[MES Forum] FW: CASA I, II, and III Fellowships - Call for Applications 2025-26, Deadline 1/31

[McClimans, Melinda]

Dear MES Forum,

Please share this important opportunity with your students and colleagues studying Arabic language or who are focused on the Middle East and North Africa. MESC and NESA maintain our institutional membership with CASA to help ensure these forms of support continue. Let’s also encourage our community to participate, as well. There are opportunities for undergraduates, graduates, postdocs and faculty.




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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) has posted Fellowship Applications for three programs in 2025-26!



  *   CASA I (qualified undergrad, recent grads and graduate students) offers a 9-month (Sept-May) advanced level Fellowship program in Arabic language and culture to qualified American undergrad and graduate level students at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan or the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM) in Meknes.
  *   CASA II (graduate students) offers a 12-week (Summer 2025) language and research support Fellowship program for graduate students (priority given to PhD students) who are in MENA Studies (any area of specialization pertaining to the MENA region) through the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan.
  *   CASA III (faculty) offers a 12-week (Summer 2025) language and research support Fellowship program for faculty and postdoctoral fellows in all areas of specialization pertaining to the MENA region through AALIM (Arab American Language Institute in Morocco) in Meknes, Morocco.

The application requires that all applicants take the ACTFL exam for Reading and Oral proficiency.

Deadlines / Exam Dates:

  *   Application deadline is Friday, January 31, 2025
  *   Reading & OPI Exams may be taken from December 1, 2024 – January 31, 2025

Please see the attached document and our website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/arabicspecialprograms.arizona.edu/casa/apply__;!!KGKeukY!xP9NfYNEopSC9OyheHLVvmCepS40fe09CsAsmW0q8JqJ5j3NUUFm11kblWcpnBb2KecUYn0sKX4MNU6egoOi3gpF-aw$> for further program and application details.

Tasnim Zahlan
Coordinator, Arabic Special Programs
The University of Arizona


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Subject: CASA I, II, and III Fellowships - Call for Applications 2025-26, Deadline 1/31


Dear colleagues,



Please forward the CASA Application Announcements (below and attached) to your Arabic and MENA Studies undergraduates, graduates, postdocs and faculty.  You may also print and post the attached announcements.



Kind regards,

Tasnim


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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) has posted Fellowship Applications for three programs in 2025-26!



  *   CASA I offers a 9-month (Sept-May) advanced level Fellowship program in Arabic language and culture to qualified American undergrad and graduate level students at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan or the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM) in Meknes.



  *   CASA II offers a 12-week (Summer 2025) language and research support Fellowship program for graduate students (priority given to PhD students) who are in MENA Studies (any area of specialization pertaining to the MENA region) through the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan.



  *   CASA III offers a 12-week (Summer 2025) language and research support Fellowship program for faculty and postdoctoral fellows in all areas of specialization pertaining to the MENA region through AALIM (Arab American Language Institute in Morocco) in Meknes, Morocco.



The application requires that all applicants take the ACTFL exam for Reading and Oral proficiency.



Deadlines / Exam Dates:

•  Application deadline is Friday, January 31st, 2025

•  Reading & OPI Exams may be taken from December 1, 2024 – January 31, 2025



Please see the attached document and our website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/arabicspecialprograms.arizona.edu/casa/apply__;!!KGKeukY!xP9NfYNEopSC9OyheHLVvmCepS40fe09CsAsmW0q8JqJ5j3NUUFm11kblWcpnBb2KecUYn0sKX4MNU6egoOi3gpF-aw$> for further program and application details.



Kind regards,

Tasnim

Coordinator, Arabic Special Programs

The University of Arizona


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