

Cruise in the name of science or geography

Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Program. This is no ordinary boat ride. The 35 or so teachers chosen for the Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Program (GTF), which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions, join a Lindblad expedition voyage aboard the National Geographic Explorer, National Geographic Endeavour II, National Geographic Sea Lion and or National Geographic Quest. Educators learn about the land and sea from on-board naturalists and have opportunities for activities such as kayaking, Zodiac trips and cultural tours of local towns.

Previous expeditions included trips to the Galápagos Islands, where educators kayaked and snorkeled among stingrays and sea lions, and Iceland, where they cruised alongside humpback and orca whales and observed blue-morph arctic fox pups. Part of the fellowship includes developing classroom activities to teach their students the geographic and ocean issues they learned about on their trip.

Program details: Fellowships include expenses for a 10- to 17-day expedition during the summer or December holiday, plus a required pre-expedition workshop in Washington, D.C. Fellows are expected to be active and engaged members of the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship over the course of the expedition year and the year following. Who’s eligible: Pre-K–12 teachers and informal educators from the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico and Department of Defense Activity Schools who have demonstrated a dedication to geography education. Applicants must plan to return to a classroom or teaching environment the year following the expedition. Application deadline: The call for applications begins each fall. Sign up for updates here . See a sample application .

Teacher at Sea Program. Love the open ocean? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has sent more than 800 educators from all 50 states to the Teacher at Sea program. Past Teacher at Sea ships operated in a variety of areas from the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska to the northeast Atlantic and the Florida coast.

Cruises focus on either fisheries, oceanography or hydrography. Educators might help conduct research toward better understanding of marine habitats, sustainable fishing and climate or even assist in scanning the sea floor for underwater hazards in order to improve nautical charts.

Program details: Fellowships include all travel costs for two-week to one-month cruises, including transportation to and from the ship, lodging and per diem allowance. Who’s eligible: Currently employed, full-time, pre-K-12 teachers or administrators; community college, college or university teachers; museum or aquarium educators; and adult education teachers. Applicants must be permanent residents or citizens of the U.S. who will return to the same or similar employment the next year. Please note: Due to COVID-19, the ships did not sail in 2020 or 2021, so the 2022 voyage will be for those who qualified in 2020. The next round of new applicants can apply for the 2023 season. Application deadline: Applications will open for the 2023 season in October 2022.

Teach Earth Program. If donning waist-high neoprene waders and trekking through the Arctic wetlands of Manitoba collecting water samples sounds like your idea of a cool summer vacation, try for a Teach Earth USA Fellowship from the Earthwatch Institute . Each year, the institute sends about 50 teachers to join one- to two-week expeditions with world-renowned scientists working in the field to help collect samples and analyze them in the lab.

These frontline opportunities allow teachers to apply the scientific method to current environmental issues. Past expeditions have focused on studying the effects of climate change in the Arctic, California, Costa Rica, Little Cayman, Acadia National Park, Arizona and Ecuador.

Program details: Grants cover the full cost of the research expedition or partially funded fellowships at a subsidized rate. Who’s eligible: U.S.-based K–12 teachers of any subject. Application deadline: Applications opened for the 2022 session on November 2, 2021, and have a deadline of January 10, 2022.

Fund a professional development project

The NEA Foundation. The NEA Foundation’s Learning & Leadership Grants underwrite teachers for a variety of professional enrichment experiences, from research projects to attending conferences and seminars. Past recipients ’ projects have included a range of trips, from attending a grant-writing conference in Miami to 11 weeks in Mexico for intensive music and folk dance study. Right now, there is a focus on pandemic-related relief and racial equality work, but all applications are still being considered.

Program details: Grantees receive $2,000 per individual and $5,000 per group for professional development. Who’s eligible: Educators, counselors and support professionals (such as para-educators, food service, clerical and maintenance and custodial staff) at public schools or public institutions of higher education. Applicants must be current NEA members. Application deadlines: The NEA Foundation reviews applications three times a year. Check the website for application periods and deadlines.

Find long-term grants and short-term adventure

The Institute of International Education (IIE) administers several programs that finance travel for secondary-school teachers. These are sponsored by various foundations, corporations and government entities and can vary from year to year. Among them is the highly competitive Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching , a grant that allows U.S. and international teachers to go abroad for three to six months to learn about another country’s educational system.

Sign up for the IIE’s free Global Opportunities for Teachers newsletter for more information about its programs and resources.

Program details: Grants vary by program. Visit IIE’s program finder page for the latest offerings. Who’s eligible: Full-time teachers with at least more than five years’ experience are preferred, with some additional criteria depending on the program. Application deadlines: Vary by program.

Study in Scotland, England, Japan and more

Specialty groups offer a host of teacher travel opportunities for specific types of study. Here are a few examples:

The National Association of Japan-America Societies offers Keizai Koho Center Teacher Fellowships for grades 6–12 economics, social studies, geography and history teachers to tour Tokyo and its surroundings. In 2019 the program featured visits to Japanese schools, companies and cultural events as well as opportunities to talk with students, teachers, executives, scholars and experts on Japanese society and its education system.
The English-Speaking Union of the United States offers TLab-UK , formerly the British Universities Summer School (BUSS) program, on the humanities in Scotland and England. Past trips to Edinburgh and Oxford universities explored literature, creative writing, history and politics, and participants in the Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance program in London got a chance to perform on the stage of the Globe Theatre. U.S. teachers should contact the closest of the organization’s participating branches to apply for full funding.
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) selects Alfred Lerner Fellows for intensive Holocaust education in their Summer Institute for Teachers at Columbia University in New York City. Alfred Lerner fellows who complete the institute and remain active with their local Holocaust centers become eligible for an advanced seminar in New Jersey and the European Study Program in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, where 15 fellows visit concentration camps including Auschwitz, ghetto sites, survivors, rescuers and historians. Programs do have a cost, but are heavily subsidized by the JFR.

Program details, eligibility and application deadlines vary by program.

Note: This post was originally published in December 2014 and updated October 2016, June 2018, September 2019 and October 2021.

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20 Higher Education and Teacher Travel Grants By Christian Velitchkov On September 28, 2023

20 Higher Education and Teacher Travel Grants

One of the most life-changing things a professor or teacher can experience is to see how the rest of the world lives through a teacher travel grant. Whether that’s taking a trip to another state, country, or continent, did you know that there are plenty of resources out there for teachers to travel – and for free?

We have compiled 20 great resources that cover education fellowships, conference grants, institutes, and funding for professional development as well as personal pleasure. Whether you want to take a group of students on scientific exploration, do research, spend time honing your language skills or something else entirely, there’s a grant or fellowship for you.

If you are in any doubt that the funding opportunity applies to you, reach out to the institution. Many of these grants go to the same people year after year because others just don’t know that the grants are there. They exist for teachers of arts and humanities to math and science, as well as grants for administrators and curriculum creators who would benefit from learning about international teaching environments.

It’s important to note that there is a huge variety of dates and deadlines for the various applications, so don’t assume that all of the fellowships require the same submission dates. Where possible we’ve specified if you need to apply any way other than directly, but it’s vital to make sure that your submitted applications are as complete as possible.

Now grab a cup of coffee and see where in the world you could end up .

Related: Travel Resources for Professors

Fulbright Opportunities for Educator and Teacher Travel Grants

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program

The first of several available Fulbright Fellowships, this program will allow you to spend 3-6 months pursuing research, individual programs, career development, or delivering master classes in one of a wide range of countries. It is open for any full-time teacher from elementary through high school, as well as curriculum heads and specialists, guidance counselors, librarians or media specialists, and coordinators for Special Education or Talented and Gifted programs. An educator is expected to have at least 5 years of teaching experience, as well as U.S. citizenship and English fluency, as well as have (or be on the way to earning) a Master’s Degree.

There is also a program that allows international teachers to visit the U.S. and work on a Fulbright Award for up to 4 months, which can be navigated from the same site.

