Please note that the application deadline has changed to: March 31st, 2022

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Graduate Summer Language Study

Summer funding for current graduate students to attend summer Polish-language courses in Poland (U.S. programs are eligible as well). This grant may be used to pay tuition, fees, the summer program's room and board costs, required textbooks, and economy-class travel for an established summer program, up to $4000 per student per summer. Students will have the possibility to receive this funding twice during their time at Harvard. Preference will be given to graduate students in Slavic or Comparative Literature, or other graduate students who have demonstrated an interest in studying Polish literature at Harvard, for example, by signing up for the graduate secondary field in Slavic, or by taking relevant literature courses in the Slavic Department.

Undergraduate Summer Language Study

Summer funding for current undergraduate students to attend summer Polish-language courses in Poland (U.S. programs are eligible as well). This grant may be used to pay tuition, fees, the summer program's room and board costs, required textbooks, and economy-class travel for any established summer program, up to $4000 per student per summer. Students will have the possibility to receive this funding once during their time at Harvard. Preference will be given to Slavic concentrators or concentrators in other Departments at Harvard who have demonstrated an interest in studying Polish at Harvard, for example, by taking relevant language and literature courses in the Slavic Department.

Details:

Applications for summer 2022 undergraduate and graduate study are due by March 31, 2022, at 11:59pm EST. Decisions will be made by mid-April 2022.

Only Harvard University students are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to students who are currently taking or have taken Polish language or literature at Harvard; students are responsible for confirming that Harvard will accept transfer credits from their chosen summer program. Students should closely follow Harvard's Travel Guidance (https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/travel-guidance/) and adjust all plans accordingly.

Required documents:

1) Statement of purpose, discussing student's interest in Polish language and culture, relevant courses taken in the Slavic Department, and the choice of the summer program, including an alternate plan in case international travel is not possible (this may include domestic travel in the United States or remote language study).

2) Budget (program costs, air travel, lodging, etc.), including an alternate plan in case international travel is not possible.

3) Transcript (grade report from the Registrar), including all courses taken at Harvard.

4) CV.

Note: A short final report and financial accounting will be required after the end of the summer school.

If you have any technical questions, please email Slavic Department Administrator, Penelope Skalnik, at pskalnik@fas.harvard.edu.

If you have any questions about transferring credits (students are responsible for confirming the possibility of credit transfer), please email the Director of the Language Program, Dr. Steven Clancy, at sclancy@fas.harvard.edu.

If you have any questions about the application process and the choice of the summer school, please email Polish language Preceptor, Iryna Kovalchuk, at ikovalchuk@fas.harvard.edu or Polish literature Professor, Aleksandra Kremer, at akremer@fas.harvard.edu.