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The Boren Awards provide funding for intensive study of a language critical to national security in countries outside the U.S., Western Europe, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Preference is given to applicants proposing overseas language programs of at least 25 weeks’ duration.
Language: Boren Scholars and Fellows study a wide range of critical languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, and Swahili. Boren Awards are available to students of all proficiency levels who are committed to enhancing their skills.
Boren Awards Preferred Languages:
African Languages Akan/Twi Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bambara Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Cantonese |
Croatian Czech Gan Georgian Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Japanese Javanese Kannada |
Kazakh Khmer (Cambodian) Korean Kurdish Kyrgyz Lingala Macedonian Malay Malayalam Moldovan Nepali Pashto Persian |
Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Swahili Tagalog Tajik Tamil |
Telegu Thai Turken Turkish Uighur Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Wolof Yoruba Zulu |
Culture: Boren Scholars and Fellows from diverse fields of study immerse themselves in the cultures in world regions underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Boren Awards Preferred Countries:
Albania |
Congo
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Jordan
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Mozambique Nepal Nicaragua Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Rwanda Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan |
Tanzania
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Service: Boren Awards alumni are committed to public service, working in positions critical to U.S. national security throughout the Federal Government, which includes, but is not limited to the following:
Central Intelligence Agency Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy |
Department of Homeland Security Department of State Federal Bureau of Investigation USAID |
A campus nomination is not required for this award, but prospective applicants are urged to consult with the UTEP Office of Student Fellowships and Awards several months in advance of the national deadline if seeking assistance.