Boren Scholarships fund students to study abroad for an academic year or a semester, and students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields can even be funded for the summer. 

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Boren Fellows design their own programs.  Study of a foreign language appropriate to the identified country or region must be an integral part of the proposal, and, in addition, Fellows can also do overseas academic study, research (either master’s or Ph.D. level), an academic internship, or any combination of those elements.  Boren Fellows can be funded for 12 weeks to one year overseas, and may also receive additional funding for domestic language study.  While longer study overseas can be more compelling, the length of the fellowship will generally be guided by the project itself and the amount of time that will be needed to complete it. 

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The Boren Scholarship and Fellowship require applicants to submit an itemized budget as part of the application.  While the scholarship and fellowship differ slightly, both budgets should include expenses such as tuition, living costs, books, supplies, equipment, travel, and insurance.  Actual award amounts will be determined by each individual budget and the length of the project. 

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Kristina Rosales was already fluent in English, Spanish, and Russian, and she possessed French language skills, when she accepted the Boren Scholarship to study in Brazil.  Before being awarded a 2008 Boren Scholarship, Kristina studied Portuguese for two years as an undergraduate student at the University of Miami, while majoring in international affairs and Latin American studies.  The growing cultural and political influence of Brazil as a prominent South American country, as well as her personal interest in U.S.-Latin American relations, compelled Kristina to study Portuguese and the economic and political relationship of Brazil with the United States.

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"As a scholar and practitioner in the conflict resolution field, I chose to study in the Republic of Tajikistan for several reasons.  Tajik society has experienced an extended period of “fragile peace” for over 10 years.  Many scholars wonder how this peace continues to sustain itself, given the plentitude of destabilizing factors plaguing this country, including corrupt governance, unemployment and labor migration among young men, and an increasing rate of drug, arms and human trafficking from South Asia to Europe.  As a central front in the struggle to reduce support for extremism in the global war on terror, Tajikistan has strong relevance to U.S. national security."

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