Scholarship / Fellowship Opportunities for MACS Students


National Security Education Program David Boren Fellowship
Valpo's MACS students are eligible to apply for the National Security Education Program David Boren Fellowship, which enables them to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. NSEP supports students studying languages, cultures, and world regions such as Chinese. Boren Fellowships are intended to support U.S. graduate students who will pursue the study of languages and cultures deemed critical to U.S. national security, and who are highly motivated by the opportunity to work in the federal government.

For those students who have an advanced-level proficiency in Chinese, please note that you are eligible for support under the Boren Fellowship to participate in a National Flagship Overseas Program.

For more information about these opportunities, please visit: www.iie.org/programs/nsep/graduate/default.htm

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships fund a year of advanced study of an Asian language in Asia for American citizens and permanent residents of the United States who have a college degree and who plan to use an Asian language in their careers. Please visit http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/language.htm for grant guidelines and eligibility requirements. Application forms can be printed from this website. For 2008 grants, study must start between June 2008 and May 2009. The next postmark deadline for applications will be December 30, 2007.

Blakemore Refresher Grants
Blakemore Refresher Grants are short-term grants available to former Blakemore Fellows, professors who are teaching in an Asian field at a university or college in the United States whose degree is in an Asian field, post-doctoral professionals whose degree is in an Asian field, and graduates of the regular academic-year programs at IUC-Yokohama, IUP-Beijing, and the ICLP-Taipei. Please visit http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/Refresher.htm for further information. Application forms can be printed from this website. Applications from former Blakemore Fellows may be submitted for consideration at any time and are reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis.