SHAPE YOUR PLAN  

Overview

Boren Fellowships provide support for overseas or domestic study, or a combination of both. Your application for a Boren Fellowship will be more competitive if it includes a significant overseas component.

Most plans include a combination of coursework and independent research.  You'll be required to establish a relationship with an overseas institution and provide evidence of that affiliation in your application.

Your field of study, as well as the language and country you focus on, must have a clear connection with national security.

The plan you develop must include language study in a modern language other than English.

To help you develop a plan more likely to receive a Fellowship, work through the tabbed links on the right for more details on:

• Guidelines for foreign and/or domestic study*
• Organizing your program of study
• Preferred fields of study
• Preferred languages and how to evaluate a language program
• Preferred countries

* includes information on the Bridge Awards, from the National Bureau of Asian Research, for students planning study in Eurasia, South Asia or East Asia.