The CLS Program 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 and economic prosperity: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. Participants receive the equivalent of one year of language study in eight weeks, through intensive language instruction and cultural activities that reinforce both language learning and intercultural competence.
Deadline: November
Value: All program costs are covered for participants, including travel between the student's U.S. home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa fees, room, board, and group-based intensive language instruction
Eligibility: U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. students.
Major: Open
Fellowship Type: Undergraduate, Graduate
Category: International
UNH Supported Award: This means that the Fellowships Office offers information sessions/handouts and/or other programming to assist you with your application.
Nomination: No, but applicants are strongly encouraged to work with the Office of National Fellowships on their applications.
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CLS Application Deadlines
- National Deadline: November 17, 2027
