Summer Arabic Study
Information for Princeton Students
Prepared by Greg Bell, Senior Lecturer & Associate Director, Arabic Language Program
Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Information for Princeton Students
Prepared by Greg Bell, Senior Lecturer & Associate Director, Arabic Language Program
Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Useful Links to other Princeton Sites
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Program in Near Eastern Studies
Office of International Programs
Summer Arabic Study Informational Meeting 1/27/2026
This year's summer Arabic study information session was held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. We discussed programs, funding opportunities, academic credit and other topics. If you were not able to attend but have questions, you can contact Greg Bell at gjbell@princeton.edu.
2026 Summer Funding Deadlines
A Message from Near Eastern Studies about Summer Funding:
If you are interested in Near Eastern Studies summer study abroad for research and/or language study, whether your plans are solid or not, you should still apply in SAFE before the deadlines. Submit one application and assign multiple funders where applicable to your application. (Please do not submit multiple applications for the same project.)
The application cycle for “NES/NESP Summer Study” funding opportunities via SAFE run Monday, January 19, 2026 through Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 11:59 pm.
NES does not guarantee full funding support. Therefore, it is strongly advised to sought out multiple funders' campus-wide for summer study endeavors, particularly the Dean’s Fund for Summer Study Abroad (see below).
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Angela Bryant in NES via email abryant@princeton.edu or stop by her office, 112 Jones Hall.
Other Funding Deadlines:
The deadline for Graduate Student funding is generally in mid-February (see https://piirs.princeton.edu/funding-fellowships/summer-funding-language-research#:-:text=summer%20language).
The Dean's Fund for undergraduate summer language funding generally take place in three rounds, with deadlines in January, March and April 5th. Undergraduate applications for this funding is via SAFE (https://studentfunding.princeton.edu).
The NES summer-study funding deadline is generally in April and is also administered via SAFE (https://studentfunding.princeton.edu). The NES Department advises that students interested in summer Arabic study abroad, even if their plans are are not yet certain, still apply in SAFE before the deadline. They also ask that students not submit multiple applications for the same project but a single application, on which they can designate multiple funders where applicable. NES cannot guarantee full funding support.
CLS Arabic Scholarships
Applications for the 2026 CLS Arabic Programs have closed, but consider
applying for a summer 2027 scholarship! Applications generally open in October with a mid-November deadline. For information: https://clscholarship.org/apply.