Boren Scholarship

Overview

The Boren Scholarship provides funding to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Boren Scholars represent many academic fields but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages. Successful candidates will be able to relate their career goals, as well as country and language choice to U.S. national security broadly defined. Applicants must demonstrate interest in government service, also broadly defined. The award is for a period of one semester or one academic year and includes $8,000 for a summer program (special initiative for STEM students only; eight weeks minimum), $10,000 for a semester and $20,000 for a full academic year.

Deadline

External Deadline: February

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years of age by the national application deadline.
  • Be matriculated in an undergraduate degree program at an accredited U.S. institution for the duration of the program. 
  • Be planning an overseas program in a country of which they are not a citizen and that is outside of Western Europe, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

How to Apply

Campus Contact

Past Award Recipients and Honorees

Year

 

Name

 

Award

 

Field of Study

 

Hometown

 

Language

 

2023 Nels Otterson Recipient English and Political Science    

2021

 

Dalanda Jalloh

 

Recipient

 

Social Science Interdisciplinary

 

Brooklyn, NY

 

French

 

2020

 

Alisa Delaj

 

Recipient

 

Mechanical Engineering

 

Yonkers, NY

 

Korean

 

2020

 

Carmila Stafford 

 

Recipient

 

Linguistics

 

Orchard Park, NY

 

Japanese

 

2017

 

Kayleigh Hamernik

 

Recipient

 

Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

 

Syracuse, NY

 

Hindi

 

2017

 

Hanna Santanam

 

Recipient

 

English and Anthropology

 

Manlius, NY

 

Hindi

 

2016

 

Kayleigh Reed

 

Recipient

 

Asian Studies and English

 

Westfield, NY

 

Urdu

 

2015

 

Casey Rothberg

 

Recipient

 

Economics

 

Beacon, NY

 

Chinese

 

2012

 

Sarah Boerschig

 

Recipient

 

Asian Studies and History

 

Buffalo, NY

 

Japanese