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Summer Scholarships

This summer, the Jefferson Center will be offering several Certificate Completion scholarships in the amount of $6000 to students who will have completed their four Area requirements toward the Certificate in Core Texts and Ideas by the beginning of Summer 2025. To review what those requirements are, please consult our certificate plan. If funding allows, we'll also give smaller scholarships to those who will have completed at least two of their area requirements by then.

All of these scholarships will cover only a part of the total cost of summer study, so we encourage you to seek additional funding elsewhere. Students who enroll in any great books based summer study abroad program are eligible for our scholarship, and some courses will also count for CTI credit. The following programs may be of particular interest:

The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts has enjoyed a long-standing affiliation with the University of Texas, and Dr. Dempsey has taught there several times (though he will not be teaching there next summer). The program gives students the opportunity to spend their summers in Rome, studying great texts in small seminar settings, for UT credit. Both courses, Beauty and the Sacred and Empire and the Soul, will count as CTI electives. For more information about the courses, program dates, requirements, costs, and upcoming information sessions, please visit http://rilarts.org/. You can find Education Abroad information for RILA here. Please note that, if you want to earn UT credit for RILA, you need to register through Education Abroad.

The Oxford Summer Program, sponsored by the Department of English, is also eligible for funding, and the Shakespeare course counts as a CTI elective. 

The Jefferson Center scholarship may also be used for the summer study programs in Pamplona, Rome, and Athens offered through the Association for Core Texts and Courses, though students will have to consult with Texas Global to see whether they can earn UT credit for completing the program. The Jefferson Center cannot promise either UT or CTI credit in advance for these courses, but if you would like to share a syllabus with us we can advise you on whether, if requested by Texas Global, we will recommend CTI credit for a particular course. 

To apply for the Jefferson Center scholarship, please send the following materials to cti@austin.utexas.edu with the subject heading “Summer Study Scholarship Application”:

  • A grade report. You do not need an official transcript; the grade report should be up to date for the Fall 2024 semester.
  • Confirmation that you have applied to a study abroad program. If you applied to RILA, please include a copy of the statement of interest that you submitted, verification of your payment of the application fee, and notice of which course you applied for. If you plan to take the course for credit, please be sure to sign up with Education Abroad as well.
  • If you are applying to a study abroad program other than the ones listed above, please send a sample course syllabus with your application.

We have a limited number of scholarships to give out. The deadline for applying is Thursday, January 23 at 5:30 PM. We will evaluate applications as quickly as possible.

 

JSP Book Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement

This scholarship, in the amount of $250, is intended to help Jefferson Scholars who have distinguished themselves academically to build their own libraries of books. It is awarded each year to 20 or more Jefferson Scholars on the basis of academic performance, with extra weight given to CTI classes and activities. Applications are accepted each year in April and awards are distributed in early summer.

 

Summer Scholarships 

This summer, we will be offering several Certificate Completion scholarships of up to $6000 to students who will have completed their four Area requirements toward the Certificate in Core Texts and Ideas by the beginning of Summer 2026, and who have a record of strong academic performance as exemplified in their transcript. To review what those requirements are, please consult our certificate plan. If funding allows, we'll also offer smaller scholarships to those who will have completed at least two of their area requirements by then.

 All of these scholarships will cover only a part of the total cost of summer study, so we encourage you to seek additional funding elsewhere.Our scholarships may be used for any great-books based summer study abroad program,and some courses will also count for CTI credit. The folllowing may be of particular interest:

 The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts has enjoyed a long-standing affiliation with the University of Texas, and Dr. Dempsey has taught there several times, and will be teaching there again this summer. The program gives students the opportunity to spend their summers in Rome, studying great texts in small seminar settings, for UT credit. Both courses, Beauty and the Sacred and Empire and the Soul, will count as CTI electives. For more information about the courses, program dates, requirements, costs, and upcoming information sessions, please visit http://rilarts.org/. You can find Education Abroad information for RILA here. Please note that, if you want to earn UT credit for RILA, you need to register through Education Abroad.

 The Oxford Summer Program, sponsored by the Department of English, is also eligible for funding, and the Shakespeare course counts as a CTI elective. 

 To apply for the Jefferson Center scholarship, please send the following materials to cti@austin.utexas.edu with the subject heading “Summer Study Scholarship Application”:

  • A grade report. You do not need an official transcript; the grade report should be up to date for the Fall 2025 semester.
  • Confirmation that you have applied to a study abroad program.
  • If you are applying to a study abroad program other than the ones listed above, please send a sample course syllabus with your application.

 We have a limited number of scholarships to give out. The deadline for applying is Thursday, January 22 at 11:59 PM. We will evaluate applications as quickly as possible.

 

Summer Scholarships 

Each summer the Jefferson Center offers several Certificate Completion Scholarships of up to $6000 for summer study abroad. Eligible students must have completed their four Area requirements toward the Certificate in Core Texts and Ideas as described on the Certificate Plan, and they must have a plan to complete their certificate with summer courses that carry UT credit.

As funding allows, we often also give smaller, more flexible Summer Scholarships to those who will have completed at least two of their area requirements before summer and wish to enroll in a great books based summer study abroad program, whether for UT credit or not.

As all of these scholarships will cover only a part of the total cost of summer study, we encourage you to seek additional funding elsewhere.

The following programs may be of particular interest:

The Rome Institute of Liberal Arts has enjoyed a long-standing affiliation with the University of Texas, and Dr. Dempsey has taught there several times. The program gives students the opportunity to spend their summers in Rome, studying great texts in small seminar settings for UT credit. Both courses, Beauty and the Sacred and Empire and the Soul, will count as CTI electives. For more information about the courses, program dates, requirements, costs, and upcoming information sessions, please visit http://rilarts.org/. You can find Education Abroad information for RILA here. 

The Oxford Summer Program, sponsored by the Department of English, grants UT credit, and the Shakespeare course counts as a CTI elective. 

Education abroad maintains a listing of summer programs that have affiliations with UT. If you are interested in using a Jefferson Center scholarship for one of these or any other great books summer program, please consult with Assistant Director Erik Dempsey.

If you wish to secure UT course credit for any study abroad course, you must consult with and register through Education Abroad.