David L. Boren Awards for International Study

The application deadline for the Boren Fellowships is approaching this Thursday, January 29th.  Please make sure you completed the application online and send us your supplementary application materials by the 29th.
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The Boren Fellowship deadline is now two weeks away – January 29, 2009. Please see the completed application checklist at http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship/how_apply.html to ensure that all required elements of the application are submitted by the deadline.   The online application includes three letters of reference and an optional language proficiency form. At any time, you can login to the application and see what t...
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The University of Minnesota, Morris ranks third, among colleges that award bachelor’s degrees, in the percentage of students who participate in a study abroad experience during college, according to the recent “Open Doors Report 2008” study by The Institute of International Education. Other colleges named in the same category are St. Olaf College (10th) Concordia College – Moorhead, (18th), Carleton College (21st), and Macalest...
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As we get closer to the Boren Fellowship application deadline, here are a few tips for writing your proposal.  A Boren Fellowship proposal may include one or more of the following elements: 1. Pure language study: An applicant may propose to conduct a course of language study, domestically and/or overseas. If an applicant proposes to use the Fellowship by concentrating on language, he or she must clearly articulate how the knowledge ...
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The deadline for the Boren Scholarship application is February 11, 2009, and you should contact your campus representative for your earlier on-campus deadline. There are a number of steps required to complete the application by the national deadline.  The Boren Scholarship includes the online application, as well as a number of supplementary materials that should be gathered, given to the Boren campus representative, and sent to I...
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Happy New Year! As you know, the deadline for the Boren Fellowship application is January 29, 2009. There are a number of steps required to complete the application by the deadline.   Online Application Components Most of the Boren Fellowship application is completed online.   1. Project Proposal – Boren Fellowship applicants design their own proposals, and there is a lot of flexibility allowed. Applicants should see the ...
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