关键语言奖学金(CLS)项目是一个为美国本科生和研究生提供全额资助的海外语言和文化沉浸暑期项目. 其目标是扩大美国人学习和掌握关键语言的基础,并建立美国人民与其他国家人民之间的关系, CLS为来自美国各地不同语言学习水平的学生提供学习机会. CLS计划提供的大多数语言不要求申请人有任何学习关键语言的经验. The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, and from a wide range of fields of study and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of professional, 区域, cultural and academic backgrounds in the United States. 参与者是根据他们对语言学习的承诺和将他们的语言技能应用于未来学术或职业追求的计划来选择的. The CLS Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. 它是美国军事基地的一部分.S. 政府跨部门努力,大幅增加美国人学习和掌握重要外语的人数. Pacific students may continue their study of Mandarin, 日本, 俄罗斯, 或阿拉伯语, or begin to learn one of the other 13 languages offered by the program, provided they can present strong academic and professional reasons for doing so.
国家的最后期限: 11月中旬.