The Blakemore Foundation Asian Language Fellowships supports an academic year of advanced language study at an approved intensive full-time language programs in East and SE Asia. It provides full tuition and a stipend for travel, living and study expenses. Applications are due by December 30, 2025 with grants awarded in late March/early April 2026 for study beginning in the 2026/2027 academic year.
Learn more on the website, and access the online application here. The online application portal can be accessed here.
Eligibility: Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are pursuing a professional, business, or academic career that involves the regular use of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, or Khmer. Superior candidates in fields such as academia, STEM, environmental studies, international business, accounting, law, medicine, journalism, architecture, teaching, social or NGO work, and government service are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility Requirements
• Be an American citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
• Be pursuing a professional, business, or academic career that involves the regular use of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, or Khmer.
• By the start of the grant, have (at minimum) a bachelor’s degree.
• Be at or near an advanced level in the language. By the start of the grant, applicants must have completed (at minimum) the third year of language classes at the college level, through formal classroom study at a college or university and/or in rigorous college-level language programs.
• Be able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time intensive language study during the term of the grant; grants are not made for part-time study or research.
2026 Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships are for advanced language study in China, Taiwan and Korea for individuals pursuing careers in Chinese or Korean art history prior to the 20th century.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada, or a foreign national studying at a college or university in the United States or Canada.
• Have demonstrated intent to pursue an academic career in Chinese or Korean art history prior to the 20th century.
• By the start of the grant, have (at minimum) a bachelor’s degree.
• By the start of the grant, applicants must have completed (at minimum) the second year of language classes at the college level, through formal classroom study in rigorous college-level language programs. Applicants who have completed only two years of language study may be expected to participate in an intensive summer program before the academic year.