Native speakers of critical languages are in high demand in the U.S. government. EHLS trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs.
All EHLS participants receive a full scholarship from the National Security Education Program (NSEP) that includes tuition and a living stipend.
The 2022 EHLS Program is open to native speakers of:
Arabic | Korean | Somali |
Azerbaijani | Kurdish | Tajik |
Balochi | Kyrgyz | Tamashek |
Bambara | Mandarin | Thai |
Dari | Pashto | Turkish |
Hausa | Persian Farsi | Urdu |
Hindi | Punjabi | Uzbek |
Kazakh | Russian | Vietnamese |
The application for the 2022 program will open by February 12, 2021.