The Richard U. Light Fellowship Program fully funds Yale undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students pursuing intensive language study in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean for terms ranging from a single summer to a combined summer plus academic year. Light Fellows undertake rigorous language training alongside intense cultural immersion that prepares them for a lifelong engagement with East Asia. Candidates must have achieved a basic proficiency (at least one year of intensive study at Yale or an equivalent program by the time of departure) in the target language. Light Fellowships are awarded twice yearly.