Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards

Andrew M. Hemm Awards for Excellence

First given in 2000-2001, the Andrew M. Hemm Awards recognize outstanding student performance in the study of Chinese and Japanese.

• Andrew M. Hemm Awards for Excellence

Boardman Family Study Abroad Endowment Fund

The Boardman Family Study Abroad Endowment Fund supports students who travel to East Asia for study abroad and internship opportunities.

• Boardman Family Study Abroad Endowment Fund

Boren Scholarships for Undergraduates

Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.

• Boren Scholarships for Undergraduates

Bridging Scholarships

The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations, through donations to the nonprofit US-Japan Bridging Foundation, makes it possible to award about 100 scholarships each year to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year.

• Bridging Scholarships

China Scholarship Special Program

This special scholarship program, set up by the Chinese government, is intended to attract outstanding American students, undergraduates and graduates alike, to study in China.

• China Scholarship Special Program

Critical Language Scholarships

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers fully-funded summer language institutes for U.S. university students and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

• Critical Language Scholarships

Gilman International Scholarship

The Gilman Scholarship Program provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide.

• Gilman International Scholarship

I-Hsiung Ju and Chow-Soon Chuang Ju Endowment for Traditional Chinese Art Studies

The Ju Endowment is a permanently endowed fund providing support for students who travel to China or Taiwan to study traditional Chinese art in brush painting and calligraphy in either a university approved program or as an apprentice to an artist.

• I-Hsiung Ju and Chow-Soon Chuang Ju Endowment for Traditional Chinese Art Studies

Kathryn Davis Fellows for Peace

Established in 2007, the Fellows for Peace awards cover tuition, room, and board for one summer in any of the 11 Language Schools at any level of study.

• Kathryn Davis Fellows for Peace

M. Daniel Miller III and Phoebe T. Miller Endowment

A permanently endowed fund at Washington and Lee University, provides financial assistance to undergraduate students planning to study abroad.

• M. Daniel Miller III and Phoebe T. Miller Endowment

Postgraduate Grants and Fellowships

Funding for postgraduate work including the prestigious Fulbright and Monbukagakusho Scholarships and the Boren Fellowship.

• Postgraduate Grants and Fellowships