Outbound Sponsored Programs
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- Promotional flyer of Outbound Sponsored Programs Scholarship Opportunities form the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
- Download AFS OSP Promotional Flyer PDF
- For questions about this document, please contact Eva Crawford (contact details below)
- Download AFS OSP Promotional Flyer PDF
- Summary of Outbound Sponsored Programs Scholarship Opportunities from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
- Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX): The CBYX program was launched in 1983 by the U.S. Congress and the German Parliament. CBYX is a full scholarship program for American high school and gap-year students to study abroad for a year in Germany. Congress-Bundestag scholars serve as youth ambassadors of the United States, sharing their life and culture with their German hosts and local government officials.
- To learn more, please visit http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org.
- Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program (YES Abroad): YES Abroad is an innovative cultural high school student exchange program between Americans and countries with significant Muslim populations. Scholarships are available for up to a year of study in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Thailand and Turkey.
- To learn more, please visit http://www.yesprograms.org.
- National Security Language Initiative (NSLI-Y): NSLI-Y is a unique program that teaches languages not commonly available in U.S. high schools. This program gives students formal and informal opportunities to learn critical languages in countries where these languages are spoken. Summer and year-long programs are available for Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Persian (Tajik), Russian and Turkish.
- To learn more, please visit http://www.NSLIforYouth.org.
- Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX): The CBYX program was launched in 1983 by the U.S. Congress and the German Parliament. CBYX is a full scholarship program for American high school and gap-year students to study abroad for a year in Germany. Congress-Bundestag scholars serve as youth ambassadors of the United States, sharing their life and culture with their German hosts and local government officials.
- Summary of Outbound Sponsored Programs Diversity Scholarship Programs through AFS-USA partnerships with Community Based Organizations
- AFS-USA Faces of America Diversity Scholarships (FoA): FoA is the signature diversity scholarship program of AFS Intercultural Programs/USA. FoA provides high achieving, low-income students with a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Through Faces of America, students from underserved communities engage in summer, semester and year-long international exchange opportunities that allow them to experience life from within a new culture. FoA participants acquire the skills and networks that will help them become part of an emerging global workforce. By partnering closely with community based organizations to help identify the best and brightest students from underserved populations, FoA makes it possible for these highly motivated students to live and learn in another country.
- To learn more, please visit http://www.afsusa.org/donate/faces-of-america, and reference the below documents.
- About FoA
- FoA Student Profile
- FoA Student Testimonials
- To learn more, please visit http://www.afsusa.org/donate/faces-of-america, and reference the below documents.
- AFS-USA Faces of America Diversity Scholarships (FoA): FoA is the signature diversity scholarship program of AFS Intercultural Programs/USA. FoA provides high achieving, low-income students with a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Through Faces of America, students from underserved communities engage in summer, semester and year-long international exchange opportunities that allow them to experience life from within a new culture. FoA participants acquire the skills and networks that will help them become part of an emerging global workforce. By partnering closely with community based organizations to help identify the best and brightest students from underserved populations, FoA makes it possible for these highly motivated students to live and learn in another country.
- For more more information about Outbound Sponsored Programs, please contact:
- Outbound Sponsored Programs Program Coordinator
- Outbound Sponsored Programs Project Coordinator
- Outbound Sponsored Programs Specialist for YES Abroad and CBYX
- Outbound Sponsored Programs Specialist for NSLI-Y
- Marilyn Stotts
- [mailto: MStotts@afs.org MStotts@afs.org]
- Marilyn Stotts
- Outbound Sponsored Programs Specialist for Faces of America
- Outbound Sponsored Programs Director
- For information on Inbound Sponsored Programs, go to: Sponsored Programs for Hosting
