Critical Language Scholarships for Summer 2017

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a fully funded summer overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and building relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning. The CLS Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State.

Application Deadline: November 15, 2016
Critical Languages: Swahili, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Hindi, Bangla/Bengali, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, China, South Korea, Russia, Turkey, India, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Japan

Eligibility:
-Applicants must be: US Citizens;
-Currently enrolled freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate students
-GPA of 3.4 or higher recommended; all majors are eligible.
PLEASE NOTE: CLS programs in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Persian, and Russian require one or two years of previous study of these languages – for details see: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants

Learn more about the CLS summer 2017 scholarships and about preparing a strong application by attending an information session about the Critical Language Scholarship program:

-Monday, September 12 at 12 noon – 2403 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Monday, September 12 at 3 pm – 2403 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Tuesday, September 13 at 4:00 pm – 2403 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Wednesday, September 14 at 12:00 noon – 2403 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Wednesday, September 14 at 3:00 pm – 2403 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Thursday, September 15 at 12:00 pm – 1201 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Friday, September 16 at 12:00 pm – 1201 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

-Friday, September 16 at 3:00 pm – 1201 Marie Mount Hall – Please RSVP to scholarships@umd.edu as space is limited

If you are interested but unable to attend, please write to scholarships@umd.edu address to receive more information by email. To be enrolled in the CLS Resource site on ELMS, include your umd.edu email address in your reply or RSVP.