Critical Language Scholarship
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, this award offers intensive summer language institutes overseas in eleven critical need foreign languages. The Critical Language Scholarship Program is part of the National Security Language Initiative, a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages.
2026 Honorees
The decision process for this award is ongoing. Award statuses (nominee, finalist, alternate, recipient) are not yet final and will continue to be updated here.
Yubraj Bastola
Business Administration
Award Status: Nominee
Grayden Blakeman
Environmental Design
Award Status: Nominee
Aidan Cioppa
Computer Engineering; Linguistics
Award Status: Nominee
Ori Edgar
Jewish Studies; Philosophy
Award Status: Nominee
Janae Ellis
Asian Studies
Award Status: Nominee
Alishba Khan
Urban and Public Policy Studies
Award Status: Nominee
Dora Lei
Management Information Systems
Award Status: Nominee
Melodie Loya
Psychology
Award Status: Nominee
Emerance Ndanga
Law
Award Status: Nominee
Tiffany Ni
Business Administration
Award Status: Nominee
Mario Robinson
Studio Art
Award Status: Nominee
Amaliarys Mora Sanabria
English
Award Status: Nominee
Bonnie Zhang
Business Administration
Award Status: Nominee