ALIF SCHOLARSHIPS


The Si Mohamed Zaim Arabic Language Scholarship

The Mohamed Zaim Scholarship is awarded twice per year to outstanding undergraduate Arabic majors who study Arabic at ALIF during either the Fall or Spring semesters for a period of at least 12 weeks. Applicants must have at least one year of prior MSA study and a minimum of a 3.2 GPA or equivalent. Awardees can study MSA or CMA for the 12-week award period, or six weeks of each.

The scholarship covers full tuition for the study period. It does not include housing, books, insurance, or other expenses.

Application deadlines
For Fall: June 15
For Spring: December 1

Mohamed Zaim (1955-2022) was a co-founder of ALIF back in 1982. For almost 40 years thereafter, he dedicated his professional career to the betterment of ALIF and Arabic language studies in general.

To apply, please fill out the ALIF Scholarship application form and select “Zaim Arabic Scholarship.” You will be required to answer several questions, including an essay, and upload two items:

  1. Unofficial transcripts, and
  2. A two-minute video of you speaking Arabic on any topic of your choosing.

After submitting your application, have your Arabic instructor email a recommendation from their official institutional email to us at alif-fes@acamorocco.org.


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Other Scholarships

ALIF offers three other regular scholarships for its 6-week Arabic courses. These scholarships are 1,500DH and the amount may be used for tuition. Students must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA (or equivalent) to be considered. The scholarships are:

  • First time traveler scholarship: for a student who has never traveled abroad before (one scholarship per 6-week term)

  • Diversity scholarship: for students who identify as part of a group typically underrepresented on study abroad programs, e.g. Indigenous, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, etc. (one scholarship per 6-week term)

  • Darija scholarship: for a student wishing to register in any of ALIF’s CMA courses (one scholarship per 6-week term)

Click the scholarship button below and in the application select the scholarship for which you are applying. You must then upload a short essay and unofficial transcripts.

Deadlines: 6 weeks prior to the start of term applying for.

After submitting your application, have your Arabic instructor email a recommendation from their official institutional email to us at alif-fes@acamorocco.org.


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Promotional Programs

Register for the 9-week 4A Summer Term with 3 weeks of darija followed by 6 weeks of MSA and receive a 1,500DH discount.



Group Discounts

Any institution sending a group of students is eligible for ALIF’s group discount rates. Below is an example of discounts for a 6-week program.
Please contact us at alif-fes@acamorocco.org for information on group discounts for programs longer than 6 weeks.

For a 6-week program
1-9 students: regular price
10 to 18 students: 500dh discount for each student
19 or more students: 1,000dh discount for each student



Outside Funding

ALIF encourages applicants to apply for outside funding. Below is a partial list of scholarships and grants that have been used in the past by ALIF students.

1. Boren Awards: Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are for U.S. citizens and can be used for summer programs, semester abroad programs, or even long-term study programs.

2. FLAS (Foreign Language and Areas Studies scholarships and fellowships) ALIF courses meet all criteria for FLAS eligibility. A summer FLAS fellow must be enrolled in a for-credit, intensive language program that meets the following criteria:

  • at least 6 weeks in duration
  • a minimum of 140 contact hours for beginning or intermediate level,
  • at least 120 contact hours for advanced students,

The ALIF summer terms are 6 weeks (120 hours) and 9 weeks (180 hours). Students wishing to do 140 hours in a 6 week period can opt for 20 hours of private lessons.

To be considered for a fellowship, an undergraduate student must be at the intermediate or advanced study of a less commonly taught language. If the program is not offered in the U.S., then the FLAS recipient may study at the beginner level. Therefore, students coming to ALIF with FLAS studying MSA must enroll in MSA 201 or higher. If you elect to study Darija, you may enroll in ALIF’s CMA 101.

3. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award This program provides grants to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months.