Critical Language Scholarship Program Deadline Approaching

The Department of State's Critical Language Scholarship Program, administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), is part of an initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. The CLS program provides funding for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to participation in summer language programs overseas.

All program costs are covered for participants. This includes travel between the student's home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa fees, room, board, travel within country and all entrance fees for program activities. University level credit may be available.

The application deadline for the Critical Language Scholarship Program is January 25, 2008. More information and access to the CLS online application may be found at www.CLScholarship.org .

Summer 2008 institutes will be offered in the following languages:

Arabic Beginning Cairo, Egypt - June 12, 2008 - August 10, 2008 Amman, Jordan - June 12, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Tunis, Tunisia - May 27, 2008 - July 29, 2008 Intermediate Amman, Jordan - June 12, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Tangier, Morocco - June 05, 2008 - August 12, 2008 Salalah, Oman - June 19, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Sana'a, Yemen - June 08, 2008 - August 15, 2008 Advanced Salalah, Oman - June 19, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Sana'a, Yemen - June 08, 2008 - August 15, 2008 Bangla/Bengali Beginning Dhaka, Bangladesh - June 05, 2008 - August 08, 2008 Intermediate Dhaka, Bangladesh - June 05, 2008 - August 08, 2008 Kolkata, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Advanced Kolkata, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Chinese Intermediate Harbin, China - June 03, 2008 - August 10, 2008 Suzhou, China - June 03, 2008 - August 16, 2008 Advanced Harbin, China - June 03, 2008 - August 10, 2008 Suzhou, China - June 03, 2008 - August 16, 2008 Hindi Beginning Jaipur, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Intermediate Jaipur, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Advanced Jaipur, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Korean Beginning Suwon, South Korea - June 12, 2008 - August 11, 2008 Intermediate Suwon, South Korea - June 12, 2008 - August 11, 2008 Advanced Suwon, South Korea - June 12, 2008 - August 11, 2008 Persian Intermediate Dushanbe, Tajikistan - June 16, 2008 - August 01, 2008 Advanced Dushanbe, Tajikistan - June 16, 2008 - August 01, 2008 Punjabi Beginning Chandigarh, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Intermediate Chandigarh, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Advanced Chandigarh, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Russian Intermediate Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - June 01, 2008 - August 02, 2008 Samara, Russia - June 01, 2008 - August 02, 2008 Advanced Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - June 01, 2008 - August 02, 2008 Samara, Russia - June 01, 2008 - August 02, 2008 Tomsk, Russia - June 01, 2008 - August 02, 2008 Turkish Beginning Alanya, Turkey - June 18, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Ankara, Turkey - June 18, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Izmir, Turkey - June 18, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Intermediate Istanbul (Yildiz), Turkey - June 18, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Ankara, Turkey - June 18, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Advanced Istanbul (Boğaziçi), Turkey - June 18, 2008 - August 15, 2008 Urdu Beginning Lucknow, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Intermediate Lucknow, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Advanced Lucknow, India - June 11, 2008 - August 23, 2008