NSLI For Youth Scholarships to Study Abroad for the 2012-2013 School Year

The US Department of State through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer, semester, and academic year international immersion programs. NSLI-Y encourages beginning, intermediate, and advanced language learners with a passion for learning languages, communicating across cultures, and living abroad to apply.

NSLI-Y encourages a lifetime of language study and cultural understanding by supporting K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and professional language programs for languages that have traditionally not been taught in the United States.

NSLI-Y Programs offer:

• Scholarships to learn Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian, and Turkish
• Unique language immersion programs in China, Egypt, India, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and other countries around the world
• Alumni networks to continue language and cultural learning
• Springboards to other government sponsored programs to achieve language fluency

NSLI-Y Participants will:

• Begin a lifetime of learning and working with international communities and cultures
• Participate in language classes, cultural immersion, and community service projects
• Interact with host country friends, families, and communities, in person and through online technologies
• Gain a deeper understanding of their responsibility in an interconnected world
• Continue language study and share cultural awareness and understanding when they return home
• Promote international dialogues and the study of foreign languages in their home community

Eligibility Requirements:

• US Citizen
• Age requirements vary by program; generally 15 - 18.5 at start of program
• Currently enrolled in high school at time of application
• 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)

Previous language study is not a requirement and all levels of language ability are encouraged to apply.

Go to NSLI for Youth Scholarships for information.  Applications for the 2012-2013 will announced in late summer.