Study Tours in Turkey Grants

Since 2008, TCA has been providing scholarships to support individual students from American minority communities – including Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Armenian Americans – who pursue part of their education in Turkey. With this new grant, we seek to provide a general incentive to American educational institutions to choose Turkey as a study tour destination for their students. With increased interest in Turkey and its region, TCA's grant is designed to support such study tours by decreasing participation cost for students, hence increasing participation.

(Note: Minority students who participate in a TCA-sponsored Study Tour are not eligible for additional funding under the TCA Minority Scholarship Program.)

Institutions planning to apply for a TCA Study Tour grant are advised to submit a letter of intent a minimum of four months before their planned travel date. All applications must follow the proposed letter of intent format available here.

The letter of intent should be submitted electronically along with a cover page, daily itineraries and a projected budget - including a list of other sources of funding - to info@tc-america.org.

In 2011, TCA launched its Turkey Study Tour Grant Program to support educational tours organized by American universities to Turkey. In the first year, four American universities received TCA grants totaling 12,500 USD.

Hanover College
Hanover College received a grant of 5,000 USD for a Turkish Economy and Culture Tour. The two-week trip in May 2011 brought 10 students to Istanbul and Bursa. Read More.

Community College of Philadelphia
A multi-year recipient of TCA study tour grants, the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) received its first study tour grant under this program, receiving  3,000 USD from TCA for a 10-day trip in May that brought 6 students to Istanbul.  Read More.

South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University (SDSU) received a grant of 2,500 USD for a two-week tour organized and led by Dr. William C. Briddick. The program brought 5 students to Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. Read more.

The Yale Globalist
The Yale Globalist, a quarterly magazine of Yale University, received a 2,000 USD grant from TCA for a two-week trip to Turkey for its undergraduate journalism students. Read more.

Community College of Philadelphia

Since 2007, the Community College of Philadelphia has organized three study tours to Turkey, two of which were co-sponsored by TCA.