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.

2024 Honorees

Hemanta Adhikari

Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary

Award Status: Nominee

Luke Bodmer

Computational and Data Enabled Sciences

Award Status: Nominee

Anthony Casseri

International Studies

Award Status: Nominee

Thomas Dias

Economics; Philosophy; Political Science

Award Status: Nominee

Anna Givens

Anthropology

Award Status: Finalist

Noah Harvey

Political Science

Award Status: Nominee

Nyia Meyers

Linguistics

Award Status: Nominee

Rae Miller

Sociology; Spanish

Award Status: Nominee

Nels Otterson

English; Political Science

Award Status: Nominee

Tino Piccini

Political Science

Award Status: Nominee

Ryan Rohrbach

Political Science; International Studies

Award Status: Finalist

Jessica Selleck

Language Education and Multilingualism

Award Status: Nominee

Fiona Serrano

English; History

Award Status: Nominee

Mohammed Chowdhury Showrov

Anthropology; Asian Studies

Award Status: Nominee

Daniel Zea

Studio Art

Award Status: Nominee