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program (ETA)

This Fulbright is open to any U.S. citizen who holds a Bachelor’s degree of any kind – so being a teacher is not a specific requirement, although educators are actively encouraged to apply. The English Teaching Assistant program lasts for one academic year in one of 70 host countries. As with the other Fulbrights, the award covers the costs of travel, accommodation, as well as maintenance and cost of living, while you are expected to work to strengthen the teaching of English in elementary through college-level classes in your host country.

The Fulbright FLTA Program (FLTA)

The Fulbright FLTA Program is designed for non-U.S. citizens who are teachers to travel to the U.S. for one academic year and improve their ability to teach English as a Foreign Language while immersing themselves in U.S. cultures and customs and assisting the teaching of foreign languages in U.S. institutions.

Fulbright Hays Summer Seminars

If you can’t take off a full academic year, the Fulbright Hays Summer Seminars allow teachers to spend 4 to 6 weeks (between late May and mid-August) traveling to one or more countries around the world. The seminar program is designed to help U.S. citizens who are teachers to visit a new country and enjoy a culturally broad and deep introduction to a specific country and culture or range of countries.

The program is designed for people who have very little knowledge of the host countries, and who can demonstrate the need to enhance their curriculum through travel. It is open for teachers of K-12, as well as administrators who develop curricula in humanities, area, or language studies. Educators and administrators should currently work in education full time and have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of teaching experience.

Fulbright International Education Administrators Program (IEA)

These two-week Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminars are open to U.S. senior-level administrators at community colleges, colleges, and universities. Administrators are given the opportunity to learn all about the education system of their host country while establishing themselves within a network of international and U.S. colleagues. All expenses are paid, and travel is available to various countries so that administrators can enhance and develop their skills in serving and encouraging international students and prospective study-abroad students.

Fulbright Travel Grant

One challenge of funding travel while teaching or studying abroad is the need to combine various grants and awards. The Fulbright Travel Grant is one of those that can fill in the gaps. Designed for U.S. citizens who have Bachelor’s degrees and who already have a grant for study or research that involves traveling to Hungary, Italy, or Germany, this grant provides additional travel funds. It is a requirement for applicants to have sufficient skill in the language of their host country to live and work there. It is also possible on this program to qualify for a grant that covers more than just travel, so be sure to apply carefully!

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program

If you are working as part of a group, the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program could be exactly what you need. The amount of the grant varies, as does the duration of the grant (from a few weeks to several years), and depends wholly on the project type. The grants can be used for many distinct purposes, such as advanced overseas intensive language training or other purposes. It is expected that all group members must be U.S. citizens as well as faculty members in modern foreign languages. Applicants can also be elementary through high school educators, or university students who intend to teach foreign languages after graduation. This grant must be applied for directly to the Department of Education by an institution (within higher education, a non-profit organization or from a state education agency).

Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC)

IREX, a global development and education organization, administers this program for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which is a year-long exchange for U.S. teachers who are working in elementary, middle, and high schools. Fulbright TGC is run by the guidelines established by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and structured to include a significant amount of training as well as international field experience and an opportunity to attend a global education symposium in Washington, DC.

Fellowships for Community College & Minority-Serving Institutions

Faculty and administrator opportunities.

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private nonprofit that supports 27 independent research centers around the world. The overseas research centers (ORCs) provide a place for collaboration, research and foreign language study in places like Cambodia, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal and more.

CAORC provides research support for the faculty and administrators to apply for different types of fellowships and grants at ORCs. CAORC also offers Overseas Faculty Development Seminars for faculty and administration at community colleges and minority-serving institutions, giving them the tools and ideas to improve the international education they in turn provide to their student population.

Environmental and STEM Opportunities for Teacher Travel Grants

Grosvenor Teacher Fellowships

Every year, National Geographic teams up with Lindblad Expeditions to take K-12 teachers to a wide range of locations around the world. Typically, 25-50 educators from North America are selected to go on these trips, which involve exotic locations and the opportunity to engage in professional development and curriculum-building field-based activities. The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowships were designed to build an awareness of our planet’s resources and geography that teachers can use to increase global awareness among their students.

Related: National Geographic Society Grants and Investments

Polar Regions Grants

If your interest is all things polar, then this could be the grant for you. PolarTREC offers annual grants to U.S. 6–12 teachers to locations such as Alaska, Greenland, and Antarctica. The trip length is 3 – 6 weeks in one of these areas, where you can actively participate in field research projects. Since 2007, this has included the dynamics of the wetland areas and coastal ecology and provides an experience that invigorates teachers when they are back to their classrooms.

Teacher at Sea Grants

One of the longer running grants , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been providing grants since 1990. Since then, over 850 U.S. based K-12 teachers and college educators have been able to travel on NOAA research ships and participate in active research. Onboard, teachers and educators perform research in oceanic and atmospheric science with in-house NOAA scientists.

Teach Earth Conservation Research Grants

Designed for U.S. K-12 educators who are interested in promoting and taking part in conservation projects, the Earthwatch Institute’s Teach Earth program provides the opportunity for educators to take part in international conservation projects. Alongside this, educators also get to take part in outdoor scientific learning that translates back to their day-to-day work in the classroom.

Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) through the Goethe Institut German Study Program

Every year, the Goethe-Institut funds North American STEM and social studies educators who would like to take part in the opportunity to travel through Germany. Providing the funding for two-week excursions, educators can engage with the whole country, with the Institut proud of the fact that “each corner of Germany is sampled through sight, sound, touch, and taste.”

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Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows Program in STEM

The Einstein Educator Fellows is provided for U.S. educators who want to advocate for STEM on Capitol Hill or in congressional offices for up to a year. Participants will have the opportunity to share their extensive STEM knowledge and classroom experience with key education policymakers to affect education policy nationally.

Earthwatch Student Group Expedition Leader

If the Earthwatch Fellowship sounds tempting but you’re not sure that you’d be able to swing it or not, then an alternative might just be the Earthwatch Student Group Expedition . The requirement for these is that you need to be able to organize 6 or more paying students to go on a group expedition, and your fare is free. The expedition can be any time between 1 and 2 weeks, at any time of the year, and is a great way to get young people enthusiastic about how exciting science really is.

International Teacher Travel Grants for Educational Professional Development

Council on International Educational Exchange

This teach abroad exchange program allows you to live abroad for a semester, or even a full school year (and beyond), while earning a salary. Although salaries are not always particularly high, the cost of living in many places means you can be more than comfortable – and some opportunities offer housing and other benefits as standard. In order to be eligible for this program, you need to have any Bachelor’s degree and a native speaker of English. Any other requirements vary depending on where you’re interested in traveling. Typically, the job involves teaching English to students of all ages.

Fund for Teachers Fellowships

If you are a U.S. educator, then a Fund for Teachers fellowship could be a great opportunity for you to design your own professional development program. FFT Fellowships often include funds for domestic and international travel as part of the grant proposal. Click through to see if this is the right fit for you, or to check out some of their other funding opportunities .

Study Abroad for Teachers

TLab is a wonderful resource for U.S. based English and Drama teachers who would like to travel to the U.K. The three-week-long course invites educators to spend 3 weeks at one of the various education opportunities: the Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance course at the Globe Theatre in London; English, writing or Politics at the University of Oxford; Text, Context, Theater, and Performance at the Scottish Universities’ International Summer School, based in Edinburgh. The scholarships available cover tuition fees, accommodation, and most board, although not necessarily travel costs.

Education First (EF) Educational Tours

Similar to Earthwatch Expeditions, Education First will sponsor a teacher to supervise over 6 paying students on a tour. For every 6 students, another adult chaperone is also entitled to come along, which is an exciting opportunity to show the world to your students while making sure you’re not stranded on your own. These tours are well-organized and allow you to enjoy the countries you are visiting as well as getting a taste of what living in those countries might be like for you as an educator.

