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Critical Language Scholarships Deadline: November 18, 8 pm ET

Heidi Greenwald / / Study Abroad, Summer Program

The application for the U.S. Department of State’s 2026 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! American undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply for this funded immersive summer study abroad opportunity.  The CLS Program provides immersive summer programs for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States’ national security and economic prosperity. Through intensive language instruction and structured cultural activities, participants receive the equivalent of one year of language study in eight weeks. 

The following languages are offered in 2026:

  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Hindi
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Persian
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Swahili

Apply Now: https://www.clscholarship.org/apply 
Deadline: Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 8:00 PM ET
Questions? Please contact: cls@americancouncils.org

Check out the CLS website for more information.  

Truman Scholarship Open House (Zoom) on Wed. 10/8/25 at 2pm ET

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships, Graduate School Funding

The Truman Foundation will host an Open House for the 2026 application cycle this Wednesday, October 8 at 2:00 pm ET.

Please join at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82794740954?pwd=zXJmLzlJPBZ6tuFISG7zmaQfyYgozQ.1

The Open House is a great opportunity to get basic information about the scholarship as well as hear from recent scholars about their experience. The session is appropriate for 2026 applicants as well as potential applicants. This Open House features Truman Scholars discussing the program and what they look for in our Scholars. Check it out! The Open House will be recorded and posted on the Truman website for those who can’t make it. Applications for Truman Scholarship nomination due on Nov. 10. Visit go.middlebury.edu/truman for more information! Juniors, this is for you!

Gilman Program Now Accepting Applications – Deadline Oct 3, 11:59 pm PST

Heidi Greenwald / / Fellowships, STEM, Study Abroad

The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (Gilman) Program is pleased to launch the October 2025 application cycle today with a deadline of Friday, October 3, 2025, at 11:59pm PST. The Gilman Program supports American undergraduate students with high financial need to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills and experiences that advance their career development and expand their professional opportunities and networks that they bring back to their home communities, thereby contributing to a more prosperous United States.

The Gilman Program offers scholarships of up to $5,000 to Pell Grant recipients participating in credit-bearing abroad programs in locations with Level 1 or Level 2 Travel Advisories, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel.html). Eligible study abroad programs or internships must start between December 1, 2025, and October 31, 2026. 

Students studying critical foreign languages may be eligible to receive an additional award of up to $3,000. For more information, please visit:  https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/program/critical-need-languages/  

The STEM Supplemental Award provides up to $1,000 in additional funds for students conducting STEM-related field coursework and internships abroad as part of their overseas program. Students may apply for these supplemental funding opportunities as part of the Gilman or Gilman-McCain application. For more information on the STEM Supplemental Award, please visit:  https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/program/stem-supplemental-award/

The Gilman Program is proud to continue its global partnerships to provide additional scholarships to students studying in Germany, Portugal, and Taiwan (https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/program/gilman-partners/). Students interested in applying should do so through the general application process. 

Award notification in December 2025. 

Please email Gilmanadvisors@iie.org with questions or reach out to Middlebury campus advisor Stacey Theobodo (sthebodo@middlebury.edu)

Congratulations to Middlebury’s Kellogg Fellowship Winners

Heidi Greenwald / / Fellowships, Research

Six students have received Middlebury’s Kellogg Fellowship, awarded to highly motivated students engaging in areas of humanistic study. The $5000 fellowship supports research for senior work related to a student’s major program of study. 2025 winners include: 

  • Greta Costello, ‘26, for “Catherine of Cleves”
  • Hannah Elefante, ‘25.5, for “I Partigiani a Firenze: The Florentine Resistance in World War II
  • Madeleine Kaptein, ‘25.5, for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922): Horror and Historical Anxieties in Innovative Art”
  • Elliote Muir, ‘25.5, for “Carrying the Flag: Tracing the Modernization of the Explorers Club Through Adventures of Past and Present”
  • Charlotte Roberts, ‘25.5, for “To Be At Risk: Telling the Colrain Story and Learning from a History of Resistance”
  • Sajia Yaqouby, ‘25.5,  for “Visualizing Poetry: A Comparative Study of 19th-Century Kashmiri Manuscripts of Hafiz’s Divan”

Learn more about the Kellogg Fellowship at go/kellogg

Harvard’s Scholarship and Social Justice Conference – Submissions Open Mid-Dec. 

Heidi Greenwald / / Conference, Conference

The Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship at Harvard College will host the annual Scholarship and Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference in April 2025. This conference is an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students who are conducting research on social challenges impacting underrepresented groups. The goal – to create a platform for students to share insights, connect with peers, and engage with faculty and experts in the field. Students from all years are welcome to apply.

Learn more about applying by filling out this interest form. Conference details available on their website.