Scholarships & Fellowships
Critical Language Scholarships
A program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers intensive summer language institutes in thirteen critical foreign languages for summer 2013. The selection process is administered by American Councils for International Education with awards approved by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. Participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers. Please visit the CLS Institutes page for more information.
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
The applications for the 2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate andgraduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and theMiddle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean,Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website.
Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.
National Application Deadlines
Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2013
Boren Scholarship: February 13, 2013*
Study Abroad in Japan: Bridging Scholarship for Study in Japan
The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations, through donations to the nonprofit US-Japan Bridging Foundation, makes it possible to award about 100 scholarships each year to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year.
Applications are accepted twice a year for Bridging Scholarships. Please visit the Bridging Schloarships page for more information.
http://www.aatj.org/studyabroad/scholarships.html
How to Apply
Submit a complete application for the Bridging Scholarship to the Bridging Project Clearinghouse:
ATJ, UCB 279
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0279
Project IMUSE, Initiating Mutual Understanding Through Student Exchange
Project IMUSE, Initiating Mutual Understanding Through Student Exchange is a Harvard University, Peking University, and Tsinghua University student initiative aiming to foster mutual curiosity, respect, and understanding between people in China, Europe, and the United States by providing top college and graduate students from these regions an intimate forum for discussion and deep personal reflection about the key issues affecting China and the world today.
Every year, we accept about 20 students from China, Europe, and the USA to participate in a week long fellowship based in Beijing. This year, our fellowship will take place from Aug. 12 - 22. We are currently accepting applications on our website at projectimuse.org/programs/apply.php, and we highly encourage students to apply.
Please check out the following videos to learn more about Project IMUSE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itiUdpidPrEand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSNsqAPSo-w
East Asian Studies Journal
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Howard Choy
The Wittenberg University East Asian Studies Journal is a widely accepted and highly regarded journal, which is completely written, edited, and published by undergraduate students. The student staff selects academic articles and creative pieces having to do with East Asia, regardless of whether they are written from a Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or integrative perspective. No limitations are placed on the academic area from which works are written, as writings from all disciplines are welcome. Pieces come from undergraduates at Wittenberg as well as around the world.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions are always welcome. They must be written by undergraduate students, and they can include nonfiction (academic papers, research studies, etc.), fiction (short stories, poetry, etc.), translations, as well as artwork. All submissions must center on an East Asian country, particularly China, Japan, or Korea, yet the specific topic or theme can fall within a wide range. We ask that citations be done in the Chicago Style. We also ask that your submission not be under consideration for another journal.
If accepted, these articles will be published in Wittenberg’s East Asian Studies Journal, both online and in print.
Submit
If you would like to either send in your own manuscript or receive a copy of the Journal, please contact Dr. Howard Choy, Foreign Languages and Literatures. Please e-mail submissions as an attachment with contact information.
Blakemore Freeman Fellowship
The Blakemore Foundation was established in 1990 by Thomas and Frances Blakemore to encourage the advanced study of Asian languages and to improve the understanding of Asian fine arts in the United States.
The Award of ROC (Taiwan) Ministry of Education Huayu Enrichment Scholarship (HES) for Foreign Students
This award encourages international students and individuals to undertake Mandarin Chinese language study in Taiwan. The length of scholarships are one year, but the Cultural Division at TECO Boston can also grant recipients an award period of nine months, six months or three months.
Requirements
High School graduates; college students; Chinese language teachers seeking further Mandarin training or an advanced degree
Benefits*
NT$25,000 per month for undergraduate students. Recipients are responsible for their tuition and other personal expenses exceeding the amount.
More Information
Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
99 Summer Street
Suite 801
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 737-2055
E-mail: angela@tecoboston.org
*Annual award periods are from September 1 through August 31 of the following year.
Taiwan Government-sponsored Scholarship Awards
The Taiwan Scholarship Program is jointly funded by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Science Council and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Its purpose is to encourage promising foreign students to pursue their degree studies in Taiwan.
Potential Awardees
High school graduates; college students; Chinese language teachers seeking further Mandarin training or advanced degrees
Length of Scholarships
Undergrad: Maximum four years; Master's: maximum two years; Doctorate: maximum three years. Pre-degree Language Enrichment Program is available (maximum one year at the first year of program)
Benefits*
NT$25,000 per month for undergraduate students, NT$30,000 a month for graduate students.
How to Apply
Contact the Cultural Division of the TECO in Boston for an application form and guidelines. All applications must be submitted between February 1 through March 31 of each year.
Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
99 Summer Street
Suite 801
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 737-2055
E-mail: angela@tecoboston.org
*Annual award periods are from September 1 through August 31 of the following year.
MOE Mandarin Enrichment Scholarship Program
This program is funded by the Ministry of Education. Its purpose is to encourage non-heritage students to enhance their mandarin language skills in Taiwan.
Potential Awardees
High school graduates; college students; Chinese language teachers seeking further Mandarin training or advanced degree
Length of Scholarship
Maximum up to one year
Benefits*
A stipend of NT$25,000* per month will be provided
How to Apply
Contact the Cultural Division of the TECO in Boston for an application form and guidelines.
Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
99 Summer Street
Suite 801
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 737-2055
E-mail: angela@tecoboston.org
*Annual award periods are from September 1 through August 31 of the following year.
Intensive Mandarin Study Group Grant Program
This program is funded by the Ministry of Education. Its purpose is to encourage foreign schools to organize study abroad programs for Mandarin study in Taiwan.
Potential Awardees
College or high school senior Mandarin study groups organized by schools
Length of Scholarships
Minimum three weeks or longer
Benefits*
Maximum funding up to US$5,000 for groups with a minimum of 10 students studying in Taiwan for six weeks.
How to Apply
Contact the Cultural Division of the TECO in Boston for an application form and guidelines.
Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
99 Summer Street
Suite 801
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 737-2055
*Annual award periods are from September 1 through August 31 of the following year.
