Critical Language Scholarship Program | CLS Program Timeline
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CLS Program Timeline

Summer Language Institutes & CLS Spark 

September/October Application opens Application webinars for advisors
November Application closes Recommendations due
December Round 1 reading begins
December/January Round 1 reading closes Round 2 reading begins
January/February Semifinalists notified Round 2 selection panels
March Finalists notified
March - May Alternates promoted on a rolling basis
June Program begins Advisors receive program press releases
August

Program ends