Below you will find a list of fellowships and grants.

See your state and language-specific organization's webpages for more grants and scholarships.
See also our Study Abroad Language Scholarships list.
If you are interested in Grants or Scholarships for your students, see our Student section below.

FOR TEACHERS

National Council on Arab Relations (NCUSAR)
Malone Fellow Study Visit to Yemen
April 18 - 29, 2008

This special opportunity will provide participants a privileged first hand exposure to one of the Arab and Islamic world's most fascinating countries, one whose society has retained its customs and traditions while, for the past decade and a half, demonstrating one of the most dynamic and diverse systems of popular multi-party participation in the country's politics to be found anywhere in the developing world's 140 nations.

Application deadline: March 1, 2008
For more info, visit their website.

U.S Department of State
Teaching Ambassador Fellowship
Applications due April 7, 2008.
Teaching Ambassador Fellows will be named by early summer for the 2008-2009 school year.
Teaching Ambassador Fellows will be selected based upon their record of leadership, impact on student achievement, and potential for contribution to the field. Highly qualified K-12 public school teachers who have spent at least three years in the classroom are eligible to apply.
For more info visit their website.

International Research and Studies Program
The International Research and Studies Program provides 14 grants – totaling an estimated $1,642,000, to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields. Public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals are all eligible.
Application Deadline: April 7, 2008
For more information please visit their website.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

• Fall programs must begin between July 15 – October 15, 2008
• Spring programs must begin between December 15, 2008 – April 15th, 2009

The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. 820 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply. Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000.

Galapagos Program: International Study Opportunity for Teachers
November 22 – December 6, 2008
The Galapagos Program is a fully funded 12-day study program from geared toward international and environmental study.
Application Deadline: May 9, 2008
For more info visit, http://www.iie.org/programs/toyota/galapagos/galapagos_main_w_links.html

A Language and Cultural Immersion Program for Educators
The goal of this two or three week program in Costa Rica is to give educators the opportunity to improve their Spanish language skills, enhance their cultural sensitivity and competency, and to learn about education in Costa Rica.

2008 Program Dates
*The arrival day is Sunday June 15th.
*The departure day for the two weeks program is Saturday June 28th.
*The departure day for the three weeks program is Saturday July 5th.

2008 Program Fees
* The cost for the program staying in a host family without excursions is:
* For the two weeks program: $ 950.00 per person
* For the three weeks program $ 1,300.00 per person

For more information go to http://acce.co.cr/educators_program.html
Or contact Terry Messmer
Email: tmessmer@sthelena.k12.ca.us
Phone: (707) 258-8661 or (707) 337-7677

Eurasia/South Asia Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA)
Through the TEA Program, the U.S. Department of State and IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) are funding a teaching opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States with more than 5 years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Foreign Language, English Language or Literature and the Social Sciences. Participants would embark on a two-week professional exchange program in one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Ukraine.

2009 Program Dates
* April 3-17, 2009

The program is fully funded and provides: visa support, round-trip domestic airfare, lodging and meals to attend the TEA U.S. Conference, round-trip airfare from the U.S. to the assigned country in Eurasia or South Asia, emergency medical evacuation plan, recommended vaccinations, and lodging and a daily stipend in host country.
Application Deadline is April 29. 2008
For more information please visit http://www.irex.org/programs/tea/tea_info.asp
Or contact Anne MiIlazzo Email: tea@irex.org Phone: (202) 628-8188 ext 197

Malone Fellow Study Visit to Yemen
Sponsored by the National Council on Arab Relations (NCUSAR), this special opportunity will provide participants a privileged first hand exposure to one of the Arab and Islamic world's most fascinating countries, one whose society has retained its customs and traditions while, for the past decade and a half, demonstrating one of the most dynamic and diverse systems of popular multi-party participation in the country's politics to be found anywhere in the developing world's 140 nations.

Program Dates: April 18 - 29, 2008
Program Costs:
*$3,500.00 per person Application deadline: March 1, 2008 For more information please visit http://www.ncusar.org/email_graphics/announcements/08_malone_yemen.html

2008 Professional Development Seminar for Teachers of Russian
At Bryn Mawr College
Participants will learn about the goals and practices of the Advanced Placement(r) Program with special emphasis on the new Russian Web-based curriculum and teacher authoring tools especially designed for the Prototype AP(r) Russian Language and Culture Course. Teachers will also be become familiar with the design and approach to language assessment represented by the forthcoming standards-based Prototype AP(r) Russian Language and Culture Exam, which is administered at the end of the course.

