Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters) of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia. Eligible languages are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese. Fellowships cover tuition and a stipend for educational expenses, basic living costs, and transportation. The Blakemore Foundation makes grants for study only at specific language programs.

To be eligible for a Blakemore Freeman Fellowship, an applicant must:

• Be pursuing a professional, business, technical or academic career that involves the regular use of a modern East or Southeast Asian language
• Have a college undergraduate degree by the start of the grant
• Be at or near an advanced level in the language as defined in the grant guidelines (Minimum requirement is 3 years of student of the language at college level, either through classes taken in university or in combination with study-abroad language programs)
• Able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time intensive language study during the term of the grant. Grants are not made for part-time study or research
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.