{"163961":{"#nid":"163961","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Boren Scholarships and Fellowships info session","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe applications for the \u003Cstrong\u003E2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships\u003C\/strong\u003E are now available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.borenawards.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for \u003Cstrong\u003EU.S. undergraduate and graduate students \u003C\/strong\u003Eto study in Africa, Asia, Central \u0026amp; Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Boren Award amounts are based on the length of time the Boren Scholar or Fellow spends overseas and the cost of the program\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/boren_scholarship\u0022\u003E. Boren Scholarships\u003C\/a\u003E can provide\u003Cstrong\u003E undergraduate\u003C\/strong\u003E students with up to $20,000, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/boren_fellowship\/languages.html\u0022\u003EBoren Fellowships\u003C\/a\u003E can provide \u003Cstrong\u003Egraduate \u003C\/strong\u003Estudents with up to $30,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a \u003Cstrong\u003Evariety of academic backgrounds\u003C\/strong\u003E, but \u003Cstrong\u003Eall are interested in studying less commonly taught languages\u003C\/strong\u003E, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan\/Twi, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which\u0026nbsp;focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their projects, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined.\u0026nbsp; NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn most cases, study of Spanish or French is only permissible if the applicant is at an advanced level of competency, and students should focus on achieving further language proficiency through academic coursework in Spanish or French. However, s\u003Cstrong\u003Etudents at the intermediate level of Spanish or French in the disciplines of\u0026nbsp;the sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) are also eligible\u003C\/strong\u003E. The Boren Scholarships for undergraduates has a special STEM initiative of $8,000 for a 8 week minimum summer program for STEM students only.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor a complete list of languages:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/boren_fellowship\/languages.html\u0022\u003EBoren Scholarships (undergraduate)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/boren_fellowship\/languages.html\u0022\u003EBoren Fellowships (graduate)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEligibility\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/eligibility.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/eligibility.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Unique funding for language study opportunities for undergraduates and graduates"}],"uid":"27710","created_gmt":"2012-10-22 09:52:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:00:47","author":"Susan Belmonte","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-11-01T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-11-01T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-11-01T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-11-01 22:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-11-01 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-11-01 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"98281","name":"Pre-Teaching"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}