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Find similar grantsBoren Fellowships provide funding for U. S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education.
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Boren Awards for International Study (Boren Scholarships) is sponsored by National Security Education Program (NSEP). Boren Scholarships provide funding to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide similar funding for graduate students. The awards emphasize long-term linguistic and cultural immersion in less commonly taught languages. Recipients commit to working for the federal government in national security roles for at least one year after graduation.
Boren Awards for International Study is sponsored by National Security Education Program (NSEP). The Boren Awards provide funding for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Graduate students are eligible for awards to add an international and language component to their graduate education.
National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships is sponsored by DEPT OF DEFENSE. (1) To provide the necessary resources, accountability and flexibility to meet the national security education needs of the United States, especially as such needs change over time; (2) To increase the quantity, diversity, and quality of the teaching and learning of subjects in the fields of foreign language, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and other international fields that are critical to the Nation’s interest; (3) To produce an increased pool of applicants for work in the departments and agencies of the United States Government with national security responsibilities; and (4) To expand, in conjunction with other Federal programs, the international experience, knowledge base, and perspectives on which the United States citizenry, Government employees and leaders rely. This listing is currently active. Program number: 12.552. Last updated on 2026-01-19.
The Language Flagship Grants to Institutions of Higher Education is sponsored by DEPT OF DEFENSE. (1) To establish centers for the teaching of critical languages that enable students to reach or exceed Level 3 in proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale in African Languages, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Persian, and Russian; (2) To develop curricular, institutional, and instructional models for advanced language learning; (3) To test those models; (4) To stimulate institutional support and long term commitment to reforming language learning; and (5) To improve national capacity in critical languages This listing is currently active. Program number: 12.550. Last updated on 2026-01-19.
National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarships is sponsored by DEPT OF DEFENSE. (1) To provide the necessary resources, accountability and flexibility to meet the national security education needs of the United States, especially as such needs change over time; (2) To increase the quantity, diversity, and quality of the teaching and learning of subjects in the fields of foreign language, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and other international fields that are critical to the Nation’s interest; (3) To produce an increased pool of applicants for work in the departments and agencies of the United States Government with national security responsibilities; and (4) To expand, in conjunction with other Federal programs, the international experience, knowledge base, and perspectives on which the United States citizenry, Government employees and leaders rely. This listing is currently active. Program number: 12.551. Last updated on 2026-01-19.
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