The Julia and Ken Gouw Undergraduate Centennial Scholarship offers funding to UCLA undergraduate students to attend an immersion and volunteer program in Bali during the summer.
UPDATE: The Gouw Scholarship was suspended in summer 2020 and 2021 due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through a generous endowment by Julia and Ken Gouw and a match by the
Chancellor’s Centennial Scholars Fund, the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies offers this summer
scholarship to UCLA undergraduate students only. Priority is given to
undergraduate students who have taken Indonesian language. Scholarships
will cover the student's program fees and homestay accommodations and provide $1350 to the student
for international flights and living stipend. Scholarship recipients are
expected to submit a 1-2 page report within two weeks after the program
ends.
The summer language and cultural immersion program:
- 2 weeks in Bali, Indonesia in August
- First week - 20 hours of classroom instruction and site visits for language and cultural learning
- 1 week (or 2 weeks) of volunteer after the language &
cultural training ends. It can be done outside Bali as well but the
organization needs to provide the accommodation and the
transportation for the student
- Volunteer work at local schools, universities, NGOs, or community
groups (e.g. arts, traditional music, education, environment, etc.)
- Living with homestay family (during the language and cultural learning and the volunteer week)
Interested students should submit:
- 1-2 page proposal which details their interests in Indonesia
including personal background, previous study including any language or Southeast Asian Studies coursework, campus involvement, and/or other
extracurricular activities and what they plan to do during your volunteer
work and its value to your academic experience
- An unofficial transcript
- One letter of recommendation from an academic adviser/faculty mentor
The application for this scholarship opens in April every year. Check back on our website or send us an email if you wish to apply.
For more info please contact:
Nguyet Tong
310-206-9163
cseas@international.ucla.edu