The deadline to apply for the 2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is November 15, 2011.

CLS is a U.S. Department of State program offering intensive overseas summer language institutes in 13 critical foreign languages. CLS institutes provide fully funded, group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. students. Summer language institutes are seven to ten weeks long and are only open to U.S. citizens.

Programs are offered for the following languages and levels:

• Arabic and Persian: Advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels;
• Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, and Urdu: Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels;
• Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: Intermediate and advanced levels.

For more information about the CLS Program or to apply, visit the CLS website. The CLS Program is administered by American Councils for International Education and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

The 2012 CLS institutes may be in the following countries: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, or others where the target languages are spoken.