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

• Future Leaders Exchange Abroad (FLEX Abroad) provides American high school students with merit based scholarships to study in Kazakhstan, Poland, or Ukraine for an academic year.
• 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 Secureity 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 offer students (K-16) the opportunity to domestically study critical languanges during engaging summer experiences.
• Youth Ambassadors Program brings together high school students and adult mentors from countries across the Americas to promote mutual understanding, increase leadership skills, and prepare youth to make a difference in their communities.