don Quijote 20 Scholarships

How the Programme Works

Announcing our 2007 20 Scholarships Programme Winners.

We are delighted to announce the Fundación don Quijote winners for 2007. Each winning institution will select a student to receive a full scholarship (2-week course, plus accommodation) in any don Quijote school.

Our warmest thanks to all participating institutions!

Please join us in fall 2007 for the 5th edition of our annual scholarship programme.

Click here to read our compilation of the Best Language Programme Ideas submitted by participating institutions.

What is the Fundación don Quijote 20 Scholarships Programme?
An ambitious project to diffuse the Spanish language worldwide, created by don Quijote, Spain's leading organisation dedicated to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language in Spain and Mexico.

20 Scholarships will be awarded (one per institution) to the 20 academic institutions presenting the most creative and best-developed plans to actively promote the learning of Spanish as a foreign language.

What types of institutions are eligible?
The scholarships are available to the following institutions:

• Universities
• Colleges
• Community Colleges
• High Schools

What is needed to apply?
A representative of the institution must complete a brief Scholarship Questionnaire, in which s/he will describe the institution's current efforts to promote Spanish study, and the institution's proposal to launch new programmes to further promote the Spanish language.

• Application deadline: February 28^th, 2007
• Announcement of Winners: March 14^th, 2007

Winning plans will be creative, realistic and specific. Based on previous year’s top presentations, we offer the following suggestions and resources:

• Publicise Spanish in the institution and local community:
  • Publish statistics highlighting Spain's growing importance as an international language. See our Spanish in Figures Web page, for example.
  • Publish testimonials of former students of Spanish, speaking about their own reasons for studying the language and the influence that their knowledge of Spanish has had on their professional and personal success.
  • Publish commentaries by Human Resource Professionals emphasising the demand for Spanish speakers in international companies.
  
  
• Additional great ideas:
  • Offer Spanish as an optional course to all students.
  • Launch study abroad programs in Spanish speaking countries.
  • Link your institution‘s Web to Spanish Web resources and Spanish language schools.
  • Find more great ideas here.