Boren Awards and the African Flagship Languages Initiative

The applications for the 2015-2016 Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards, an initiative of the National Security Education Program and administered by the Institute of International Education, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.

Boren Scholarships for Undergraduate Students Deadline: February 4, 2015 (each campus sets an earlier campus deadline)

Boren Fellowships for Graduate Students Deadline: January 27, 2015

For the fifth year in a row, through the African Flagship Languages Initiative (AFLI) funding is available for Boren Scholars and Fellows to study one of the following languages domestically, prior to commencing their overseas Boren funded programs:

Akan/Twi
French (requires intermediate-high or above proficiency)
Swahili
Portuguese
Wolof
Zulu

In addition, AFLI overseas programs are available for intensive language and cultural study during fall 2015 in the following countries.

Senegal (French)
Mozambique (Portuguese)
Tanzania (Swahili)

To learn more about the Boren Awards and AFLI, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visit www.borenawards.org. We have webinars that focus on AFLI scheduled for November 14 and January 7. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.