Benefits of Affiliation

Many of your students may already be attending programs through the American Institute For Foreign Study.  By becoming an Affiliate, your institution will receive a variety of benefits to assist your office and students.

Add to your program offerings
Your institution can add overseas campuses to its curriculum without any investment of time or money and with no commitment of present or future resources.

International Program Development Grant
Grant funds can be used to sponsor study abroad scholarships, rebate students participating on AIFS programs, or supplement study abroad office resources.

Affiliate Scholarships
Affiliates earn AIFS scholarships for their students based on the previous year’s enrollments.  $1000 scholarships for AIFS programs will be awarded for the first 25 semester-equivalent enrollments and every 10 semester-equivalent enrollments thereafter.  New affiliates receive two $500 scholarships to award to students going on AIFS programs.

Advertising
Affiliates receive preference in the distribution of funds for the “AIFS - Why Study Abroad?” cooperative advertising program.  Grants of up to $200 per year are awarded to promote international education.

Site Reviews
All affiliates are entitled to a $200 reduction in the cost of an AIFS site review.  Affiliates with a minimum of 15 semester-equivalent enrollments in one year qualify for one free site review annually.  New Affiliates can qualify for one free site review with a minimum of five enrollments in the first year.