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The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is a new undergraduate scholarship opportunity beginning the summer of 2007. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, SEASSI will offer 20 scholarships to undergraduates to attend an intensive summer language program offering instruction in nine languages of Southeast Asia: Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Summer 2007 programs will be held on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus; program dates are June 18 through August 10, 2007. Students receive two semesters of academic credit for language study at SEASSI. The scholarship provides payment of tuition, fees, and an $1,800 living stipend for the 8-week SEASSI program. A very modest travel supplement, up to $200 depending on the student's travel expenses, may also be included in the scholarship.

Applicants will be judged by their commitment to a career relating to Southeast Asia or involving the language being studied, academic performance, appropriateness of the applicants' chosen program of academic study and experience to meet their stated goals, and fit with SEASSI program as determined by language and level of language proposed to be studied.

These awards are meant to strengthen the U.S. national capacity for Southeast Asia area specialists, and foster the development of new scholars in Southeast Asian studies.

The application deadline is mid-April, and the award announcements are made by May 1.

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