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are delighted to announce that the application</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> is now open</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> for the U. S. Department of State’s<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">2024</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="https://clscholarship.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA13315089-9481-e1fa-e64b-0cefade8d198" data-linkindex="0" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.5042px; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="margin:0px">Critical
Language Scholarship (CLS) Program</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">and
its virtual initiative,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://clscholarship.org/about/spark" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA064122b4-bbd8-284c-9da0-3d0c33126a38" data-linkindex="1" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.5042px; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="margin:0px">CLS
Spark</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">!
We welcome U.S. students </span></span><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">to
apply now to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://clscholarship.org/apply" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWAd87ede2b-3368-e817-f4ee-8eb18d155f84" data-linkindex="2" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="auto" style="font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">https://clscholarship.org/apply</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">.<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-weight:bold; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">The
deadline for applications is 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">14</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">,
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<span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-weight:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">The<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="auto" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-weight:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">CLS
Program</span></span><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px"> </span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">provides</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px"> intensive
language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Depending on language and level, U.S. students can either apply for the overseas CLS Program or<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">its
virtual initiative</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">, CLS Spark. The CLS Program offers in-person cohort-based programs at partner institutions abroad that<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">provide</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px"> instruction
at various levels for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students in<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">13</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px"> critical
languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">Japanese</span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1" style="margin: 0px; background-color: white;"><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Korean</span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; margin:0px">,
Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-weight:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<span lang="en-US" data-contrast="auto" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">The
CLS Program, through its CLS Spark initiative,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">provides</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> beginner-level
virtual instruction for Arabic, Chinese, and Russian for competitively selected U.S. undergraduate students whose home campuses do not offer these languages.<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">More
information on eligibility is available at:<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWAa953a369-3509-9eb8-2f4e-952971f6fbac" data-linkindex="3" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="auto" style="font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">The
CLS Program will host<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-weight:bold; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">webinars,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">Q&A
sessions,</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> and alumni panels</span></span><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> for
students and advisors throughout the fall. A full calendar with these events and corresponding registration links is available at:<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://clscholarship.org/events" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA5aaf7236-546b-1282-43ec-27a0051ac9a9" data-linkindex="4" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="auto" style="font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">https://clscholarship.org/events</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">. </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"> </span></p>
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CLS Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by American Councils for International Education. It is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of
Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security</span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">economic
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you have any questions, please contact the CLS Program team at:<span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:cls@americancouncils.org" id="OWA93a73ee6-fe4e-78ff-1569-1322efc46789" data-linkindex="5" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px; text-decoration:none"><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="auto" style="font-style:italic; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">cls@americancouncils.org</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" data-contrast="none" style="font-variant-ligatures:none!important; font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px">.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" class="x_x_ContentPasted1 x_ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; line-height:20.5042px; font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif; margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;">American Councils for International Education</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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