Dear Colleagues,  

We are delighted to announce that the application for the U.S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! We welcome your students to apply now to study a critical language next summer on a fully funded overseas or virtual language program. 

The application is available online at: https://clscholarship.org/apply 

Applications are due Tuesday, November 15, 2022, by 8:00 PM ET/5 PM PT. 

As we shared in our email on Tuesday, we have created a host of resources to assist as you advise students, I have included them again here. You can also find them under advisor resources on our website.  

• Templates for outreach to students and other campus stakeholders 
• Application tip videos for the CLS Program (overseas institutes) and CLS Spark (virtual program) 
• PDF of the application form for the CLS Program (overseas institutes)  
• PDF of the application form for CLS Spark (virtual program) 
• CLS Program general information session slides (PDF)  
• Social media templates (offered through Canva) 
• CLS Program application worksheet and CLS Spark application worksheet for students (Word documents) 
• Best practices from our advisor community 
• Request form to have physical materials sent to your campus 

The CLS Program will host frequent webinars, Q&A sessions, and alumni panels for students and advisors over the next few weeks. We encourage advisors to share these opportunities with their students. By providing frequent webinars, we hope to accommodate a variety of campus and individual student schedules. A full calendar of events and corresponding registration links is available on our web site: https://clscholarship.org/events. 

We also invite you to attend CLS advisor office hours tomorrow at 1 PM ET to ask us any questions. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to assist you and your students.  

Sincerely,  

Caitlin Ting
Assistant Manager, Outreach & Selection
clsadvisors@americancouncils.org