Each year this scholarship is awarded to a student who has been accepted to the Indiana University-administered academic year program in Aix-en-Provence. The award is based on both academic merit and financial need.
Roland A. Cote (1946 – 2013) retired in 2011 as the registrar of Indiana University after serving for four decades. Having spent his own junior year abroad in France, he was forever passionate about the value of overseas learning. As registrar, he helped create flexible administrative systems that simplified and improved the study abroad experience for Indiana University students.
This scholarship is administered by the Office of Overseas Study.