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Internship and Scholarship Opportunities

1. The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2015 http://clscholarship.org/index.php (deadline: November 15, 2014), information for the applicants: http://www.clscholarship.org/qv_applicant.php

2. The Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages (deadline - by December 30?, 2014), they recommend that you do not wait until January to submit your application). This scholarship covers the full cost of summer language study from beginner to graduate levels in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian at the Middlebury College Language Schools. Fellowship grants cover the full comprehensive fee (tuition, room, and board).
http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid/fellowships/kwd
The same fellowship is available for Languages of Study at Monterey Institute’s Summer Intensive Language Programs:
http://www.miis.edu/admissions/financialaid/scholarships/jones

3. Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East: http://www.borenawards.org/boren_scholarship (deadline: February 9, 2015). In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year. Deadlines this scholarship at Lewis & Clark first round of application is earlier, at the end of this fall semester! For more information about the Boren Awards & to register for one of their upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visit www.borenawards.org. A representative from the Boren Scholarship, Hannah Grossblatt, will be visiting campus Wednesday, October 15, 3:00PM, Miller 210 where she will give a presentation and meet with students who are interested in applying for the scholarship.

4. The Gilman Scholarship Program is open to U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide: http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman-scholarship-program

5. Kennan Institute Research Assistantships & Internships: Open/Close Dates:
Apr 10, 2012 - Jan 01, 2014 The Kennan Institute offers paid research internships for undergraduate, graduate, and prospective graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Each intern works with a scholar in residence at the Institute over a period of three to nine months. Applicants should have a good command of the Russian language and ability to conduct independent research. This internship offers a flexible schedule of 15 hours per week and a metro subsidy for conducting off-site research.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunities/Internship

6. The Language Flagship Program, a major component of The National Security Education Program, is designed for graduating students who already acquired an advanced level of foreign language and plan to study at U.S. universities: http://www.americancouncils.org/programs

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Russian Program is located in Miller Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 30

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Russian Section Head
Maria Hristova

Russian Program
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615 S. Palatine Hill Road
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