03/19/07
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
Posted by Jessica on March 19, 2007 in Academics, Scholarship Opportunities
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is pleased to announce a new undergraduate scholarship opportunity for Summer 2007. With a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, SEASSI will offer 20 scholarships to undergraduates to attend SEASSI 2007, an intensive summer language program offering instruction in nine languages of
Southeast Asia: Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese. Summer 2007 program will be held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus; program dates are June 18 through August 10, 2007. Students receive two semesters of academic credit for language study at SEASSI. The scholarship provides payment of tuition, fees, and an $1,800 living stipend for the 8-week SEASSI program. A very modest travel supplement, ranging from $0 to $200 depending on the student’s travel expenses, may also be included in the scholarship. By funding intensive Southeast Asian language study for top academic undergraduate students, these awards are meant to strengthen the U.S. national capacity for Southeast Asia area specialists, and foster the development of new scholars in Southeast Asian studies.
The application deadline for the SEASSI Undergraduate Scholars competition is April 16, 2007. Award announcements will be made by May 1, 2007. Application and program information are available from:
http://seassi.wisc.edu
