Upcoming Deadlines
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Spark Virtual Instruction Academic Year Program
Date and Time
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Description
CLS Spark is a virtual initiative for U.S. undergraduate students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. Designed to leverage best practices in online language learning developed by the CLS Program during the pandemic, CLS Spark provides American students the opportunity to study critical languages virtually when they may not have access to studying these languages on their campuses. Participants will spend the summer learning either Arabic, Chinese or Russian through online classes and activities facilitated by native speakers at a host institution abroad.
A program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and CLS Spark are part of a U.S. government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity.
Applicants to CLS Spark can choose one of three languages that are critical to America's national security and economic prosperity when submitting their applications:
- Arabic for students with no formal classroom experience learning the language;
- Chinese for students with no formal classroom experience learning the language;
- Russian for students with no formal classroom experience learning the language.
Applicants may only apply once per application cycle for a single language. Applicants who submit multiple applications will be considered ineligible.
This event has been tagged as fellowships.
Information
For more information, please visit: http://clscholarship.org/spark
Contact
Please contact [email protected] for more information.