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ISA Eligibility

Check your ISA Percent Eligibility for Summer 2013

Students who receive Yale financial aid can find out what their percentage award will be on the Student Information System: www.yale.edu/sis.

  1. Log in.
  2. Go to the Financial Aid Menu.
  3. Click on International Summer Award Calculator at the bottom.

ISA Eligibility Requirements

The International Summer Award is open to students who:

  • are freshmen, sophomores, or juniors in Yale College
  • receive financial aid from Yale that includes a Yale scholarship for spring semester 2013
    (students on a Leave of Absence during the spring 2013 term are also eligible; the percentage level of funding will be based on the Yale scholarship for fall semester 2012)
  • win a Yale-funded summer fellowship listed on the Student Grants Database for an international activity of four or more weeks duration
    -- OR --
    are admitted to one of the ISA-eligible programs* *Note that these deadlines are different than the ISA deadline of May 15, 2013.
  • receive credit for Yale study abroad programs, or are approved to receive Yale credit for non-Yale study abroad programs
  • have not received an ISA before
  • do not intend to use the ISA to return to their home country through the ISA-eligible experience or international activity. "Home country" is defined as either the country of your birth or the country from where you have a passport.
  
In This Section 

International Summer Award

International Students:

Please note that you must complete certain forms at the International Tax Office before receiving the ISA. If you have not already done so, please make an appointment at Yale's International Tax Office.

View the 2013 ISA Information Session Presentation

Other Sources of Funding

If you are not eligible to receive an ISA, or need additional funds to support your experience, view other sources of funding.

Contact Us

Contact us at if you have questions about the ISA.

Note: International students (other than Canadian citizens) on financial aid who do not have a student income contribution (SIC) requirement do not need and therefore are not eligible for the ISA-SIC or the SIC portion of the ISA-SIC Plus. However, these students are eligible for the additional funding portion of the ISA-SIC Plus.

Important Note for Students Receiving Scholarships, Fellowships, or Salary for their Work:

Required Use of Funds

Students who receive an ISA are required to use the money for the purposes for which it was granted. Students who withdraw from funded programs and activities will be required to repay Yale the amount of their award. Likewise, federal funds received for summer programs may also have to be returned in accordance with federal regulations.

Taxability of ISA Awards

Under federal tax law, a scholarship or fellowship provided to a student in a degree granting program is generally taxable. If you are a candidate for a degree, however, you can exclude from taxable income that part of the award used to pay the costs of tuition, required fees, books, equipment and supplies (required fees, books, equipment and supplies are limited to those specifically required of all students in a course). You cannot exclude from taxable income any part of the grant used for other purposes, such as room and board. Please refer to IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Higher Education, Section 1, Scholarship, Fellowships, Grants and Tuition Reductions and the IRS tax guide for students, Taxable Income for Students. While CIPE cannot offer tax advice, the IRS Tax Office on Court Street does offer free tax advice to students.