Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad.

Created in 1991, NSEP awards undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East).

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Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research.

Information and the online applications for the scholarships and fellowships
are available on the Institute of International Education's website:
http://www.borenawards.org/

Application

All applications must be submitted online.

Applicants design their own programs and may combine domestic language and
cultural study with overseas study. Study of a foreign language appropriate
to the identified country or region must be an integral part of each
application proposal. (Note: Boren Fellowship support may not be used for
study of French or Spanish unless such language instruction is at an
advanced level or combined with the study of science, engineering, or
business.)

The application deadline for the 2009 Boren Fellowship is January 29, 2009.

http://www.borenawards.org/