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Deadline: 11/19/2025 (Tentative)
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Critical Language Scholarship

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a fully funded summer overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and building relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning.

http://clscholarship.org/

Deadline for the 2024-2025 cycle:  November 19, 2024, 8:00 pm EST

Penn’s Application Process:  While the Critical Language Scholarship does not require Penn’s nomination, CURF will be happy to provide advice, guidance, and application assistance to interested graduate students.  Undergraduate students are encouraged to contact Greta Kazenski in Penn Abroad atkazenski@upenn.edu.

Contact Information

For graduate students:
curf-ncf@curf.upenn.edu
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships 
3539 Locust Walk, 3rd Floor 
Philadelphia, PA 19104

For undergraduate students:
Greta Kazenski
3539 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
kazenski@upenn.edu
215.898.1652

Details:

Location

International (Not UK), Asia, Europe, Middle East

Type

Language Study

Eligibility

First-Year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior, Graduate Student