Summer 2006 Scholarship to Learn Arabic, Bangla, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu overseas
The United States Department of State and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) are pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for intensive overseas study for Summer 2006 in critical need languages such as Arabic, Bangla, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu.
As part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to dramatically expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages, the Department of State Critical Language Scholarships will provide funding for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master's and Ph.D. students to participate in beginning, intermediate and advanced level summer language programs at American Overseas Research Centers.
Recipients of this scholarship will be expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers.
Available Programs:
- Beginning Arabic in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia
- Intermediate and Advanced Arabic in Yemen
- Beginning and Intermediate Bangla in Bangladesh
- Intermediate and Advanced Bangla, Hindi, and Urdu,
- and all levels of Punjabi in India
- Beginning and Intermediate Turkish in Turkey
Eligibility: Applications are encouraged from undergraduate, MA and PhD students in all disciplines including business, engineering, science, the social sciences and humanities. Undergraduate students must have completed at least one year of course-work by program start date. All applicants must be U.S. citizens.
Duration: Programs range from 6 weeks to 11 weeks, beginning in early to mid-June. Programs begin with a pre-departure orientation session in Washington, DC.
Grant benefits: All program costs are covered for participants. This includes travel between the student's homecity, Washington, DC, and program location, room, board, travel within country and all entrance fees forprogram activities. Specifics on visa requirements will be provided to selected students. University level credit may be available.