The Institute Of International Education will be upgrading its internet capabilities this Wednesday, December 3rd. As part of this upgrade, the 2009 Boren Scholarship application will not be available for 8 hours starting at 8:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 3, 2008. We apologize if this causes any inconveniences to you as you prepare your application. The Boren Awards website, www.borenawards.org and Boren Fellowships application will not be affected.