Eligible Language Programs

The Blakemore Foundation awards grants for study only at specific language programs as noted below. No grants are available for study within the United States.

Applicants for Blakemore language grants must apply to both the language program desired and to the Blakemore Foundation. Each language program has its own separate due dates and forms, which may be found on its website. Managing this process is solely the applicant's responsibility.

Japanese

The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama, Japan (the “IUC”)

We do not fund Japanese language study at any other institution.

Chinese

A grant for study at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, also known as the “IUP Chinese Center”, is available only through the Blakemore Fellowship program. A recipient of a Blakemore Fellowship is a Blakemore Fellow.

For study at International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan (the “ICLP”), we award Blakemore Freeman Fellowships. Recipients of Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for all languages are Blakemore Freeman Fellows.

Click here for a YouTube video on the ICLP program that includes an interview with Jing Cao, a 2015 Blakemore Freeman Fellow.

The application program on our website may be used for both fellowship programs. Eligibility requirements are the same for both programs.

We only fund Chinese language study at the IUP or the ICLP.

Korean

Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at Sungkyunkwan University
Seoul National University
Sogang University

We will consider study at other language programs in South Korea on a case-by-case basis during the application review process.

Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese

Approval of language programs for study of select languages of SE Asia will be considered on an individual basis during the application review process.

Private Tutorial Programs

If there is no appropriate advanced-level language program available in a country, an applicant may propose a program combining study in an language program at a university supplemented by private tutorials. If no language program exists at all in the country, an applicant may propose a program of full-time tutorials. We ask that applicants considering study via these methods contact us at contactus@blakemorefoundation.org to discuss their application.