Related: 10 Reasons to Take an Unpaid or Paid Sabbatical

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The reality is that there is actually a huge range of funding available for teachers who would benefit from teaching or traveling internationally – whether that is for your studies, or to take part in career development or to immerse yourself in a subject you are passionate about to bring that back to your work in education.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, so it’s well worth searching for the grant – or grants – that you may be eligible for, or eligible to combine. There are plenty more resources out there, and hundreds of grants looking for qualified educators to apply! Take a look at some of the resources on these sites:

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8 Travel Grants and Fellowships for Educators

(Original article: Edutopia. May 6, 2016 )

Summer is the perfect time to research and apply for a teacher travel grant. The key is to look in the right places and write a compelling application. Then, once you win an award, you might find yourself kayaking the length of the Mississippi River while developing a river ecology unit. (At least, that’s what one teacher did with a Fund For Teachers grant.)

To help you get started, here are some tips for writing winning proposals, a few inspiring articles, and a list of interesting travel grants that you might want to research or apply to this summer.

The Best Places to Look

Edutopia has covered travel grants in the past. Be sure to check out other content on the subject, including “ Teacher-Tested Travel Grants ,” “ Five-Minute Film Festival: Travel for Teachers ,” and “ No-Cost Teacher Travel ,” for more grant-writing tips and funding sources.

Also, the Institute for International Education is an organization that anyone interested in educational travel should get to know. In addition to administering tons of interesting travel grant programs, the IIE is also a source for research, policy updates, and relevant resources for teachers.

Grosvenor Teacher Fellowships From National Geographic : Each year, National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions take K-12 geography teachers on expeditions around the world. Usually, 25 educators are selected for fellowship trips each year, and participants travel to exotic locations and participate in professional development and curriculum-building activities. Applications for 2017 expeditions open in December.

Fund for Teachers Fellowships : Fund for Teachers fellowships enable educators to design their own professional development programs. International and domestic travel are often included in grant proposals, and FFT has been supporting these grants since 2001. Additionally, FFT has links to some other great travel fellowships. Each year, applications are due in the first two months of the year.

Teachers for Global Classrooms Program From IREX : This Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs program, administered by IREX, is a year-long cultural exchange for U.S. elementary, middle school, and high school teachers. The program includes intensive training, an international field experience, and a global education symposium in Washington, D.C. Applications are due in the spring.

Grants to Travel to Polar Regions From PolarTREC : PolarTREC offers annual grants to K-12 teachers that enable them to spend 3-6 weeks in polar regions and participate in field research projects. Since the program’s launch in 2007, teachers have traveled to Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica and have studied a range of science-related topics, including wetland dynamics and coastal ecology. The application process for next year’s expeditions will open this summer.

Teacher at Sea Grants From NOAA : Since 1990, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Teacher at Sea program has enabled 600+ teachers to sail aboard NOAA research ships and gain hands-on research experience. The program is open to K-12 and college educators, and participants study oceanic and atmospheric science alongside NOAA scientists. Applications for the 2017 progam will open in Fall 2016.

Teach Earth Conservation Research Grants : The Earthwatch Institute’s Teach Earth program offers K-12 educators the chance to support conservation projects in natural locations around the world. In addition to research, educators also participate in science learning and professional development. To apply, educators must fill out an interest form, and qualified teachers will be invited to complete a full application that’s due in December.

German Study Tours From Goethe-Institut : Every year, the Goethe-Institut offers U.S. and Canadian social studies and STEM educators the opportunity to travel through Germany on two-week exercusions. During the tours, “each corner of Germany is sampled through sight, sound, touch, and taste.” Application details will be released later this year.

Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows Program in STEM : The Einstein program enables teachers to advocate for STEM on Capitol Hill and/or Congressional offices for up to a year. The application process for the 2016-2017 school year is currently closed; the application process will open again late next year.

Other Great Travel Grant Sources

Travel the World With Grants Just for Educators : This article from the National Education Association features ten scholarships designed to help teachers travel the world. Included are program details, funding amounts, and eligibility requirements for applications.

35 Travel Grants and Other Travel Opportunities for Teachers and Education Professionals : Travel Beyond Excuse is a blog that is “helping teachers who want to travel.” This article features 35 sources for teacher travel grants, and in addition, you’ll find tons of ideas and strategies for traveling on the cheap.

Travel Grants From Teaching Traveling : Another website dedicated to education travel, Teaching Traveling is a great source of inspiration for educators looking for travel funding. In addition to the site’s Travel Grants section, you’ll find inspiring interviews with “teacher-travelers,” as well as ideas and tips for securing funding.

Writing an Awesome Application

Grant Space Classroom From Foundation Center : Foundation Center’s training center features tons of useful online grant-writing courses. Many of the courses are free and self-paced, and they’re designed to help anyone write more effective proposals. Great, free courses for beginners include Introduction to Proposal Writing and Proposal Budgeting Basics .

How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal : This GuideStar resource offers concrete tips for writing the best applications. From ideas for what to include, as well as formatting and style tips, there’s a lot here to help you get started.

10 Key Ingredients of Winning Proposals : Looking for ways to make your application stand out? Author Mathilda Harris, the director of the Grant Training Center, provides tips and ideas of what to include in your grant proposal.

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Other Travel Opportunities for Teachers

In addition to our own teacher travel programs , GEEO is proud to showcase the programs of other organizations that offer opportunities for teachers to travel. Many of these programs are free, and we encourage teachers to explore the possibilities. These programs have no affiliation with GEEO, so please contact them directly if you have any questions.

Fund for Teachers

Fund for Teachers awards fellowships for summer learning experiences to pre K-12 teachers, empowering them to pursue their passions to then pique student engagement. Each fellowship is as unique as the teacher who designed it; and regardless of the destination or discipline, FFT Fellows return to classrooms inspired by their pursuit of ideas, terrains, and cultures and further equipped to transform student learning.

Many GEEO participants in the past have funded their GEEO program with a grant from FFT. In fact, Fund for Teacher’s Executive Director sits on GEEO’s Board of Advisors. Please click here to learn more about applying for a Fund For Teachers grant. If you want some tips on how to submit a strong application, please contact us and we will send you our advice.

You can also visit FFT’s Facebook page for teacher testimonials and photographs.

Qatar Foundation International

Qatar Foundation International (QFI) is offering Teacher Professional Development Grants for K-12 educators in the social sciences/humanities and arts fields to participate in high-quality professional development events that will enhance his/her ability to teach about the Arab world or Arab culture. These grants provide up to $2,000 towards travel and registration costs associated with the attendance of relevant professional development events. GEEO’s trips to Arabic speaking countries (such as Morocco and Egypt) qualify for this grant and we have already seen several of our participants receive this funding.

For more information, click here .

The NEA Foundation

The NEA Foundation’s Learning & Leadership Grants support National Education Association (NEA) members who are public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education. These $2000 professional development grants can be used on any of GEEO’s programs.

Please click here to learn more about applying for an NEA Foundation grant.

Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP)

TOP aims to promote education about Modern Germany, to encourage cross-cultural dialogue between American and German classrooms, and to provide the opportunity for social studies educators to experience Germany in person. In order to accomplish these goals, TOP produces an array of K-12 teaching materials that have been “authored for Americans by Americans” and distributes these materials to social studies educators and professional development workshop leaders at no charge. Finally, TOP sends social studies educators to Germany every summer on all-expenses-paid study tours. The study tours are two weeks in length and focus on themes relating to the legacy of the Holocaust, German reunification, and European integration within the context of the German education and political systems, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and culture. Post-tour requirements include the writing of a Germany-themed unit and leading one professional development workshop.

TOP is a non-profit public/private partnership between the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, the Goethe-Institut, Deutsche Bank, Siemens and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. TOP is operated at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC.

Click here for information about TOP teaching materials and study tours.

Institute of International Education (IIE)

IIE, an independent non-profit organization founded in 1919,is a world leader in the exchange of people and ideas. IIE administers over 200 programs serving more than 20,000 individuals each year. Program participants are selected through a competitive, merit-based process.

For information about their Japan-US Teacher exchange, click here .

