The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program provides full scholarships for overseas intensive summer language institutes in thirteen critical-need foreign languages, including Japanese.

Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) provide group-based summer intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks. Students may apply for one language, and will be placed at institute sites based on language evaluations after selection. Japanese programs will be eight weeks in length and levels available for Japanese are Intermediate or Advanced level.

The on-line application for CLS Program awards is available now, and the deadline to apply is November 15, 2011.

Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. While there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program awards, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.

Applicants must be US citizens, and must be enrolled in a US degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level.

The Critical Language Scholarship program for Japanese is supported by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

For more information on the CLS Program and the selection process, please visit www.clscholarship.org. or email cls@caorc.org.