Ada Belle Winthrop-King Scholarships
Martinique Exchange Program’s Undergraduate Scholarship, Spring 2025
THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, DEPENDING ON THE UNIVERSITY’S GUIDANCE REGARDING FUNDED TRAVEL.
Martinique Exchange Program
This exchange is open to FSU French majors and minors.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS — FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY / UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES EXCHANGE PROGRAM
The purpose of the Winthrop-King Scholarship for the Martinique Exchange Program is to provide an opportunity to language students at Florida State University to travel and study languages and cultures at an institution recommended and approved by the university and language program professor.
Université Des Antilles, the only French university of the Caribbean and Americas region, is a multidisciplinary establishment which welcomes around 11,000 students every year. Its five campuses are located on two islands: Guadeloupe and Martinique. Florida State University partners with the Martinique campus. Martinique is located in the Caribbean region and is home to many French scholars including Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon.
During the 2010-2011 school year, the Université Des Antilles counted 11,140 students distributed on two French territories of Americas: the Archipelago of Guadeloupe (6,145 students), and the Island of Martinique (4,995 students). One of the priorities of the Université Des Antilles is to participate in regional development by means of exchange programs and cultural cooperation with a large range of foreign universities, including American universities.
Read more about the Université Des Antilles on their website in French or use the top right navigation to switch to English.
About the Exchange Program
Through this program, the selected students (up to two per academic year) will spend one full semester at the designated university. The students will be enrolled in FSU credit hours and will take equivalent courses (chosen by a coordinator/professor in the French program at FSU) at the Université Des Antilles.
- ALL COURSES will be taught in French. Some language courses may be available in English or Spanish and a special Creole course is offered to incoming exchange students.
- A B2 level of French (upper intermediate) is highly recommended.
- Students must register for French language courses while attending the exchange program.
The University of the Antilles follows the French grading scale, 0-20.
Exchange students are required to be enrolled as full-time students at the U.A. Courses completed at the U.A. must be assigned an FSU equivalent course and factored into the FSU GPA.
As part of the online Global Exchange application, students complete a course approval form to obtain FSU course equivalencies from appropriate FSU advisers and faculties. Students must meet with their academic adviser to approve the overall course plan.
For additional instructions and academic information, visit FSU Global Exchanges.
Visit the University of Antilles website for courses available to exchange students. View the fact sheet for incoming exchange students.
Students who meet the following qualifications are eligible to apply:
- Enrolled as an undergraduate and have at least two semesters remaining at FSU at the conclusion of the exchange program
- Primary major in French
- Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in French and complete one 3000 level French course at FSU by no later than the end of the semester in which the application is submitted. Consideration will be for those with a sufficient level of French, as determined by faculty members.
- Show great interest in learning about the cultural and linguistic elements of different countries
Scholarship Opportunity and Eligibility
Upon availability of funds, students selected for the exchange program will be considered for a Winthrop-King Scholarship of $3,500 to help with their living expenses in Martinique. Students may apply for the Winthrop-King award for this program for the Spring term. Eligible students must apply for this scholarship by FSU’s French program deadline, Sept. 15.
- Must attend a Global Exchanges Information Session.
- Award is open to French majors and minors with upper intermediate French ability.
- Must have a 2.8 GPA.
- Must be a currently enrolled, degree seeking FSU student in good academic standing.
- Must have completed one semester of coursework at FSU by the program’s start date.
If selected to receive an Ada Belle Winthrop-King Undergraduate Scholarship In Linguistics, you will be asked to conform to the rules and regulations regarding the opportunity.
HOW TO APPLY
The following application package must be sent to Vincent Joos at vjoos@fsu.edu.
- A one page resume
- A recommendation letter from a professor at FSU
- A 500-1000 word cover letter describing why you are interested in applying to the exchange program and how this experience will help you in your study/research
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024.
General Terms and Conditions Governing Winthrop-King Awards
All applicants interested in the Winthrop-King Awards must apply separately for admission into the intended program of study. Admissions deadlines and procedures are administered by the coordinator and organizing body of the program, for which the Winthrop-King Fund has no responsibility.
AWARD CONDITIONS
- All Winthrop-King awards are subject to the availability of funds. Awards are made for future study in the semester specified in the application; they may not be made for current or past semesters. Awards are made for the specified semester and may not be deferred until a later date. Awards cannot be used after graduation from FSU. Successful applicants who are unable to attend the program for which they are awarded funds must repay the award within seven days of the commencement of the program.
- Awards will not be granted for study on programs which FSU prohibits or discourages its students from attending, e.g. on the grounds of U.S. State Department travel warnings; awards may be withdrawn at any time on the grounds of revised FSU advice or prohibition.
- It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all necessary information, including a valid email address, is entered correctly on the online application portal.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered by the scholarship committee.
- Awards are made at the discretion of the scholarship committee, considering all the information provided on the application form.
- The committee’s decision is final. If the committee so determines, no award will be made.
- Candidates will be notified of the outcome of their applications by email. The committee does not provide any additional feedback to candidates.
- Candidates are responsible for supplying a valid e-mail address in their application & for checking their email account for messages.
- Recipients of the Winthrop-King Awards are required to attend the Department Of Modern Languages and Linguistics honors celebration held in April.
- As this scholarship is for study in a program administered by the FSU Center for Global Engagement, the award recipients must establish communication with their office to make the necessary arrangements. Failure to prepare by the due dates will result in the cancellation of the award.
- For inquiries regarding program charges, airfares or in some situation’s other reservations, which are the responsibility of the student, contact your program coordinator.
- Prior to applying for the exchange, graduate students who are receiving enhancement(s), scholarship(s) and/or a tuition waiver from their department need to check with the graduate office in their department on how the exchange program’s award may impact their scholarships / tuition waiver & plan accordingly.
- Florida State University is an equal opportunity employer and educational provider committed to a policy of non discrimination for any member of the university’s community on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected group status. This policy applies to faculty, staff, students, visitors, applicants, and contractors in a manner consistent with applicable federal and state laws, regulations, ordinances, orders and rules, and university policies, procedures and processes.
- Under FSU and federal regulations, funds cannot be disbursed to recipients before the start of the study abroad program in the semester for which the scholarship is awarded, and not until Ms. Leigh Ann Bauer receives confirmation from the exchange university that the student is attending the program.
- If you expect to incur expenditures (e.g. airline tickets costs or course charges) prior to the disbursement of the award, you will be responsible for making such payments at the time they are due. Scholarship funds cannot be disbursed in advance of the time frame indicated above.
- If you receive federal Or state financial aid, these awards may affect your entitlement. You are advised to check with the Office of Financial Aid before applying for one of these awards.
- For scholarship recipients who have completed all the necessary formalities by the due dates, awards are made available by the Office of Student Finance on time for the exchange after the deduction of any balances owed by the student to the university.
- If your application is successful, you must contact Ms. Leigh Ann Bauer at lbauer@fsu.edu within a week of notification of the outcome of the application.
Failure to contact Ms. Bauer and start the paperwork necessary for the exchange will result in the cancellation of the award.
The Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies and the Department Of Modern Languages and Linguistics are no longer accepting applications for the spring 2025 exchange program with Université Des Antilles in Martinique.
Applications for spring 2026 will open on Aug. 25, 2025.
For more information, visit FSU Global Exchanges.
HAVE QUESTIONS?
You may direct your questions regarding this award to winthropking@fsu.edu