The U.S. government is attempting to increase the amount of Americans studying and learning specific languages fluently, as it offers a competitive scholarship that helps students study abroad as well as learning a new language. This scholarship is called the Critical Language Scholarship, which gives several students to opportunity to master a foreign language at summer language institutions. The locations of these institutions for the summer of 2013 will be located in Azerbaijan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Oman, Russia, Tunisia, and Turkey. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is Nov. 15. If you’re interested in applying, contact the Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships at (616) 331-2543.