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The applications for 2021 Boren Scholarships and Fellowships, including the Flagship Language Initiatives, are now CLOSED.

Please check the Boren Awards website for information on 2021 awards and preparation for 2022!

Deadline to apply for Boren Fellowship was: January 27, 2021

Deadline to apply to Boren Scholarship was: February 3, 2021

The South Asian Flagship Languages Initiative (SAFLI) is a special initiative of the Boren Awards for International Study offering awardees the opportunity for intensive language study of Hindi and Urdu and for cultural immersion by participating in domestic and overseas language programs. Participants in SAFLI may start with no language proficiency through advanced proficiency in Hindi and/or Urdu. The SAFLI program is administered through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Please read the information below and follow the links on the right for further information. Contact the SAFLI office in Madison with questions: saflagship@southasia.wisc.edu

SAFLI students participate in a full-time domestic summer program offered at UW-Madison through SASLI. Students will then travel abroad to Jaipur (Hindi) and Lucknow (Urdu) for a full-time 2021 fall semester of language and culture study. Requests for additional study through the 2022 spring semester can be made to Boren during the application process. All participants must complete both the summer domestic and fall abroad programs.

In addition to full-time language courses, students will have tutors, language conversation tables (summer), homestays (fall), and cultural excursions to help ensure that language goals are being met. Details on these additional benefits will be provided at the start of each program in summer and fall.

Interested? Here’s how to apply!

Please review the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI) website for more detailed information, tips, and resources for last year’s Summer 2020 program.

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  • SAFLI FAQ More
SAFLI students in Jaipur, India

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  • B488 Medical Sciences Center
    1300 University Avenue
    Madison, WI 53706
  • Email: saflagship@southasia.wisc.edu
  • Phone: 608.263.3981
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