Travel costs for the teacher programs administered by IIE are paid for by the program sponsors, if you are selected to participate.

Earthwatch Institute’s Teach Earth Program

Earthwatch Institute is an international non-profit whose mission is to engage people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.

The Teach Earth program is built upon the principle that every individual can contribute to a sustainable planet, regardless of scientific background or skill. Each year, Earthwatch selects talented K-12 U.S. teachers from all subject areas to work side by side with world-class scientists on field research expeditions around the world. From the edge of the Arctic to the coast of Maine, these teachers collect data on climate change, ecology, wildlife, and more. Teachers have the opportunity to learn the scientific process first hand and help to solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Teachers return to the classroom with new perspectives and knowledge, invigorated and inspired to share the experience of real discovery with their students.

For more information and applications, visit Earthwatch’s website .

Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Program

The Grosvenor Teacher Fellow program is a professional development opportunity made possible by a partnership between National Geographic Education and Lindblad Expeditions. Through the program, exemplary educators are recognized for their commitment to geographic education and are given the opportunity to be actively engaged in finding new ways to bring geographic awareness to their classrooms or informal learning environments through a field-based experience.

The program takes educators, in small groups of two or three, on an all-expenses paid voyage aboard the Lindblad Expeditions flagship National Geographic Explorer. Expeditions range from 10 days/8 nights to 17 days/15 nights, including travel time and pre-/post-trip stays on shore.

Click here for more information and applications.

IREX TGC Program

The Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC) is a professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States. The goal of TGC is to provide teachers with the skills and experience to promote global education in their classrooms and schools. TGC features an online course aimed at globalizing U.S. classrooms (CEU credits available), two Global Education Symposiums in Washington, DC, and international travel. Current countries of travel include Republic of Georgia, Morocco, Senegal, Philippines, India and Colombia. Participants are selected through a national, open competition. TGC is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) administered by IREX.

Please see the program page on the IREX website for more information.

English in Action: Teachers Learning Abroad (TLab)

If you teach 5th-12th grade and want to travel and learn in the U.K, sign up for TLab’s teacher-focused programs at Oxford, the University of Edinburgh, Shakespeare’s Globe, or Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Our exclusive partnerships with these institutions feature graduate level courses on English literature, creative writing, history, international politics, or drama – all taught on-site by instructors from these academies of higher learning. Scholarships are available for select programs through the English-Speaking Union. Application dates vary by program. Join us on our unique programs and discover a new perspective that will inspire you and reinvigorate your classroom.

For more information please click here.

Keizai Koho Fellowship Program

Since 1980, the Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) in cooperation with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) has sponsored a Fellowship tour to Japan for educators in the U.S. and Canada. The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives. Highlights of the fellowship include visits to Japanese schools, major companies, and industrial facilities. In addition, sightseeing excursions are planned to allow the fellows to learn about Japanese culture and society.

Visit their website to learn more.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars

The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides opportunities for overseas experience. The program is open to educators and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. Topics and host countries of the seminars vary from year to year.

All seminars are in non-western European countries. Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country. The program is geared towards those educators with little or no experience in the host country who demonstrate the need to develop and enhance their curriculum through short-term study and travel abroad.

For more information please visit this page .

Ecology Project International (EPI)

EPI’s Teacher Fellowships are 8-day hands-on professional development experiences for high school and college-level educators that take place in Hawaii, Costa Rica, Baja California Sur, and Yellowstone National Park. Educators accepted into the program will collaborate with one another on real-world conservation projects and learn EPI’s experiential education framework in the field.

EPI covers all costs, except a $250-$600 program fee and the participant’s airfare to the program site. EPI is accepting applications now until Sept 1.

Educators can review the programs’ focus areas, watch a promo video, and submit an application via their website which can be found here .

Grants [Updated: April 2017]

>> Grants [Updated: April 2017]

As a PreK-12 or college/university teacher or administrator, do you want to travel more–yet struggle to find a way to afford it? What if someone else paid your travel expenses and gave you a professional development opportunity that would enrich your classroom? Many of these opportunities come with an obligation to contribute your learning in some way (via lesson plans, curriculum development, blog posts, research findings, etc) in exchange for your grant, but isn’t sharing your knowledge what teaching and traveling is all about?

Read on to learn about 28 Travel Grants and Other Travel Opportunities for Teachers and Education Professionals! [Updated April 2017.]

Travel grants provide a wonderful opportunity for teachers. I’ve compiled a list of the 28 top travel opportunities I could find (including grants and other programs) where teacher travel is paid for in part or in full by others ! Most of these programs are aimed at U.S. teachers, but not all–so if you are from another country I would encourage you to browse this list and check into programs offered in your area as well! Also, if you’re not a teacher there are a few opportunities listed that are open to others as well, so have a look.

Some programs are purely for the travel experience; others include options for continuing education or grad school credits, yet others are opportunities to bring your students along for the learning adventure. Options range from a few days to weeks, months, or even years. Travel could be within the U.S. or to many destinations around the world.

After each program description, I have included the link to the program website where you can obtain additional information, plus a practical action step you can take right now that will move you toward taking that trip. Don’t procrastinate!

I’ve also compiled a spreadsheet for you with these programs on it so that you can sort, add new programs you find, delete irrelevant programs, and update it for your own use. Feel free to personalize it however you like! Click below to download it for free!

CLICK HERE! Download Your FREE Resources: A Travel Grants Spreadsheet, Travel Mind Map, and Packing List!

The application process may be all that stands between you and the world. Some opportunities are more competitive than others, but one sure way to not earn a travel opportunity is to not pursue it. It’s worth a try, don’t you think? The deadlines for some of the 2018 programs have passed but most programs already have announcements for their 2019 programs.

1. Study Abroad for Teachers – TLab

If you’re a high school teacher and you’ve been wanting to travel to the U.K., this may be your chance. Spend 3 weeks attending the Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance course at Shakespeare’s Globe in London; English Literature, Creative Writing, International Politics, The Story and Future of English, or History, Politics and Society courses at The University of Oxford; or Text and Context, Theater and Performance, and Creative Writing courses at Scottish Universities’ International Summer School (SUISS) program based in Edinburgh. Scholarships cover tuition, room, and most board. Deadlines vary according to the local branches, but it seems most scholarship applications are due between February and April or until no spaces are remaining. Applications for Summer 2019 will reopen in late 2018.

Program website:

Action step:.

Visit this page to find out how to apply:

2. Council on International Educational Exchange

Live abroad for a semester or a full school year or more and earn a salary while you’re at it ! (Note: salaries are not always very high, but with living expenses much lower in most parts of the world, what you do earn would last much longer than it would in the U.S.) This teach abroad program requires applicants to have a Bachelor’s degree (any field–so if you’re not actually a certified teacher this may be an option for you, too–but if you are, you’ll probably have an advantage over other applicants!) and be a native speaker of English. Other requirements vary depending on your destination. Your job will be to teach English to primary, high school and/or university students abroad. In some cases housing and other benefits are provided, allowing you to save more of what you earn! Deadlines vary depending on each country. Check the website for details!

Visit this page to apply:

3. Earthwatch Institute Teacher Fellowships

Are you an American K-12 teacher with a passion for science? Regardless of your teaching specialty, you’re invited to apply for a scholarship where you’ll help world-class scientists with their research projects in locations around the world. Scholarships cover the cost of the expedition and also a portion of your travel expenses to and from the expedition site. Expeditions are one week long and occur during the summer. Expeditions available include trips to Arizona, Montana, Mexico City, Little Cayman, Ecuador, and the Arctic’s edge. Applications deadlines vary for each program so make sure to check out their website.

Fill out the interest form on this web page:

4. Earthwatch Student Group Expedition Leader

If you are a high school teacher drooling over the Earthwatch Teacher Fellowships I mentioned in #3 above, an alternative option might be to organize a student group expedition! If you can organize 6 or more paying students for an expedition, you come along for free. Expeditions last 1-2 weeks and can be arranged at a time of year that is most convenient for you and your students. Science teachers rejoice!

