Programs conducted during the academic year for Kindergarten through 12th grade students, including language learning programs, exchanges, and foreign study.

Information for U.S. High School Students

• Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad (YES Abroad) provides merit-based scholarships to study abroad for an academic year.
• The Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX ) provides merit-based scholarships to high school students, recent vocational graduates and young professionals for an academic year of study in Germany.
• National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides merit-based scholarships to learn less-commonly studied foreign languages in summer and academic year immersion programs.
• STARTALK offers students (K–16) the opportunity to domestically study critical languages during engaging summer experiences.