David L. Boren Awards for International Study

These forms are required for your application to be complete by the application deadline but, you can submit your online application before these are completed. You can go back and check these references after you have submitted your application. 

The Boren Fellowship application requires that three letters of references be submitted by the application deadline. All references should be entered and submitted online.  

In addition, the online application includes an optional language proficiency form. If you have not yet begun study of the proposed language, your application should not include the language proficiency form.  

Remember to contact your referees and evaluators before entering them into the online system.

1. From the online application, proceed to Reference and Language Proficiency Forms, located on the left side navigation.
   
   
2. Click on Add New Reference  
   
   
3. Complete Reference Information and click on Save Reference
   
   
4. Repeat these steps for your other two referees.  
   
   
5. Select the referees’ names and click on Send Referee Auto-generated email. The referee will then get an email from Boren with directions for completing the online reference.
   
   
6. Follow the same directions for the language proficiency form section of the page. Remember that you cannot enter a language evaluator until you have selected a language in the program information section of the application.  
   
   
7. Periodically check your reference list to see if the referees have completed the reference. You may edit referee information any time before the reference has been completed.  As the applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that all letters and evaluations are completed.

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