Deadline: Oct 11, 2022
Secondary school students are invited to write about their views on how to make society better, for a top prize of two airline tickets to Japan!
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Japan ICU Foundation Full Scholarship for study in Japan
App Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
A full four-year academic scholarship for American high school graduates to attend International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.
Host a Foreign Exchange Student from Korea
Program Dates: July 24-29, 2022
Host families sought for visiting Korean high school exchange students (originally from North Korea) for five nights in July.
TOCA Online: Arabic, French, and Spanish Summer Programs
Program Dates: July 11-26, 2022
App Deadline: June 22, 2022 (rolling deadline)
An online high school summer language program in Arabic, French, and Spanish, using refugees from around the world as conversation partners.
Girl Security 2022 Global Essay Contest
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2022
An essay contest for high school students on the theme of identity and international security.
Learning Life: Family Diplomacy Initiative Training Program
Program Dates: July 10-Oct 23, 2022
App Deadline: July 8, 2022
Uses Zoom to train family members age 14 and up from countries around the world on citizen diplomacy, global family studies, and oral storytelling.
Pulitzer Center “Interconnected: Reporting the Climate Crisis” Conference
Program Dates: June 9-10, 2022
Registration Deadline: May 31, 2022 for in-person only
This two-day global virtual conference will focus on the intersection of climate change and other underreported global issues.
LearnServe Global Summer Fellowship 2022
Program Dates: June 27-July 29, 2022
App Deadline: June 3, 2022
A virtual summer program that connects US high school students with peers in South Africa and Zambia to imagine and create volunteer projects to solve global issues.
Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Short-Term Program
Program Dates: Jan-Aug 2023
App Deadline: July 18, 2022
A US State Dept program which sends expert K-12 US educators abroad to carry out short-term assignments to address specific educational needs in participating countries.
Seizing the Moment
The global pandemic has brought tremendous pain to all our lives, and caused severe disruption to our schools and school systems. But it has also created an opportunity for radical change and reimagining. Read our Director’s new blog post about the significance of this moment and Globalize DC’s new call to action to mobilize our partner community to build a more collaborative, intentional, and equitable approach to PK-12 global learning in DC.