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CLS Scholarship Program Now Open - Critical Language Scholarship Funding

October 24, 2025

CLS Scholarship Program Now Open - Critical Language Scholarship Funding

Applications to the 2026 CLS (Critical Language Study) Program are open!

 Take advantage of this this amazing opportunity for intensive language study over the summer. During these times where funding is more precarious than ever, these opportunities are more important than ever!

 

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education.

 

The CLS Program provides immersive summer programs for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States’ national security and economic prosperity. Participants receive the equivalent of one year of language study in eight weeks, through intensive language instruction and cultural activities that reinforce both language learning and intercultural competence. Since 2006, the CLS Program has supported over 10,000 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students. CLS alumni represent all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

 

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