Apply now for full scholarships for high schoolers who wish to study abroad in the near future. for summer or year. Application deadlines are approaching. NSLI-Y deadline is November 4th. (2022 graduates may apply for summer.)
Jointly funded and managed by the U.S. and German governments, the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) program provides 350 scholarships for American high school students, high school graduates in vocational fields, and young professionals for an academic year home-stay program. 250 American high school scholarship recipients will serve as "youth ambassadors" from the United States while attending a German high school and participating in educational, cultural, and civic events, including receptions and meetings with U.S. and German government officials. (For students who are residents of Montgomery County, TN, there is a special $8,000 Edelweiss Scholarship to study in Germany or Austria. If two applicants, the $8,000 may be split. See http://www.afsusa.org/scholarships-Tennessee).
The CBYX high school program is administered regionally by four well-established international exchange organizations. Connect with your regional CBYX exchange organization by visiting our website. AFS-USA implements the CBYX program for Americans applying from the following states: CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT, but students from Tennessee may still apply. AFS will not be doing the paper work. For more information, contact the AFS-USA CBYX staff at 646-751-2161 or cbyx@afsusa.org.
Details about eligibility, the application timeline and more information about the program can be found at http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org.
A program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program awards merit-based scholarships to high school students for participation in summer and academic year immersion programs in locations where the eight NSLI-Y languages are spoken. Languages include Arabic, Indonesian, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian, and Turkish. NSLI-Y immerses participants in the cultural life of the host country, giving them formal and informal language practice and sparking a lifetime interest in foreign languages and cultures.
Details about eligibility, the application timeline and more information about the program can be found at http://www.nsliforyouth.org. (Deadline for application is November 4th, 2021.)
A program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad (YES) Abroad program offers full scholarships for American high school students to study for one academic year in select countries of strategic importance. Countries include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, North Macedonia, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, and Turkey. The U.S. Department of State reserves the right to amend the country list at any time. Details about eligibility, the application timeline and more information about the program can be found at http://www.yes-abroad.org. (Deadline for application is December 8th, 2021.)
The local contact here in The Miss Tennky Area AFS PR Team (www.afsusa.org/misstennky/) for study abroad is christina.pettinelli@afsusa.org or 315-525-7182.
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