Critical Language Scholarship
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, this award offers intensive summer language institutes overseas in eleven critical need foreign languages. The Critical Language Scholarship Program is part of the National Security Language Initiative, a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages.
2025 Honorees
Emily Acosta Cabrera
Linguistics
Award Status: Nominee
Anthony Casseri
Social Science Interdisciplinary - International Studies
Award Status: Nominee
Sam Coniglio
English for Speakers of Other Languages
Award Status: Nominee
Anna Givens
Anthropology
Award Status: Recipient
Fernando Jauregui
History
Award Status: Nominee
Riley Kane
Criminology
Award Status: Nominee
Jeronimo Silva Lugo
Global Affairs
Award Status: Nominee
Nyia Meyers
Linguistics
Award Status: Nominee
Colin Newcomb
Computer Science
Award Status: Nominee
Joy Ntiranyibagira
Public Health
Award Status: Nominee
Afifa Oyfa
Business Administration
Award Status: Nominee
Nicholas Sarris
History
Award Status: Nominee
Fiona Serrano
English; Global Gender Studies; History
Award Status: Recipient
Zachary Shannon
History; Political Science
Award Status: Nominee
Tony Szykowny
Computer Science
Award Status: Nominee
Brandon Yi
Geographic Information Science
Award Status: Nominee
Ahsanul Zubair
Engineering Management
Award Status: Nominee