SPEAKERS: Michael Saffle (Boren Awards Outreach Specialist, Institute of International Education) and Caitlin Ting (Assistant Manager for Outreach and Selection, American Councils for International Education).
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(US EASTERN TIME)
Boren Awards, a component of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO), is a major federal initiative designed to build a broader and more qualified pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills. Boren Awards program provides U.S. undergraduate and graduate students with up to $25,000 in funding. In exchange for funding, Boren Award recipients agree to work in the federal government for a period of one year. The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, a program of the U.S. Department of State, provides fully funded immersive summer programs for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States’ national security, economic prosperity, and engagement with the world. Each summer, over 500 American students enrolled at colleges and universities across the United States spend eight weeks studying one of a dozen languages either overseas or virtually. Participants gain intensive language study, as the CLS Program maximizes language and cultural instruction in an intensive environment. This presentation is a chance to learn about both programs and how to apply. We will give you statistics, pro-tips, and sage advice. We want applicants to be as competitive as possible and this presentation might be the first step that changes your life forever!
Register: https://isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4f51OkwKTzucYgkPHnDC5A#/registration
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