Contact Earthwatch to express your interest and explore some options. Here's their contact page:

5. Education First (EF) Educational Tours

Similar to the Earthwatch Student Group Expeditions in #4, EF Tours will sponsor a teacher for free for every 6 paying students that the teacher recruits for a tour . For each additional 6 students, another adult chaperone can also join for free. What a marvelous opportunity to introduce your teen students to the world!

Visit the web page at http://www.eftours.com/student-tours/leading-a-tour , scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the "Get Started" button. Then fill out the short form or call EF Tours at the number provided there to get the ball rolling!

6. Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program

Spend 3-6 months abroad in one of various different countries to pursue individual projects, conduct research, take courses for professional development or lead master classes or seminars for teachers and students. The awards cover program costs, including transportation, lodging, host institution fees, related expenses and a maintenance allowance. The program is open to current full-time elementary through high school teachers, guidance counselors, curriculum specialists, curriculum heads, Talented and Gifted coordinators, Special Education coordinators and media specialists/librarians. You must have at least 5 years of teaching experience, be a U.S. citizen, be fluent in English, and have or be earning a Master's degree. Applications are due in November. NOTE: There is also a program for international teachers to visit the U.S. on a Fulbright Award, so if you are a teacher from outside the U.S. and interested in living there for 4 months, visit the website and click on "International Teachers" in the navigation bar for more information .

Visit and fill out the form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sign-up-2018-2019-fulbright-da-program-application to be notified when the online application for the 2018-2019 program becomes available.

7. Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program (ETA)

Open to U.S. citizens with Bachelor's degrees (being a teacher is not required), the ETA is a program that lasts for the academic year of one of over 70 host countries . Your round-trip airfare, living expenses and other benefits would be provided while you help strengthen English language instruction in elementary, secondary and/or university classrooms in your host country. Applications are due in October. NOTE: There is a similar Fulbright program for non-U.S. citizen teachers to come to the United States for one academic year. The Fulbright FLTA Program provides young teachers of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of American cultures and customs while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States. For more details see http://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/fulbright-foreign-language-teaching-assistant-flta

Review the application checklist at this page: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-checklists/eta-applicationchecklist and the application components listed at this webpage: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/eta . The link to the online application is at the bottom of the navigation menu on the left hand side of the page.

8. Fulbright Hays Summer Seminars

Spend 4 to 6 weeks between late May and mid-August traveling to one or more countries around the world . Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country or countries. The program is geared towards those educators with little or no experience in the host country(ies) who demonstrate the need to develop and enhance their curriculum through short-term study and travel abroad. The program is open to K-12 educators and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, have a Bachelor's degree, have at least 3 years of teaching experience and currently teach full time. All expenses are paid except for a cost share, which is usually $600.00. Applications are due in February.

Information for the 2018 program does not appear to be available yet, so keep an eye on the website! Begin preparing to apply by reviewing the frequently asked questions and the application pointers listed on this website:

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/faq.html You'll also find contact information on that page if you have additional questions about the status of this program!

9. Fulbright International Education Administrators Program (IEA)

This is a two-week program open to U.S. citizens who are senior-level administrators at universities, colleges, and community colleges . Grantees have the opportunity to learn about the host country’s education system as well as establish networks of U.S. and international colleagues. Grantees return with enhanced ability to serve and encourage international students and prospective study-abroad students. Program participants travel to various countries, with all expenses paid. Applications are due at various times of the year depending on the destination country.

Read the special application instructions found on this page under the "application" tab: http://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-international-education-administrators-program-iea

10. Fulbright Travel Grant

If you already have a study/research grant for a project that involves travel to Germany, Hungary or Italy and needs additional help with travel funds, this is your lucky opportunity ! This appears to be a supplemental grant that would cover travel expenses for another research grant. The application is open to U.S. citizens with Bachelor's degrees. Applicants must have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of the host country to communicate with the people and to carry out their proposed study/research. The grant covers travel expenses and more. Applications are due in October.

First of all, you'll need to obtain a study/research grant to Germany, Hungary or Italy (the grant would cover study costs but not travel). Done? Visit this page to apply for the travel grant: http://iie.embark.com/apply/usstudent

11. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program

This is a grant for groups, and the duration of the grant can vary wildly (from a few weeks to four years) depending on the project type. The amount of the grant varies accordingly, topping out at up to $375,000. Grants can be used for advanced overseas intensive language training projects or other purposes . Group members must be U.S. citizens and faculty members in modern foreign languages; elementary or secondary teachers; experienced educators who plan or oversee language programs at the elementary, secondary or postsecondary levels; or a university junior, senior, or grad student intending to teach foreign languages after graduation. You'll need to get your institution to apply for this grant through the Department of Education. Application deadline is in March and 2018 dates have not been posted as of today.

Institutions of higher education, state departments of education, private nonprofit educational organizations, and consortia of institutions, departments, and organizations are eligible to apply, so the first thing you need to do is get in touch with the organization that makes the most sense for you and discuss the possibilities with them! Find out if it would be beneficial for you to put together a group/team of people to participate in this grant opportunity.

12. Fund for Teachers Fellowships

If you're employed full-time as a Pre-K through 12th grade teacher, have at least 3 years of experience and spend at least 50% of your work week in direct instruction with students in a classroom, you are eligible for up to $5,000 as an individual or up to $10,000 as a team for a Fund for Teachers Fellowship. This is a flexible grant which can be used for a variety of education-related projects, but many teachers choose to use it for travel (see #14).

Applications open in October 1, 2018 for the 2019 grants.

On October 1st, 2017 click on your state on the map at this web page: http://www.fundforteachers.org/apply/ to apply.

13. Gilder Lehrman Institute Summer Seminars

These one-week summer seminars, held at prestigious universities and historic sites around the United States are open to full-time K-12 history, social studies, and English language arts teachers; community college faculty; school librarians; National Park Service interpreters and New Teacher Fellows (students about to graduate from college with a degree in history or education, who intend to pursue a teaching career). Scholarships cover full room, board, and tuition for K-12 public school teachers and matching funds for independent school teachers. You'll also be reimbursed up to $400 for travel expenses to and from the seminar. These seminars are offered exclusively to participants in the Institute's free Affiliate School Program.

To check to see if your school is in the Affiliate School Program please visit https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/affiliate-schools or to register your school please visit https://www.gilderlehrman.org/user

14. Global Exploration for Educators (GEEO)

While GEEO does not offer scholarships directly, they do offer some great travel programs just for teachers, and many educators have applied other grants and scholarships (such as the #12 above--Fund for Teachers) toward GEEO trips. GEEO offers travel opportunities all over the world for K-12 teachers and their family members. They also provide professional development certificates and optional graduate credit opportunities. Check it out!

Browse the upcoming travel programs at http://www.geeo.org and find one that really excites you. Then either start saving up, speak to your school's principal and/or professional development coordinator regarding grants that your school district or state offers, or find a grant on your own (such as the Fund For Teachers--#12 above) that will cover your costs! Check this page for funding advice: http://www.geeo.org/grants-funding/ .

15. Go Abroad's Teach Abroad Directory

Check out this directory for a list of teaching opportunities worldwide ! Earn a salary for teaching English abroad.

Browse the job listings and apply to the ones you're interested in! https://www.goabroad.com/teach-abroad#

16. Goethe Institut Scholarships for Teachers of German

This is a scholarship for German teachers or trainers of German teachers outside of Germany. You must have an excellent command of the German language to be eligible for this scholarship. Programs last one to three weeks in the summer in Germany .

Applications are due in October.

Step-by-step instructions for the application process can be found on the program's web page, here: http://www.goethe.de/ins/de/pro/fid/Bewerbungsformular_Stipendium_2017.pdf

17. Goethe Institut Transatlantic Outreach Program

U.S. and Canadian K-12 social studies teachers, social studies methods professors, curriculum coordinators, principals/assistant principals, State Department of Education employees, and STEM educators who have the ability to integrate social studies topics into their curriculum are eligible to apply to spend two weeks in the summer in Germany. The grant covers nearly all travel expenses !

