US State Department invites applications for Critical Language Scholarship Program

The State Department of the US has invited applications for Critical Language Scholarship Program summer 2020.

The CLS program is part of the American government initiative to expand the number of US citizens studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to their national security and prosperity.

It provides overseas foreign language instruction and culture immersion experiences for American undergraduate and graduate students in 15 critical need languages.

The last date for applying is November 19, 2019. The duration of the program is 8 to 10 weeks in the summer.

The CLS program is offered in the following languages and levels:

Urdu, Punjab, Hindi, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Indonesian, Persian, Swahili, and Turkish.

It is open to students at all language levels, including beginners

Arabic, Korean, Russian, and Portuguese

It is for advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced level

Chinese and Japanese

Intermediate and advanced levels

Eligibility

The applicants must be 18 by the beginning of the CLS program
All candidates must be U.S. citizens
Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level
Undergraduate students must have completed at least one year of college coursework by program start date

US State Department invites applications for Critical Language Scholarship Program

Critical Language Scholarship Program: It provides overseas foreign language instruction and culture immersion experiences for American undergraduate and graduate students in 15 critical need languages.