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With a Boren Scholarship, you can study in and about areas of the world critical to U.S. national security where most U.S. students do not study.
You may not study in the U.S., or in Western Europe, Australia, Canada, or New Zealand on a Boren Scholarship.
| AFRICA | |
| Angola |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
| Congo | Cote d’Ivoire |
| Eritrea | Ethiopia |
| Kenya | Liberia |
| Nigeria | Rwanda |
| Sierra Leone | South Africa |
| Sudan | Tanzania |
| Uganda | Zimbabwe |
| East Asia and Pacific | |
| Burma |
Cambodia |
| China | Indonesia |
| Japan | Korea, North |
| Korea, South | Malaysia |
| Philippines | Taiwan |
| Thailand | Vietnam |
| Europe/Eurasia | |
| Albania | Armenia |
| Azerbaijan | Belarus |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria |
| Croatia | Czech Republic |
| Georgia | Hungary |
| Kazakhstan |
Kyrgyzstan |
| Macedonia |
Moldova |
| Poland |
Romania |
| Russia |
Serbia and Montenegro |
| Slovakia |
Slovenia |
| Tajikistan | Turkey |
| Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
| South Asia | |
| Afghanistan |
India |
| Pakistan | |
| Near and Middle East | |
| Algeria |
Bahrain |
| Egypt | Iran |
| Iraq |
Israel |
| Jordan |
Kuwait |
| Lebanon | Libya |
| Morocco | Oman |
| Qatar | Saudi Arabia |
| Syria | Tunisia |
| United Arab Emirates | Yemen |
| Latin America & the Caribbean | |
| Argentina | Brazil |
| Chile | Colombia |
| Cuba | El Salvador |
| Guatemala | Haiti |
| Honduras | Mexico |
| Nicaragua | Panama |
| Peru | Venezuela |
We welcome applications from students interested in countries that are not on this list if they make a compelling argument in their application that increased understanding and appreciation of a particular country or region represents an important contribution to U.S. national security.
State Department Travel Warnings
Boren Scholars may study in a country with a U.S. State Department Travel Warning if they are willing to sign a waiver. If the student is selected to receive an award to go to a country with a travel warning, his or her university must attest that it has considered the travel warning, supports the program in that country, and such support is consistent with its regular policies. Students planning to apply for study in one of these countries should check with their study abroad offices to see what the university policy is.
Information about active travel warnings is available on the State Department website.