Critical Language Scholarship

Provides funding for intensive overseas summer language institutes in 14 critical foreign languages: Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu (beginning, advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels); Arabic and Persian (advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels); Chinese, Japanese, and Russian (intermediate and advanced levels).

Final deadline: Mid-November

Candidates must:

  • Be a US citizen
  • Be a current undergraduate or graduate student at the time of application
  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Be in good health
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