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 necessary linguistic skills and cultural knowledge to effectively communicate globally. 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 programs provide intensive language immersion 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, Ukraine and other locations around the world, if conditions allow.
Please note that programs, host locations, and schedules are subject to change.
The 2021-22 application deadline is November 5, 2020 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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