Applications are due in February.

The application instructions and application form are on the website: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/spr/eng/top/top_teachers/top_study_tour.html

18. IREX Teachers for Global Classrooms Program

This is a year-long program with a 2-3 week international field experience component. The grant covers the tuition for the online course, travel expenses to the required symposium in Washington D.C., plus your international travel expenses and a chance to apply for alumni grant funding ! You'll earn continuing education credits, too. To apply you must be a U.S. citizen currently residing in the U.S., and be a full-time middle school or high school teacher with five or more years of classroom experience.

"Recognizing that teachers are the greatest resource in empowering students to be global citizens, TGC was developed to equip fellows with the global competencies necessary to bring an international perspective to their schools. Through targeted training, an international field experience, and collaboration with colleagues in other countries, teaching and learning is transformed in their classrooms, effectively bringing their students onto the global stage."

~IREX Website

Stay updated with the available and upcoming programs by joining the mailing list and/or contacting IREX to find out the details for applying! Links for the mailing list and the e-mail address can both be found on the web page: http://www.irex.org/project/teachers-global-classrooms-program-tgc

19. Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Travel to Japan next summer! This program provides U.S. teachers and administrators with a fully-funded opportunity to spend a few days in Japan to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen ESD curricula in both countries.

Visit this website for application instructions: https://www.iie.org/en/Programs/ESD/How-to-Apply/Online-Application-Instructions . As of this writing, next year's application was not available yet, but there is an e-mail address you can write to if you wish to be notified about future programs.

20. Keizai Koho Center Teacher Fellowship

Here's another opportunity for the Japanophiles out there. You'll spend over 10 days, mostly in Tokyo, touring major industrial and corporate facilities; meeting with business leaders, government officials, and educators; and spending time in schools interacting with teachers and students. You would stay with a Japanese host family . Your travel costs and most meals are covered. To qualify, you must never have lived in Japan or visited on a similar study tour, and you must be a middle or high school teacher of economics, social studies, geography, or history, or a district or state-level administrator, specialist or supervisor, or a college or university faculty member involved in training K-12 educators.

Application for the 2018 program closed in February and is scheduled June 25-July 2, 2018. Keep an eye out for the next programs by checking their website.

Visit the website for the 2018 program for a list of required documents and other important information: http://www.kkc.or.jp/english/fellowship/fellowships/index.html#howtoapply

21. National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellowships

Here's an amazing opportunity to travel aboard the ship National Geographic Explorer to one of several possible destinations for 10-17 days ! This is a fellowship for K-12 classroom teachers and informal educators from the U.S., Canada, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Candidates must have a proven dedication to geographic education and show promise to continue as well as be a National Geographic Certified Educator and a member in good standing of their state's Alliance for Geographic Education . You must have plans to return to a teaching environment after the expedition and demonstrate the ability to incorporate what you learn into your teaching. You'll be required to attend a workshop in Washington, DC (expenses paid) prior to your expedition. The fellowship covers your D.C. workshop and all travel expenses related to the expedition.

Set a calendar reminder to visit the program website in November, when next year's application will become available! http://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/programs/grosvenor-teacher-fellows

22. NEH Summer Programs in the Humanities for School and College Educators

Spend 1 to 4 weeks of your summer at important cultural and historical sites in the U.S. and abroad! This program, open to school, college and university educators, covers between $600 and $3,300 of your expenses. Registration for the 2018 programs are over but stay tuned to their website for updates of the upcoming events.

Application instructions and requirements vary for each individual program. Browse through the program listing at http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs and click on programs that interest you to apply!

23. New Jersey Education Association Hipp Foundation Grants

Are you a New Jersey public school teacher? (If not, do a search or ask your school district about a similar program in your own region!) If you are, you're eligible to apply for a grant that you can use to fund your innovative ideas. Past award winners have used them for travel with GEEO (see #14 above).

Applications are due in March.

Look through the projects from previous grant recipients to get an idea for what makes a successful application, and reach out to those winners if you have questions or need guidance for your own application. See previous grant recipients here: https://www.njea.org/grants/hipp-foundation/applying-for-a-hipp-grant/

24. NOAA Teacher at Sea

Spend 1-4 weeks, usually in the summer, aboard a NOAA ship in domestic and/or international waters ! Your transportation costs, lodging, and a per diem allowance are covered. Eligible candidates must be employed full time this year, and in a similar capacity next year, as a K-12 teacher or administrator; college teacher; museum or aquarium educator, or adult education teacher. Non-U.S. citizens may apply, but will be required to go through a clearance process in order to be able to sail. You'll need to provide evidence of good health, have a supervisor who is supportive of your endeavor, have excellent communication skills, and be computer literate.

Applications are already closed for the 2018 program. Their website says that applications for 2019 programs will commence on November 2018. Keep checking the website to see when applications open up: http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/#/how_to_apply/Call_for_Applications

25. Omprakash Volunteer Abroad Grants

This grant supplies between $500 and $2,500 for travel and living expenses to volunteer abroad within an international network of grassroots health, education, and environmental "Partner" organizations worldwide . Omprakash does not charge any volunteer fees, but the majority of volunteers are still required to cover their own travel and living expenses. The grant program enables individuals who want to contribute but need help with these expenses. Anyone of any age, nationality, gender, religion, or any other background characteristics may apply!

Visit the website at https://www.omprakash.org/volunteer-abroad-grants and click on " Apply to be an Omprakash Ambassador >>" at the top and bottom of the page.

26. Peace Corps Response

Peace Corps Response provides opportunities for qualified individuals to undertake short-term, high impact assignments in programs around the world (in contrast to the 2 year commitment required by traditional Peace Corps volunteers). To be eligible for service applicants must be at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen. In addition, Peace Corps Response requires that all applicants have at least 10 years of professional experience, be a doctor or nurse applying to Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), or be a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV).

View current opportunities or search on specific criteria to find opportunities that match your interests. Completing the application only takes a few minutes and applying for new positions once you create a profile is easy. Click "search openings" on the following web page to begin: https://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/response-openings/

27. Toyota International Teacher Program

The Toyota International Teacher Program is an international professional-development opportunity for U.S. secondary school teachers focusing on environmental stewardship and global connectedness. Selected teachers travel on a short-term (2-3 week) study tour to a country that is at the forefront of innovative solutions to environmental challenges. The teachers explore environmental issues through hands-on activities and incorporate what they learn into interdisciplinary and solution-focused lesson plans to share with their students and communities in the U.S. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, be employed as a full-time classroom teacher or teacher-librarian in a U.S. secondary school (grades 7 – 12), and have a least three years of full-time teaching experience. The Toyota International Teacher Program values diversity and encourages educators of all backgrounds, subjects, and school types to apply for this unique professional development opportunity.

A new strategic direction for the program is currently being explored. During this time they aren't hosting a study tour, but if you want to be notified of future opportunities follow the instructions on the "Browse Programs" page: https://www.iie.org/Programs . Also, they would love your feedback regarding the future direction of the program! Fill out their survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TSZR8KH

28. Worldstrides International Discovery Programs

This is another student tour company (similar to Earthwatch Student tours - #4; and EF Tours - #5). First time student group leaders travel free with just 5 students enrolled. You'll also receive one free European Teacher Convention!

Visit the "Educators" page and select the option that best fits your current position or call the number below for more information. https://worldstrides.com/resources/educators/

If you apply for a trip, I'd love if you can share the exciting news in the comments below! By the way, if this list of resources results in a trip abroad for you, please tell me about it either via the contact page or in the comments! I am passionate about helping teachers travel and it is my goal to help at least 1,000 teachers travel the world, but I will never know I've played a part unless you tell me, so please keep in touch .

Also, don't forget to grab the free spreadsheet I made for you. It took me many hours to research and put together, and it lists all the programs I wrote about above, plus a few bonus sites you might want to check out. You can personalize it however you want. Just click the banner below to grab it!

