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  • NSLI-Y on Facebook – “Like” the NSLI-Y Facebook page to get application updates and stay informed about the latest news and research related to language learning and study abroad.
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  • NSLI-Y on Discord – Join NSLI-Y’s Official Discord Server to connect with fellow applicants and NSLI-Y alumni, chat with the NSLI-Y community about language learning and study abroad.

Less Commonly Taught Language Study Programs and Resources 

  • The Language Flagship: The Language Flagship is a federally funded initiative that offers language programs at higher education institutions across the United States to help undergraduate students take their place as the next generation of global professionals with professional-level proficiency in critical languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, and Russian. At the end of the program, the Language Flagship sponsors a year-long Overseas Capstone program for students to use their language skills in a wide variety of formal and informal settings.
  • STARTALK: STARTALK is a federal grant program managed and funded by the National Security Agency. STARTALK grants fund innovative programs with strong language learning outcomes for K-16 students in support of the STARTALK goals. STARTALK grants currently support programs offered in the following critical need languages: Chinese and Russian.
  • Boren Awards for International Study: Provides scholarships (undergraduate) and fellowships (graduate) to U.S. college and university students to study abroad or conduct research in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.
  • Critical Language Scholarship (CLS): The CLS program is an immersive summer opportunity for American college and university students to learn critical languages that are essential to America’s engagement with the world.
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program: The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships program provides allocations of academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education or consortia of institutions of higher education to assist meritorious undergraduate students and graduate students undergoing training in modern foreign languages and related area or international studies. Eligible students apply for fellowships directly to an institution that has received an allocation of fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Career and Volunteer Opportunities