2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program - Deadline: November

2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program - Deadline: November
15, 2011
The United States Department of State is pleased to announce the
scholarship competition for the 2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Program for overseas intensive summer language institutes in thirteen
critical need foreign languages. CLS institutes provide fully-funded
group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural
enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen
undergraduate and graduate students. Students may apply for one
language, and will be placed at institute sites based on language
evaluations after selection.
Languages offered: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi,
Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and
Urdu.
Interested applicants should review the full eligibility and
application information on the CLS Program website:
www.clscholarship.org/applicants
and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can be found
here:
Students from all academic disciplines, including business,
engineering, law, medicine, sciences, and humanities are encouraged to
apply. While there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program
awards, participants are expected to continue their language study
beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language
skills in their future professional careers.
The CLS Program has planned outreach events at universities across the
U.S. in fall 2011. Check out the CLS webpage or our Facebook page:. Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian,http://www.clscholarship.org/applicants.htm#prerequisites.http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship
institution!
For more information about the CLS Program and to access the on-line
application, please visit the CLS website:, as we may be coming to yourhttp://www.clscholarship.org

Best regards,
The CLS Program.cls@caorc.org
202-633-5005
　
　
Ana María Alfaro-Alexander, Ph.D.
MFL Program Coordinator/Study Abroad Director
Castleton State College
6 Alumni Drive
Castleton, Vermont 05735
(802) 468-1268 Ana.Alexander@Castleton.edu