Last but not least, if you spot any errors, know of any programs that should be included in this list, or have discovered that any of the above programs has changed or been discontinued, please help me out in the comments below so that we can keep this page as up to date as possible . Additionally, if you have any previous personal experience with any of these grants or opportunities, please share your story in the comments ! Thanks for your help, and I look forward to hearing about your next trip abroad!

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In June and July, Marjie Vertrees, a third-grade teacher at North Harrison Elementary School, was able to explore the Great Barrier Reef; view penguins, koalas, sea lions and other wildlife; and spend time in various parts of Australia, funded in part with money awarded from the Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund. As a result of her experiences, she was able to bring back knowledge and cultural artifacts to teach her students about Australia.

“I have already showed so many pictures and videos of my trip,” Vertrees said. “They [the kids] have learned about the time zone difference and heard so many stories…as I teach science and history, so many connections will be made.”

The Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund can help Harrison County teachers grow personally and professionally by having experiences in other cultures like Vertrees did. Travel costs have traditionally been a hurdle for many teachers wanting to experience other parts of the world firsthand to benefit their instruction, but the fund is designed to reduce these costs.

The Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund is held at the Harrison County Community Foundation (HCCF). The 2018 application is available at hccfindiana.org under the Nontraditional Scholarships tab and applications must be submitted online by Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 4 p.m. to be considered.

Eligible applicants must be certified educators teaching full time in a Harrison County public school. The educators must be members of a teacher’s union and they must have at least three years of teaching experience.

The Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund can cover transportation, lodging and meals. The money may also be used to purchase artifacts and teaching materials that the educator will use in the classroom. Vertrees said she made a couple of purchases that are benefiting her students.

“I purchased a picture book to keep in my room and a small plush little penguin wearing a handmade sweater,” Vertrees said. “This penguin represents an oil spill that happened a few years ago. The park [at Phillip Island] called for handmade sweaters to place on the penguins while they were being cleaned. They got half a million sweaters, so they sell plush birds with a sweater and a tag saying, ‘This is not a fashion statement.’”

The intent of the Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund is that educators will be able to explore and experience other cultures with strong preference given to inland Latin American, Asian or non-Western European areas.

Vertrees said her Australia trip was “life changing,” and she has several favorite memories of the trip.

“We had a private snorkeling tour with [a] marine biologist and actually followed a male green sea turtle for about ten minutes,” Vertrees said. “We saw him surface for air twice, which the scientist said is unheard of! The next day, we spent about an hour drive north from Port Douglas to the Daintree National Rainforest. We hiked with a guide and small group, and then ziplined in the rainforest on Cape Tribulation! It was amazing. Queensland is the only place in the world [where] two world heritage sites meet with the Barrier Reef and Daintree Forest. The forest actually hits the beach!”

Vertrees said Australia’s laid-back lifestyle educated her.

“I think I learned to take the time to appreciate everything each day,” Vertrees said. “Sometimes Americans do not. It is just a more rushed culture here.”

Vertrees said she definitely encourages other Harrison County teachers to apply for travel assistance from the Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund.

“I would beg someone to take advantage of this fund, so graciously set up by Juan and Rudee Rodríguez,” Vertrees said. “By going on this trip, which [HCCF] and they [the Rodríguezes] helped me to go on, I am able to bring the other side of the world into my classroom of third graders. I know that so many of them will never get the opportunity to go, or even travel outside of the U.S. But getting that knowledge on how other cultures live is so important.”

To learn more about the Juan J. and Rudee Rodríguez Teacher Travel Fellowship Fund, contact Heather Stafford, Director of Programs, at 812-738-6668 or [email protected] .

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(TCS) — As Illinois grapples with a possible $800 million budget deficit, a measure that could have a taxpayer price tag of an additional $68 million for student teacher stipends is on its way to the Senate.

State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, carried House Bill 4652 out of the House Tuesday.

“That would allow students to receive $10,000 [a semester] and cooperating teachers $2,000,” she said. “This is subject to appropriation as well, but as we all know we have a shortage on teachers.”

State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, supported the idea but warned that the measure being subject to appropriation is an empty promise.

“All I can say is you can’t have it all. You can ask but taxpayers can’t afford it,” Crespo said. “If we keep this up, at some point you’re going to run out of taxpayer dollars to spend.”

Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration told state agencies to prepare for $800 million in cuts if legislators don’t approve nearly $1 billion in tax increases.

The measure would be for student teachers in public schools only and could impact close to 5,000 educators for a total cost of $68 million if the program is fully funded.

State Rep. Laura Faver Dias, D-Chicago, stood up in support of the measure.

“Low income teachers are having trouble completing their student teacher experience and actually quit and never get their teacher license because they cannot afford to work for 16 weeks unpaid,” she said.

State Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, opposed the bill, saying there are workforce shortages in more industries than just teaching. He said if the bill is an initiative of the teachers’ unions, then the teachers’ unions should be able to fund an apprenticeship program.

“Teachers’ unions specifically have plenty of money that they’re more than happy to throw around in political races,” Wilhour said. “They should be more than capable of doing this on their own.”

Wilhour said with the money teachers’ unions spent against him in his recent primary, they could have funded dozens of stipends.

As approved, the measure is subject to appropriation. It passed 85-23.

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Posted on Published: November 17, 2015 - Last updated: December 4, 2021

Teaching Traveling: Are you a teacher who wants to travel for free or very little money? Massachusetts teacher, Kim Young, has a GIANT list of amazing resources for you! Kim, tell us more about your background.

Kim: Traveling has often felt more natural to me than staying at home, and my first international experience was studying abroad in France in 5 th grade.

Teaching World History in Weston, Massachusetts for last twelve years has allowed me to infuse my passion for traveling into my curriculum through designing lesson plans to expand my students’ global competence.

While I have organized student travel and exchange programs in the past, I travel primarily through grant-funded opportunities designed for teachers. Most recently I spent three months in the Palestinian Territories as part of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program.

Interacting with school children in the Lake Volta region of Ghana.

TT: Amazing! Tell us more about which programs helped you see the world, affordably.

K: Here is a list of different programs I’ve participated in for interested teachers (with most descriptions taken from the program websites):

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program – Read more about my experience in the Palestinian Territories at this website. This three-six month program bases participants at university-level schools of education. Participants take courses, lead master classes and seminars, visit local schools, collaborate with each other online and in person, and complete an inquiry project of their own design. This program is open to both U.S. and international teachers.

Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars – Early in my career, a Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar to Mexico and Peru changed my teaching about the European conquest of the Americas. The program provides short-term summer study and travel seminars abroad for K-12 U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities for the purpose of improving their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries. Locations vary year to year.

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) – One of these group projects allowed me to spend four weeks in Jordan learning about culture, volunteering, and learning Arabic. This program provides short-term summer grants to support overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive language programs. GPAs are normally sponsored by universities or resource centers and have varying goals and eligibility requirements. GPAs can be hard to locate, but are often announced in the IFLE newsletter.

Teacher for Global Classrooms (TGC) – This program gave me an amazing teaching immersion experience in Chennai, India. Formerly the ILEP program, this is a yearlong professional development opportunity for elementary, middle and high school teachers to become leaders in global education. It includes an 8-week online course, capstone project, symposium, and 2-3 week international field experience. International teachers should apply to the IREX Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) program.

Earth Expeditions – Through this program I got to study Buddhism and Conservation in Thailand with educators from different disciplines. The program consists of seven-credit online-based learning courses (April-December), which include a two-week international field experience. Sponsored by University of Miami of Ohio, this program supports interdisciplinary global learning opportunities in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Can be done as individual courses or part of a Master’s degree program.

Global Competence Certificate – In addition to amazing coursework, this program immersed me in the history and culture of the Afro-Ecuadorian community through a study abroad experience. This is a 15-month online graduate level certificate program administered by Teachers College Columbia University, World Savvy, and Asia Society. The program focuses on various aspects of teaching and learning as related to global competence and includes a two-week summer international field experience.

