The deadline for this opportunity has passed. Please visit our website this fall for details on applying for 2011 programs.
Scholarship Announcement News
The winners of the NSLI for Youth scholarship will be announced on a rolling basis in April, by program assignment. Notifications will be sent to the applicant’s email address submitted with his/her application.
We understand that this is an exciting and anxious time for students and parents and we ask you for your patience and wish for you the best possible outcome.
About NSLI-Y
NSLI -Y is part of a broader government-wide presidential initiative that prepares American citizens to be leaders in a global world. Now more than ever, it is important that Americans have the necessary linguistic skills and cultural knowledge to promote international dialogues, support American engagement abroad, and attain better understanding of global cultures and issues.
NSLI-Y encourages a lifetime of language study and cultural understanding by providing approximately 600 fully funded scholarships to high school students between the ages of 15 and 18. For more information visit the NSLI-Y homepage.
NSLI-Y Programs offer:
- Scholarships to learn Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian, and Turkish
- Unique language immersion programs in China, Egypt, India, Korea, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and other countries around the world
- Alumni networks to continue language and cultural learning
- Springboards to other government sponsored programs to achieve language fluency
NSLI-Y Participants will:
- Begin a lifetime of learning and working with global peoples and cultures
- Participate in language classes, cultural immersion, and community service projects
- Interact with host country friends, families, and communities, in person and through online technologies
- Gain a deeper understanding of their responsibility in an interconnected world
- Continue language study and share cultural awareness and understanding when they return home
- Promote international dialogues and the study of international languages in their home community