American University (AU) Emerging Global Leader Scholar Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: January 15, 2026

Applications for the AU Emerging Global Leader Scholar Program 2026 are actually open. The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship (AU EGLS) promotes academic entry and OPPORTUNITY whereas enhancing worldwide range. Bringing collectively the perfect of AU—educational excellence, management improvement, and international engagement—AU Emerging Global Leader Scholars obtain, encourage, and serve with imaginative and prescient.

The AU EGLs are devoted to optimistic civic and social change to assist tackle points confronted by underneath-resourced, underserved communities of their home nation.

Scholarship

• The AU EGL scholarship covers all billable AU bills (full tuition, room, and board) for two worldwide college students who will want a non-immigrant visa (ideally an F-1 or J-1 pupil visa) to study within the United States. The scholarship does not cowl non-billable bills similar to necessary medical insurance, books, airline tickets, taxes, and miscellaneous bills which college students might want to pay out of pocket (roughly US$4,000 per yr).
• In addition to the 2 full AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarships masking all billable bills, AU can even supply as much as eight further AU EGL partial scholarships valued at as much as US$40,000/per yr.

Eligibility

You are NOT eligible to apply if:

• You are a U.S. citizen, U.S. everlasting resident, U.S. pending everlasting resident, or twin citizen of the U.S. and one other nation.
• You are enrolled in or have already begun any submit-secondary research at one other college in your home nation or the United States.
• You graduated secondary faculty sooner than 2023.

Application

• Complete and submit the Common Application with all required paperwork per the AU international instructions checklist earlier than January 15, 2026.
• Create your applicant portal when invited to take action. 
• Submit a financial institution letter and the finished and signed AU Declaration of Finances Form (AU DFF), every confirming a minimal of US$4,000. These may be uploaded by way of your applicant portal.
• Submit your official TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo English, PTE, or Cambridge Assessment English Test rating outcomes earlier than January 15, 2026. Please have official English proficiency rating stories despatched instantly by the testing company to American University, Undergraduate Admissions, Washington, District of Columbia. Note: Students can not submit their very own outcomes.
• If you might be making use of by means of a program supported by EducationUSA or if you’re a previous FLEX or YES highschool scholarship recipient from the U.S. Department of State, present a letter out of your EducationUSA middle’s adviser confirming your candidacy. You might request for the letter to be despatched to [email protected] as a PDF.
• If you aren’t chosen as one of many finalists, you should still be thought of for admission to American University, Washington, DC and eligible for partial advantage scholarships.

For extra data, go to AU Emerging Global Leader Scholar.