Program Dates: July 5-11, 2008
Application Deadline: May 16, 2008

For more information please visit this site. Or contact Camelot Marshall at marshall@americancouncils.org

MIUSA's Costa Rica Disability Rights Exchange
This program will send thirteen emerging leaders to explore Costa Rica and participate in an exciting cross-cultural and cross-disability exchange program! They will become ambassadors of disability pride by sharing cross-cultural disability perspectives with members of the local the community! Delegates will be developing leadership skills, building self-confidence, making friends, and learning Spanish! Delegates will experience Costa Rican culture, food and customs by living with a host family! MIUSA strives to organize programs that include people with and without disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds. First time travelers with disabilities who are from a cultural minority and of low socioeconomic status are included every year. MIUSA exchange programs are inclusive of people who are Deaf and hard of hearing, or have cognitive, visual, physical, psychiatric, systemic, non-apparent, or other types of disabilities.

Program Dates: June 27 to July 12, 2008
*Scholarships available
Application Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2008
For more information, visit http://mcsv.net/cgi-bin/redir?MCid=ZGoKa668Zsd4OlYKTupk

Department of Education Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP)

The Department of Education has announced a competition to fund a small number of new Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grants in fiscal year 2008. The FLAP resource page (link below) will give you general information that will be helpful in writing a proposal. http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-1/032708a.html

2008 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs

http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/View/ViewOtherOpps.asp
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
600 Maryland Ave., SW Suite 320
Washington DC 20024
202.314.3527 phone

Department of State Intensive Summer Language Institutes 2008

Teachers of Chinese, Arabic and Russian
National Security Language Initiative.

The goal of the program is to strengthen critical need foreign language instruction at U.S. schools by providing intermediate and advanced level Chinese, Arabic and Russian as a Foreign Language teachers with the opportunity for intensive language study. The summer 2008 program is open to current K-12 teachers as well as community college instructors of Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic and Russian. It is also open to students enrolled in education programs intending to teach these languages. For online application (available in December go to: https://clscholarship.org/onlineapp.php or Download Word Document here.

Study Abroad Language Scholarships

Galapagos Program: International Study Opportunity for Teachers
November 22 – December 6, 2008.
Application Deadline: May 9, 2008
http://www.iie.org/programs/toyota/galapagos/galapagos_main_w_links.html

National Security Education Program: Boren Scholarships
http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm

Austrian American Educational Commission Teaching Assistantship
http://www.fullbright.at

French Ministry of Education Teaching Assistantship
http://www.frenchculture.org/a_assistantship-program_195.cfm

Princeton in Asia Teaching Fellows
http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~pia/main/index.php?option=com_frontpage

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science North American Language and Culture Assistants
http://www.mec.es/exterior/usa/en/programs/us_assistants/default.shtml

Gilman International Scholarship Program
http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html

Freeman-Asia Program
http://www.iie.org/programs/Freeman-ASIA/

Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/scholarships.html

Morgan Stanley Scholarships for Study in Japan
http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Bridging/Morgan.html

German Academic Exchange Service
http://www.daad.org/

National Security Internship
www.nationalsecurityinternship.com.

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www.studyabroadfunding.org

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FOR STUDENTS

6-week intensive Arabic Language program in Morocco

June – July 2008
Legacy International - Sponsored by the US State Department
6-week intensive Arabic Language program in Morocco
Applications are due by February 25, 2008
Legacy International is recruiting high school students between the ages of 14-18 who are interested in studying Arabic language, culture and Islamic thought. Applicants can be beginning or intermediate language learners. Beginners must demonstrate at least a basic understanding of the alphabet and some grammar. http://www.legacyintl.org/programs/ALI.htm#apply Printed materials are available, but limited. Please call 540-297-5255 or e-mail kclifford@legacyintl.org with questions.

MIUSA's Costa Rica Disability Rights Exchange
June 27 to July 12, 2008
Explore Costa Rica this Summer! Live with a host family. Learn Spanish through immersion. Learn about disability rights and leadership.
Application Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2008
For more info, visit their website.

ACMS Intensive Mongolian Language Program Summer 2008

June – August 2008
ACMS Intensive Mongolian Language Program Summer 2008
Ulaanbaatar
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) invites applications from students, scholars, and faculty members wishing to participate in an eight week Intensive Mongolian Language Program from late-June to mid-August 2008 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The ACMS Intensive Mongolian Language Program in summer 2008 will provide the equivalent of three semester credit hours of language training, and will be led by experienced Mongolian language teachers. The program is designed to support the development of intermediate to advanced language skills, and all applicants must have the equivalent of at least one year of Mongolian language study experience by the time the program begins.
The program is open to US citizens or permanent residents, and up to four applicants will be selected for the program and will receive fellowship awards of $2,000 to $3,000 to offset travel and living expenses. http://www.mongoliacenter.org/language

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