<p>I’m assuming that they have financial aid available specifically for this J-term program, it’s probably through an endowed departmental grant or an agreement between the college and the department that they’ll provide some financial aid on an as needed basis to students chosen to go on the Tibetan studies program. </p>
<p>So it would be outside of the normal financial aid process that covers your overall tuition.
There are a number of small grants and endowed funding streams tucked away in different departments at Smith to help students in financial need with extra costs like books, travel for studies or to conferences, sudden serious emergency need, etc. I think there’s a list of some of these on the Dean’s web page and some on the departmental web pages if they are departmental funding streams.</p>