The Student Ambassador Scholarship is a needs and merit based scholarship for $500 to assist students with program fees associated with Ceiba’s Study Abroad Programs.
Please note: the scholarship is not deducted directly from the UW program tuition, but can be used for additional expenses such as required gear, vaccinations and flight ticket purchases.
The 2026 application deadline is Wednesday, November 12.
As a deliverable for the scholarship, Student Ambassadors will submit 1X social media posts (reels, posts, stories) once a month during the semester in a “collaborative social media takeover” on Ceiba’s social media. Student Ambassadors are free to collaborate with other students, instructors or staff to obtain content for social media. Ceiba’s Communications Assistant will be the main point of contact to coordinate with Student Ambassadors and provide support in posting social media.
The form below includes questions about scholarship needs, experience and interest in communications in addition to asking you to create a sample post using a photo from past study abroad programs.
Please select one of the following photos to develop a description for a sample post:
Photo 1) Students stuck in the mud at Tiputini Biodiversity Station during fieldwork
Photo 2) Student birdwatching at dusk from the Leta bird tower in Tiputini Biodiversity Station
Photo 3) Student on an internship at Lalo Loor Reserve heading out to do water quality sampling
Photo 4) TCS students birdwatching at El Pahuma Reserve
Photo 5) Students at the “Mitad Del Mundo Monument” in Quito that marks the equator