Description
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Critical Language Scholarship Program offers fully funded support for intensive summer language institutes overseas in 14 critical-need foreign languages—for U.S. citizens in any major, from first year on (through graduate students). Prerequisites vary; the languages are: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. Most programs offer homestays; all include intensive language instruction and structured cultural-enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language acquisition.
Adviser
Dr. Steve Gump, [email protected] , 609-258-1998
Eligibility
- U.S. citizenship
- Must be enrolled in an accredited U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level at the time of application
- Must be at least 18 years old by May 15 of the award year
Criteria for Selection
Award recipients are selected on the basis of merit with consideration for:
- Academic record and potential to succeed in a rigorous academic setting
- Commitment to language learning
- Connection between the target language and career or academic goals
- Ability to adapt to an intensive program and a challenging cultural environment
- Contributions to the CLS Program and program goals (including diversity and the ability to be a strong cultural ambassador)
Application Procedure
Applications open annually on the CLS website in October. You may apply to only one language per application cycle, and you apply for the language, not to a specific location. Applications require a number of essays. Dr. Gump provides a CLS essay-writing workshop annually in the fall and is happy to review essay drafts from Princeton’s undergraduate and graduate student applicants who attend this workshop.
Additional Information
The CLS Program is quite competitive, annually receiving over 5,000 applications for approximately 550 scholarships. Make sure you thoroughly review the CLS website, which includes detailed information about the selection criteria, and invest adequate time in preparing as strong an application as you can.
Similar Positions
-
Fully Funded Epsrc And Rcnde Ph D Scholarship: Real Time Tracking Of Cognitive Load To Assess Human Factors During Inspections , ; Swansea University, United Kingdom, 22 days ago
Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and RCNDE Subject areas: Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning Project start date: 1 October 2024 (Enrolment op...
-
Ph D Candidates: Centre For Language Studies, AcademicTransfer, Netherlands, 23 days ago
PhD candidates: Centre for Language Studies PhD candidates: Centre for Language Studies Published Deadline Location today 18 Apr Nijmegen Job description Language is what makes us human. That is w...
-
Ph D Candidates: Centre For Language Studies, Radboud University, Netherlands, 22 days ago
4 Apr 2024 Job Information Organisation/Company Radboud University Research Field Language sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Netherlands Application Deadline 18 Apr 2...
-
Ph D Position On The Significance Of Bilingual Manuscripts For Detecting Cross Language Interaction In The New Testament Tradition, KU Leuven, Belgium, 27 days ago
29 Mar 2024 Job Information Organisation/Company KU Leuven Research Field Religious sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Belgium Application Deadline 7 May 2024 - 00:00 ...
-
Ph D In Trophic Transfer And Ecotoxicological Effects Of Nanoplastic, Roskilde University, Denmark, 15 days ago
11 Apr 2024 Job Information Organisation/Company Roskilde University Research Field Environmental science » Water science Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Denmark Application...
-
2 Ph D Positions On The Fwo Odysseus 1 Cor Project, KU Leuven, Belgium, 27 days ago
29 Mar 2024 Job Information Organisation/Company KU Leuven Research Field Religious sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Belgium Application Deadline 7 May 2024 - 00:00 ...