CLS Program Application Now Open!

The 2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program application deadline is about a month away – November 15, 2011!

CLS institutes provide fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students. Students may apply for one language, and will be placed at institute sites based on language evaluations after selection. Languages offered: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.

A PowerPoint presentation and handout can be found on the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org/advisors.htm.

For more information about the CLS Program and to access the on-line application, please visit the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org.

Petit Scholars Deadline, October 7th!

The Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars program is a competitive scholarship program that serves to develop the next generation of leading bioengineering and bioscience researchers by providing a comprehensive research experience for a full year. Open to all Atlanta area university students, the program allows undergraduates to conduct independent research in the state-of-the-art laboratories of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. Scholars develop their own research project within the term of January to December each year.

Find out more here! http://ibb.gatech.edu/petit-scholars

Boren Awards: October Webinars

Boren Awards will be offering a number of webinars throughout October. These webinars detail this amazing scholarship and fellowship opportunities for overseas studies. Please sign up for more information!

TODAY, Wednesday, October 5, 4pm EST
Understanding the NSEP Service Requirement. Register NOW!

Monday, October 10, 3-4pm EST
Boren Scholarships: General Information. Register.

Wednesday, October 12, 5-6pm EST
Boren Fellowships: General Information. Register.

Monday, October 24, 12-1pm EST
Boren Fellowships: Main Components of the Application. Register.

Wednesday, October 26, 12-1pm EST
Boren Scholarships: Main Components of the Application. Register.

To see a complete schedule of webinars being offered prior to the application deadline, please visit the Boren Awards website.

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals - Application Deadline is December 1

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX), a yearlong fellowship to study and intern in Germany, is currently accepting applications from your students. CBYX is open to applicants in all career fields without any prior German language knowledge, and is funded by the US and German governments through a grant provided by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, under the authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended. More information can be found at www.cbyx.info.

The CBYX program covers the costs of and annually provides 75 participants with:

• 2 months intensive German language training in Cologne, Bremen, Radolfzell, or Saarbruecken

• Semester of study at a German University or University of Applied Sciences

• 5-month internship with a German company in the participant's career field

• Homestays with German host families, in shared apartments, and student dorms

• Transatlantic airfare, health insurance, and monthly living expense stipends

• Various seminars in the US and Germany

• Local in-country support throughout the program

CBYX for Young Professionals is open to students in all fields of study, though preference is given to students in vocational, technical, engineering, agricultural, business, and scientific fields. Applicants should have clear career goals and some relevant work experience in their career field, which may include summer, part-time, or internship work. Prior German language knowledge is not required, though it is strongly preferred. Participants must be between the ages of 18-24, possess a high school diploma or equivalent, and be US citizens or permanent residents.

Please forward this information on to your students and fellow faculty, and encourage them to find out more and apply online at www.cbyx.info. The application deadline for the 2012-2013 program is December 1, 2011. We look forward to receiving applications from your students!

Sincerely,

Will Maier

Program Manager, CBYX for Young Professionals

Cultural Vistas
440 Park Avenue South, 2nd Fl
New York, NY 10016

wmaier@culturalvistas.org