Blakemore Foundation: Blakemore Freeman Fellowships
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year of full-time, intensive language study at the advanced level in East or Southeast Asia in approved language programs.
Listing Details
Organization Name
Blakemore Foundation
Organization Mandate
Thomas and Frances Blakemore spent more than 50 years living and working in Japan. They established the Blakemore Foundation in 1990 to encourage Americans to develop greater fluency in Asian languages and to increase the understanding of Asian art in the United States.
Regions
Subcategory
Subject - funding opportunities
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese
Application deadline
December of each year
Amount of the award
Full tuition and tutoring fees.
Stipend for travel, living and study expenses.
Stipend for travel, living and study expenses.
Eligibility - nationality
United States
Eligibility
Pursuing a professional, business, technical or academic career that involves the regular use of a modern East or Southeast Asian language.
Hold college undergraduate degree.
At or near advanced level in the chosen East or Southeast Asian language.
Accepted into eligible language study program.
Able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time intensive language study during the term of the grant.
Hold college undergraduate degree.
At or near advanced level in the chosen East or Southeast Asian language.
Accepted into eligible language study program.
Able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time intensive language study during the term of the grant.