Boren Awards Info Session
Fund Your Language Study and Launch Your Career
Event Details
Date
Friday, October 9, 2026
Time
Noon-1 p.m.
Location
Study Abroad Resource Center (3rd Floor Red Gym), Armory and Gymnasium (Red Gym)
Description
Do you study or want to learn a less commonly taught language? Boren Awards can give you up to $25,000 to study a critical language abroad!
Awardees complete a study abroad program with intensive language training. Post-award, they commit to at least one year of federal service, and receive special hiring preference for many federal jobs.
Join us to learn more about the Boren Awards, tips on applying, and to ask questions directly to a Boren representative. Pizza will be served!
Awardees complete a study abroad program with intensive language training. Post-award, they commit to at least one year of federal service, and receive special hiring preference for many federal jobs.
Join us to learn more about the Boren Awards, tips on applying, and to ask questions directly to a Boren representative. Pizza will be served!
Cost
Free
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-8753 or email advisor@languageinstitute.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, September 25, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.