ROTC cadets participating in a Flagship program are eligible for additional benefits through the ROTC Flagship Initiative, sponsored by the National Security Education Program at the U.S. Department of War. Additional benefits for ROTC cadets studying Russian in The Language Flagship include academic year scholarships and an elevated amount of funding from The Language Flagship covering the full cost of approved intensive domestic and study abroad programs in Russian. Any ROTC student participating in Flagship is eligible for support through Project Global Officer (Project GO), a special language initiative for ROTC students aimed at improving the language skills, regional expertise, and intercultural communication skills of future military officers. Project GO scholarships can be used to study Russian at intensive programs domestically and abroad.
Army Cadet Command, in partnership with the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO), offers scholarships to Army ROTC students who enroll in an eligible Language Flagship program with the goal of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 3 proficiency upon completion of the program. The Army will provide dedicated scholarships to ROTC students participating in The Language Flagship programs. These scholarships will provide support during the school year. DLNSEO will provide funding for the Flagship Overseas Capstone year, as well as cover attendance to Flagship approved summer intensive language programs to qualified ROTC students. Army ROTC students who wish to participate in The Language Flagship must apply through their university’s established process. The Army Foreign Language Flagship Scholarship applications will be centrally processed by Army Cadet Command and interviewed and boarded by Professors of Military Science under the current guidelines.
Air Force ROTC cadets may be eligible for the AFROTC Language Flagship scholarship, with the goal of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 3 proficiency upon completion. AFROTC awards a yearly $18,000 tuition-and-fees scholarship for up to four years and DLNSEO may provide funding for a fifth-year Capstone program overseas as well as intensive summer language programs to eligible AFROTC cadets. AFROTC Flagship Scholarship cadets must meet their program’s language proficiency requirements to attend summer and Capstone programs. To be eligible for the AFROTC Language Flagship scholarship, AFROTC cadets must enroll in a Language Flagship program, pursue their AFROTC-contracted major in the language, AND meet and maintain all AFROTC cadet criteria as per AFROTC Instruction 36-2011, Cadet Operations. Those interested should contact us for information on applying to the UGA Russian Flagship Program and contact UGA’s AFROTC Detachment for information on AFROTC eligibility and the AFROTC Language Flagship scholarship.
