Teacher Scholarship Program

Dedicated to addressing a critical national shortage by bolstering the pipeline of future language educators, this award provides merit-based scholarships to graduating high school seniors committed to pursuing the language teaching profession in languages other than English.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for consideration, applicants must:

Be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents attending secondary schools in the United States or a U.S. territory.
Be anticipating completion of a high school diploma at the time of application.
Be accepted and planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution, leading to credentialing as a language educator.
New in 2024: Students entering both two-year and four-year post-secondary institutions are eligible to apply.
Have taken at least two years of the same language in high school, or present documentation of proficiency results from an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), the ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency (AAPPL), or any comparable assessment.
Have maintained a 3.0 or higher GPA overall (on a 4.0 scale).
Applicants may not be related to any ACTFL staff member.