Fellowships for Humanities, Languages and Social Science Graduates

Available Fellowships by Granting Agency

American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS) Eurasian Regional Language Program

This program provides advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates the opportunity to study Eurasian languages in an overseas, immersion setting for a semester, a summer, or the full academic year. Academic programs are tailored to participant requests; a typical program devotes 2/3 of the course work to language study and 1/3 to culture, area studies, politics, history, literature, or economics. Graduate scholarships are available to students in the humanities and the social sciences. Merit scholarships are also available.

There are three deadlines a year; one for summer (February), fall (March), and spring (October).

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Boren Awards

Boren Scholarships

Funds undergraduate study, including intensive language training, in countries considered critical to US interests and national security. This does not include countries of Western Europe; however, proven language ability is recognized as a measure of a candidate’s ability to learn a new language associated with a country of critical importance.

Special Boren Scholarships are available for students in the STEM disciplines; these provide funding for summer study in another country.

Deadline for Boren Fellowships is January 24th; deadline for Boren Scholarships is January 31st. 

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Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

Based on financial need, this fellowship supports graduate work by those historically underrepresented in the foreign service but is open to all. Appropriate fields include public policy, international affairs, public administration, business, economics, political science, sociology, or foreign languages. Candidate’s must enroll in a two-year master’s program and, following graduation, work for a minimum of three years as a foreign service officer.

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Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship

This fellowship supports two years of graduate school for students interested in pursuing careers in international relations and/or the foreign service. Applications from "members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need” are encouraged. Appropriate fields include public policy, international affairs, public administration, business, economics, political science, sociology, or foreign languages. After completing the master’s degree, candidates are expected to work for a minimum of three years as a foreign service officer.

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