Scholarship & Award Announcements

  • Scholarships for Language Study & Research Abroad

    THE CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP (CLS) PROGRAM is a fully-funded overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students studying and mastering critical foreign languages.  Languages include:  Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, and Urdu, Arabic and Persian, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. 

    DEADLINE:  NOVEMBER 17, 2020

    THE BOREN AWARDS for undergraduate and graduate students provide up to $25,000 in funding for International Study & Research in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Middle East. As National Security Education Program (NSEP) initiatives, the Boren Awards focus on countries, languages, and fields critical to U.S. national security, recognizing a broad definition that includes traditional concerns of protecting American well-being, as well as challenges of global society, such as sustainable development, environmental issues, disease, migration, and economic competitiveness.  Summer Scholarships are available for undergraduate students in the STEM fields.

    CAMPUS DEADLINE:  January 3, 2021 @ 12:00 pm

    NATIONAL DEADLINE: January 27, 2021 (grad); February 3, 2021 (undergrad)

    CLICK ON THE DATE BELOW FOR THE MEETING LINK

    Thursday, October 8, 2020, 12 noon – 1:00 pm

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 6:00-7:00 pm

    For more information, contact: LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Ass't Director, ONS&F at luann.saunders-kanabay@uconn.edu