Turkish Cultural Foundation Study Tour – This program helped me to improve my teaching of the Ottoman Empire through the use of primary sources and hands-on artifacts. It is a program for middle and high school teachers combining in-person teacher professional workshops and a two-week field experience in Turkey. It is administered by the Turkish Cultural Foundation and the World Affairs Councils of America. Seek our your local WACA for application information.

Korea Society Fellowships – This program greatly improved the presence of Korea in my World History curriculum. Spring, summer, and fall programs are offered of varying lengths and eligibility. The Korea Society aims to further develop the teaching of Korea in K-12 schools across the U.S, thereby enhancing the overall curricula. The Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for participants to develop a critical and engaging eye into modern day Korea while maintaining proper perspective on the nation’s rich history.

Visiting a Buddhist Temple in Bangkok, Thailand.

Primary Source – I traveled to Ghana and along China’s Silk Road with this amazing organization. Primary Source study tours are designed to deepen educators’ knowledge of the world so that they are better able to enhance cultural understanding in their classrooms and communities. Participants travel with other educators who share a passion for world history and cultural exchange.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes and Seminars – Through this program, I spent four weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico. Each year, NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for school, college, and university educators to study a variety of humanities topics. Stipends of $1,200-$3,900 help cover expenses for these one- to five-week programs. Both domestic and international opportunities have been offered in the past, but international funding for future programs is questionable.

Teaching a professional development workshop to Social Studies teachers in Chennai, India on 21st Century Learning.

While I haven’t participated in the following programs, they are ones I’ve heard of (again, most descriptions taken from program websites):

Fund for Teachers – Fund for Teachers enriches the personal and professional growth of teachers by recognizing and supporting them as they identify and pursue opportunities around the globe that will have the greatest impact on their practice, the academic lives of their students and on their school communities.

Japan-US Teacher Exchange Program for ESD – A fully-funded opportunity to travel to Japan to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen ESD curricula in both countries. ESD is “a vision of education that seeks to balance human and economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth’s natural resources,” according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Educators’ Study Tour to Japan – Sponsored by the Japan Society, the Educators’ Study Tour to Japan offers educators nationwide the opportunity to travel to Japan for three weeks to experience Japan first hand and bring their experiences back to the class?room. The program is open to middle and high school classroom teachers, librarians and school administrators (principals, assistant principals and department chairs only).

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National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows – This opportunity is designed to give current K-12 classroom teachers and informal educators from the 50 U.S. states, Canada, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico the opportunity to extend Grosvenor’s legacy of excellence in geographic education. Through the program, exemplary educators are recognized for their commitment to geographic education and are given the opportunity to be actively engaged in finding new ways to bring geographic awareness to their classrooms or informal learning environments through a field-based experience.

Keizai Koho Center Teacher Fellowship – The Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) in cooperation with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) sponsors a ten-day Fellowship to Japan in the summer for educators in the U.S. and Canada. The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives.

Goethe-Institut Transatlantic Outreach Program – Since 2002, TOP has sought to find the best and most qualified social studies educators and give them the opportunity to experience Modern Germany in the most dramatic way possible: in person.

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia –After completing a NCTA seminar, alumni are eligible to participate in study tours. T his is the newest summer field study in East Asia .

Earthwatch Education Fellowship – Fellowships are available for teachers who are passionate about teaching and interested in conservation, environmental sustainability, and lifelong learning.

The Laurasian Institution – Various programs in China and Japan for students and teachers.

Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) – Founded in 2007, Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has sent over 1300 teachers abroad on adventurous travel programs. GEEO’s trips are 7 to 21 days in length and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to amazing tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts on the destination. GEEO also provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and university educators, administrators, retired educators, as well as educators’ guests.

US-China Education Council (USCEC) – Traveling, teaching, and study opportunities in China.

Joseph J. Malone Fellowship in Arab and Islamic Studies – Since 1984, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations has provided American professionals in academia, government, and business unparalleled educational experiences in the Arab world. The Fellowship projects its participants into the dynamics of Arab-U.S. relations and provides first-hand exposure to the region’s considerable cultural, economic, political, and social diversity pursuant to increased knowledge and understanding.

Jumping for joy as a National Geographic educator.

Global Learning Fellows – Global Learning Fellows are comprised of Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients, who are nominated by their NEA State Affiliate. In order for an educator to be considered for the program, the State Affiliate should complete a nomination .

Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars for Teachers – One-week academically rigorous seminars in American History. While most opportunities are domestic, seminars are occasionally offered in international locations.

Visiting a peer taught AIDS education class in Togo.

TT: This is so useful. Tell us more about how you find travel opportunities.

K: I mostly find travel opportunities through subscriptions to various listservs. I recommend teachers sign up for the following listservs and newsletters – Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) , Global Studies Outreach at Harvard , International and Foreign Language Education , Global Opportunities for Teachers , Middle East Outreach Council , Five College Center for East Asian Studies , Boston University African Studies Outreach Center .

TT: Love this! Do you have any last tips about funding travel?

K: One more possible source of funding is the National Council for Social Studies James M. Becker Award for Global Understanding . Supported by the Longview Foundation, this award comes with a $2,000 cash award.

There are SO many great options, so look around, apply, and go see the world!

TT: Thanks so much, Kim! What a treasure-trove of resources. Readers, what questions or comments do you have for this expert Teacher Traveler?

Free travel is possible if you're a teacher! Check out this huge list of opportunities to see the world through grants, scholarships, and programs.

The author, Lillie Marshall, is a 6-foot-tall National Board Certified Teacher of English from Boston who has been a public school educator since 2003. She launched TeachingTraveling.com in 2010 to share expert global education resources, and over 1.6 million readers have visited over the past decade. Lillie also runs AroundTheWorld L.com Travel and Life Blog, and DrawingsOf.com for educational art. Do stay in touch via subscribing to her monthly newsletter, and following @WorldLillie on social media!

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Tania Gausel

Sunday 5th of February 2023

I'm in Australia working with students with Learning Difficulties and would like to study and know more about successful programs overseas.

Lillie Marshall

Great question! Hopefully some resourceful readers will chime in with some ideas. Sending best of luck!

Cheryl Monaghan

Friday 20th of December 2019

How can I travel with a grant for free or very cheap?

Lynn F Liukko

Thursday 18th of June 2020

I've always wanted to "see the land". My students' families are from all over the world and I'd like to visit some of them.

Saturday 21st of December 2019

Hi Cheryl, Each of these programs has its own application process. Click on the link for the ones that interest you to learn more. Good luck!

Ikponmwen Monday

Tuesday 30th of October 2018

I am Ikponmwen Monday teaching biology in a remote area in Nigeria for the past 25 years. I want to teach abroad in this programme so as to acquire experience. please how do I start.

Dilip Rijal

Saturday 4th of August 2018

Hello This is me Dilip Rijal, a Physics Teacher for 3 years in a community school in remote area of Nepal. I am keen enthusiastic to learn the different technique to teach the students from foreign places. But when i saw the web site which provides the learning opportunities in most advanced places of Europe or Africa as well as America I would like to drop this letter to let you know that if it is possible to provide me the short term course about how to achieve the learning system anywhere in this world, i would be glad and gratitude with you. Thank you

Yip Cheng Hou

Sunday 27th of October 2019

I am a Physics teacher in Singapore and i have the same desire as you to upgrade my teaching methods. Do you think it is possible for us to exchange classrooms for half a year?

Samara Epkens

Wednesday 18th of July 2018

Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences! I’m not a teacher but I am an education assistant and I work with many students facing an array of challenges. I often share my own experiences with the students ( high school) of my own past personal worldly travels. I am often uplifting and encouraging kids fighting challenges and difficulties in life. I want them to learn and to gain further interest in learning about the world around them, as a way to empower themselves and reach further in their potentials. Would you know if education assistants can also partake in these beneficial travel grants?

Sunday 22nd of July 2018

Great question, and maybe Kim can elaborate. My guess would be it varies by program.

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