Deadline- 15 July 2013
All eligible applicants are invited to apply for English for Heritage Language Speakers Scholarship program supported by National Security Education Program (NSEP), part of the US Department of Defense.This program aims to train advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs.
Scholarship covers-
- all tuition and fees for the full 8 months of the program
- A living stipend of $3,600 per month for the first 6 months and $1,200 per month for the final 2 months of the program
- Reimbursement of up to $1,000 for costs of relocating to attend the program. This is offered to scholars moving from outside the metropolitan Washington, DC area only. Applicants must provide receipts or other proof of payment to receive reimbursement.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Be a United States citizen
- Be a native speaker of one of the following languages: Amharic, Arabic, Balochi, Bambara, Dari, Hausa, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Persian Farsi, Punjabi, Somali, Tajik, Tamashek, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, or Yoruba
- Have native language skills at Level 3 or higher on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale
- Have English language skills at level 2 or higher on the ILR scale
- Be able to use Microsoft Office 2010 software (Word, PowerPoint) and use the Internet to conduct research
- Have completed university-level or equivalent professional education at the bachelor’s level
- Be able to commit to full-time day-time study for 6 months at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, followed by 2 months of part-time online study
- Be completely separated from any position with the US government and any service in the US military as of the date when instruction begins
- Agree to fulfill a one-year service commitment with the US government
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