Below you will find a list of fellowships and grants.

See your state and language-specific organization's webpages for more grants and scholarships.
See also our Study Abroad Language Scholarships list.
If you are interested in Grants or Scholarships for your students, see our Student section below.

FOR INSTITUTIONS

The Language Flagship programs of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) have been announced. See the Critical Languages page for details.

The Japan Foundation has announced its grants for 2009 - 2010. See the Critical Languages page for details. 

FOR TEACHERS

Global Exploration for Educators Organization summer travel programs

Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and then giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms.

GEEO is now taking reservations for summer travel programs to India, Peru, Tunisia, Southern Africa (South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe) and China.

Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world.  The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers.  GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."

Fulbright Teacher Exchange Opportunity 2010-2011

The Academy for Educational Development, the U.S. State Department, and iEARN-USA are offering two exciting opportunities for educators interested in spending a semester or a year abroad: the 2010-2011 Fulbright Teacher Classroom Exchange and the Distinguished Awards in Teaching programs.

The Fulbright Teacher Exchange program provides opportunities for K-12 teachers to partipate in direct one-to-one classroom exchanges with peers from other countries for a semester or an academic year. This year's participating countries include: Czech Republic, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Mexico, Slovak REpublic, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Exchange teachers provide students with new perspectives while gaining an understanding for different cultures and educational models. Deadline for applying to the Fulbright Teacher Classroom Exchange program is October 15, 2009.

The Distinguished Awards program offers fellowships to highly accomplished U.S. and international teachers to receive a grant to study at a university, conduct research, teach classes and workshops, and develop a capstone project pertaining to their field of educational inquiry during a semester overseas. This year's participating countries include: Argentina, Finland, India, Israel, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States. Deadline for applying to the Distinguished Awards program is January 15, 2010. *Additional countries may be added prior to the January 15th deadline.

For application forms and more information on both programs, please visit www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org.

JOINT Fall 2009 Online Course of Advanced High School Japanese

September 24 - November 12, 2009

The JOINT online professional development program of the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) will offer “Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Advanced High School Japanese Course” in Fall 2009. This 6-week course will provide high school teachers of Japanese at the advanced level (including those who are preparing their students for the AP Japanese Language and Culture Test) with training and resources to develop a curriculum that enhances students’ proficiency in all four skills as well as cultural knowledge. The course utilizes background readings and some existing materials as examples, but hands-on experience is emphasized, and course participants will create their own materials to be used in their classes. Participants will work on assigned readings and lectures independently, hold online discussions in small groups that include both native- and non-native-speaking teachers, and work collaboratively in pairs to develop materials. Assignments and evaluations are designed to accommodate the differing needs of those who are enrolled in the course. Participants will be asked for permission to share the materials they create (via the Alliance website) with the broader Japanese language education community after the end of the course.

Study Abroad Language Scholarships

National Security Education Program: Boren Scholarships
http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm

Austrian American Educational Commission Teaching Assistantship
http://www.fullbright.at

French Ministry of Education Teaching Assistantship
http://www.frenchculture.org/a_assistantship-program_195.cfm

Princeton in Asia Teaching Fellows
http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~pia/main/index.php?option=com_frontpage

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science North American Language and Culture Assistants
http://www.mec.es/exterior/usa/en/programs/us_assistants/default.shtml

Gilman International Scholarship Program
http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html

Freeman-Asia Program
http://www.iie.org/programs/Freeman-ASIA/

Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/scholarships.html

Morgan Stanley Scholarships for Study in Japan
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/Morgan.html

German Academic Exchange Service
http://www.daad.org/

National Security Internship
www.nationalsecurityinternship.com.

Search by country or field of study
www.studyabroadfunding.org

The Advanced Study of Khmer Study Abroad Program - funding from the US Dept. of Education, Fulbright-Hays and Group Projects
http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ask

The Belgian American Educational Foundation
http://www.baef.be/documents/fellowships-for-us-citizens/study-res-fellow.-for-us-citizen-.xml?lang=en

Global Studies Foundation
http://www.globalstudiesfoundation.org

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FOR STUDENTS

2010/2011 National Security Language Initiative for  Youth (NSLI-Y)
Sponsored by the US Department of State

The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) is a series of overseas intensive language programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. One is for students and the other is for institutions/ organizations. Merit-based scholarships are available to study overseas for summer, semester and academic year programs in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Russian and Turkish. In addition, your school, school system and/or local university can apply for a sub-grantee award to organize and implement six- to eight-week overseas intensive language programs to take place in summer 2010.

Interested students should visit www.nsliforyouth. org, where they can complete the online application. The deadline is December 4, 2009. Organizations interested in Summer 2010 sub-grant opportunities can view the Request for Proposal (RFP) by clicking here. The submission deadline for proposals is November 16, 2009. If after reading the RFP you have questions, please contact American Councils at 1-866-790-2086.

2010 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in eleven critical need foreign languages for summer 2010. The CLS Program provides fully-funded seven to ten week group-based intensive language instruction and extensive cultural enrichment experiences held overseas at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels (beginning not offered for Azerbaijani, Chinese, Persian or Russian) for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. students. Please visit www.CLScholarship.org for information on the 2010 Critical Language Scholarship Program. The on-line application for CLS Program awards will be available November 9, 2009 and the deadline to apply will be December 18, 2009.

Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages

Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages is a full scholarship for intensive language study at the Middlebury Summer Language Schools in: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian. 100 Davis Fellowships are offered to cover the full cost of summer language study from beginner to graduate levels in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian at the Middlebury College Language Schools. Fellowship grants cover the full comprehensive fee (tuition, room, and board) at the Middlebury summer Language Schools. The Davis Fellowships are merit-based and intended for exceptionally qualified individuals with demonstrated interest in one or more of the following areas: international, global, or area studies; international politics and economics; peace and security studies; and/or conflict resolution. Individuals in other fields, including working professionals, are also encouraged to apply if their field of expertise requires them to study one of the critical languages listed above. All Davis Fellowship applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2010.

The Fulbright Program

• Deadlines vary with program and location

Today, Fulbright is the most widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program in the world, supported for more than half a century by the American people through an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress and by the people of partner nations. The program—working with universities, schools, binational Fulbright commissions, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector—actively seeks out individuals of achievement and potential who represent the full diversity of their respective societies and selects nominees through open, merit-based competitions.

http://fulbright.state.gov/

The Department of Education is now accepting applicants interested in graduate school study for the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program. Click here for more information.

The Spencer Foundation is now accepting doctoral candidate applicants for the 2010 Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education. Click here for more information.

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) is now accepting applicants for the 2010-2011 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Click here for more information.

The Center for Applied Linguistics G. Richard Tucker Fellowship application for masters and doctoral students in language-related fields will be available in Spring 2010. Click here for more information.

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