Funding Study Abroad: Boren Scholarship Info Session
Receive up to $25,000 to fund your study abroad experience!
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 · 12 - 1 PM
The Boren Scholarship Program promotes long-term linguistic and cultural immersion in countries and languages deemed critical to U.S. national security. Undergraduate students can receive up to $25,000 to fund an approved study abroad program. Preference will be given to Boren Awards applicants proposing overseas programs of at least 25 weeks’ duration, while the minimum duration of an eligible program is 12 weeks for most Boren Awards applicants.
The Boren Scholarship can fund study of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Russian, among other languages. The Boren Scholarship also funds Flagship Language Programs to study languages like Turkish, Hindi and Urdu, several African languages (Swahili, Twi, Wolof, French, and Zulu) as well as languages of Southeast Asia, including Indonesian,Thai and Vietnamese.
Dr. Brian Souders, Associate Director of Global Learning in the Education Abroad Office and Boren Scholarship Representative, is holding an information session on Wednesday, November 29 at noon in Fine Arts 558 for Global Studies majors to share more about the program.
Dr. Brian Souders, Associate Director of Global Learning in the Education Abroad Office and Boren Scholarship Representative, is holding an information session on Wednesday, November 29 at noon in Fine Arts 558 for Global Studies majors to share more about the program.
The application deadline for the Boren Scholarship is January 29, 2024.