Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
CLS Information Sessions.
Come to a CLS information Session hosted by PSU's Office of Global Engagement and Innovation to learn more about this fully-funded study abroad opportunity! If you are not able to attend a session, please feel free to contact Debra Clemans at clemansd@pdx.edu for more information. Dates for upcoming 2025 info sessions will be announced later in the fall.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due November 14, 2023, 5:00 PM Pacific Time
If you missed the 2023 info session, you can still view it here:
To view the 2022 session, click this link:
https://pdx.zoom.us/rec/share/Y0VhDCxZ19UwUYkkOKHARvigujXMQAZF8b92ADE-64UF7t51e8c4RNcdMzgn5F0D.rhEb3C9qAJ63WIUO
Program Overview
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. Participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.
Countries may include: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, or others where the target languages are spoken.
Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) provide group-based summer intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for eight to ten weeks. CLS institute dates will be posted once finalized, but the institutes generally begin within the first three weeks in June, and end within the first three weeks in August. All expenses are covered by the scholarship.
Application Deadline Early-to-mid November for the following summer
Program web site
http://www.clscholarship.org/
For more information about the program please visit their site or contact Debra Clemans, clemansd@pdx.edu
* 10/27/22 please note that we've posted this is an unedited recording because the deadline is so close. It will be replaced with an ADA-compliant version as soon as possible. Please contact us if you have any concerns.