The U.S. Department of State’s NSLI-Y is part of a U.S. government initiative to foster international cooperation by ensuring that Americans have the linguistic skills and cultural knowledge necessary to effectively communicate. NSLI-Y provides overseas critical language study opportunities to American youth through merit-based scholarships to spark a lifetime interest in critical foreign languages and cultures.
NSLI-Y provides intensive language immersion programs in a variety of locations around the world. Beginners are encouraged to apply for any of the target languages; previous language experience is not required.
NSLI-Y offers the following languages:
Programs may take place in the following locations:
Belarus, China, Egypt, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Latvia, Moldova, Morocco, Russia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and other locations around the world, as conditions allow.
Please note that programs, host locations, and schedules are dependent on local health and safety conditions and are subject to change.
The 2022-23 application deadline is November 4, 2021 at 4 PM Eastern Time. Details about the program timeline can be found on the How to Apply tab.
Questions? Need more info? Contact us at 866.790.2086 or nsliy@americancouncils.org
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