The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State makes the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program available. The program provides students with the opportunity to study abroad in an intensive arrangement. The thirteen languages that the program offers include Arabic, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Urdu. Eligible applicants must be United States citizens. The scholarships fully fund all accepted students and accept students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including both masters and doctoral students. The program's goal is to increase the number of Americans working towards learning the critical languages. Students who benefit from the CLS program should expect to continue to study the target language and to eventually use it in a career-related capacity.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 178
Washington, DC 20013
202-633-8792
clscholarship.org
The Blakemore Foundation offers the Blakemore Freeman Fellowships. The fellowships fund students studying East and Southeast Asian languages such as Chinese, Vietnamese, Khmer and Indonesian. Accepted students must enroll in certain preapproved language programs. Students must also already have an undergraduate degree and must plan to use the language of study in a career. The fellowship targets students who have already attained an advanced level in the target language by studying that language for at least three years prior to the fellowship application. Successful applicants must have the flexibility and inclination to sacrifice one year to full-time study of the target language. The fellowship is only available to legal residents of the United States.
The Blakemore Foundation
1201 Third Ave., Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101
206-359-8778
blakemorefoundation.org
The Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project uses monies from American companies such as Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan and private donations from organizations including the Yashiro Charitable Trust to fund 60 to 100 students per year. Funding serves to pay for travel and living costs of studying abroad in Japan. The scholarship supports each student over a semester or a full school year in Japan. The scholarship is not intended for summer study abroad. The program awards successful applicants with a $2,500 or $4,000 stipend, depending on the length of the project. Applicants need not be Japanese majors, but must be United States citizens matriculated as undergraduate students in the United States both before and during the term of the scholarship.
Bridging Project Clearinghouse, Association of Teachers of Japanese
Campus Box 279, 240 Humanities Building, University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
303-492-5487
aatj.org