Language Study Programs 2010-2011

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NSLI-Y Offers Student Scholarships, Program/Institutional Grants

October 26, 2009 in Announcements, Language Study Programs, Language Study Programs 2010-2011 by ark

NSLI-Y announces two great opportunities for the 2010/2011 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) overseas intensive language programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.   One is for students and the other is for institutions/ organizations.

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Merit-based scholarships are available to study overseas for summer, semester and academic year programs in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Russian and Turkish. In addition, your school, school system and/or local university can apply for a sub-grantee award to organize and implement six- to eight-week overseas intensive language programs to take place in summer 2010.

Interested students should visit www.nsliforyouth. org, where they can complete the online application. The deadline is December 4, 2009. Organizations interested in Summer 2010 sub-grant opportunities can view the Request for Proposal (RFP) by clicking here. The submission deadline for proposals is November 16, 2009. If after reading the RFP you have questions, please contact American Councils at 1-866-790-2086.

American Institute of Indian Studies Summer 2010 and Academic year 2010-2011 Language Programs

October 23, 2009 in Language Study Programs, Language Study Programs 2010-2011 by ark

The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its summer 2010 and academic year 2010-2011 language programs.

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Programs to be offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Mohali), Tamil (Madurai); Marathi (Pune), Urdu (Lucknow), Telugu (Vizag), Malayalam (Thiruvananthapuram) and Sanskrit (Pune) and Pali/Prakrit (Pune).   AIIS will offer other Indian languages upon request. All academic year applicants should have the equivalent of two years of prior language study.   For regular summer Sanskrit, we require the equivalent of two years of prior study; for summer Bengali, Hindi and Tamil we require the equivalent of one year of prior study.   For summer Urdu, we require the equivalent of one year of either Hindi or Urdu.   We can offer courses at all levels, including beginning, in other Indian languages for the summer.   Summer students should apply for FLAS (graduate students) if available for funding to cover the costs of the program.   Funding for Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu may be available through the U.S. State Department’s CLS program (see www.clscholarship.org).   Academic year students are eligible to apply for an AIIS fellowship which would cover all expenses for the program.   AIIS is also offering a fall semester program.   We offer Hindi and Urdu at all levels for the fall; we require two years of prior language study for other languages for the fall.

The application deadline is January 31, 2010. Applications can be downloaded from the AIIS web site at www.indiastudies.org .

For more information: Phone: 773-702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu.