12.555: English for Heritage Language Speakers Scholarships
Alternate Name: EHLS Program
Overview
Program Number
12.555
Status
Inactive
Agency
Last Modified
June 4, 2021
Date Posted
Sept. 5, 2019
Objective
The English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS) program is designed to provide intensive English language instruction for U. S. citizens who are native speakers of critical languages. The goal of the program is to enable participants to reach professional working proficiency in English, as measured by the federal Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level 3 and/or the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) superior level. The program equips participants with the ability to read, write, speak, and listen at a superior level in an effort to build a critical base of future leaders to serve in the federal government service and the broader professional community.
Type of Assistance
B - Project Grants (including individual awards)
Applicant Eligibility
Currently, the program is administered at Georgetown University in Washington, DC through a contract.
Beneficiary Eligibility
(1) Must be a U.S. citizen at the time of application; (2) Must have a minimum proficiency in English of advanced low (as defined by ACTFL) or level 2 (as defined by ILR); (3) must also possess excellent skills in your heritage/native language (ILR level 3/ACTFL superior language proficiency or higher in all modalities of English; (4) Must have received at least an undergraduate degree by the time of application; and (5) may not be a current U.S. government employee. Eligible native languages of interest are updated annually, a list of which is available on the program web site.
Related Programs
Grant Awards
English for Heritage Language Speakers Scholarships direct grants
Grant Opportunities