Blakemore Foundation

Language Grants

• Blakemore Freeman Fellowships
• Blakemore Refresher Grants

Grants are highly competitive. In 2009, we were able to fund less than 6% of applicants.

The next deadline for applications is December 30, 2009. Grants will be awarded for study starting between June 2010 and May 2011.

Application materials are printed from this website.

• Grant Guidelines: Blakemore Freeman Fellowships
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• Grant Guidelines: Blakemore Refresher Grants
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• Application Form & Instructions
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• One Page Flyer on 2010 Grants
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Eligible Languages

Blakemore language grants are awarded for study of the principal modern languages of East and Southeast Asia.

Chinese	Japanese
Korean	Thai
Vietnamese	Indonesian
Khmer	Burmese

Consideration will be given to other East or Southeast Asian languages on an individual basis. Grants will not be made for the study of Asian languages not in current use.

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one year of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia in approved language programs.

To be eligible for a Blakemore Freeman Fellowship, an applicant must:

• Be pursuing an academic, professional or business career that involves the regular use of a modern East or Southeast Asian language

• Have a college undergraduate degree

• Be at or near an advanced level in the language as defined in the grant guidelines (Minimum requirement is 3 years of study of the language at college level or equivalent fluency)

• Able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time language study during the term of the grant. Grants are not made for part-time study or research.

• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States

FAQ: What is a "professional" career?  Law, medicine, journalism, science, engineering, architecture, social work, NGO or government service, etc. are all eligible.

Blakemore Refresher Grants

Blakemore Refresher Grants are made for periods less than one academic year (minimum of two months).

Applicants for Refresher Grants must meet all the eligibility requirements for Blakemore Freeman Fellowships, and be a member of one of the following groups:

• Former Blakemore Freeman Fellows;
• Professors who are teaching in an Asian field at a university or college in the United States and post-doctoral professionals whose degree is in an Asian field;
• Graduates of the regular academic-year programs at the IUC in Yokohama, Japan, the IUP at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and the ICLP at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan.