NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS OFFICE 2403 Marie Mount Hall
BOREN FELLOWSHIP FOR LANGUAGE STUDY IN CRITICAL REGIONS
Francis DuVinage, Director - Leslie Brice, Coordinator www.scholarships.umd.edu
The Boren Fellowship is aimed at graduate students (US citizens) who want to study abroad for six months to a year in 2016-17 in non-traditional regions and countries, and who are interested in learning the languages of those areas. Eligible regions include Africa, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and former Soviet Republics, Latin America, and the Middle East. (Boren Fellowships MAY NOT be used for study in Western Europe, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand.)
New this year: South Asian Flagship Languages Initiative (SAFLI) offers Boren Fellowship applicants the opportunity for intensive language study of Hindi and Urdu and cultural immersion by participating in domestic and overseas language programs. The SAFLI program is appropriate for applicants with no language proficiency as well as those with intermediate and advanced proficiency in Hindi and/or Urdu.
*The Boren Fellowship is a U.S. Government-funded award that seeks applicants who have a strong interest in future Government service; the award carries a one-year service expectation.*
Deadline: January 28, 2016. You can learn more about the Boren Fellowship program here:https://borenawards.org/boren_
Boren representatives for both the Fellowship and Scholarship programs will be on campus Thursday, October 29 at 4 pm– Location: Susquehanna Hall Room 2114. RSVP to nsepboren@umd.edu.
We have also scheduled a last round of information sessions to help you learn more about the Boren Fellowship and its application process.
