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 2018 EHLS Program is open to native speakers of:
| Arabic | Kazakh | Russian |
| Azerbaijani | Kurdish | Somali |
| Balochi | Kyrgyz | Tajik |
| Bambara | Mandarin | Tamashek |
| Dari | Pashto | Turkish |
| Hausa | Persian Farsi | Urdu |
| Hindi | Punjabi | Uzbek |
The deadline to apply for the 2018 program has now passed.
