Foreign Language And Area Studies Fellowship Program
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program assists students in pursuing training in order to acquire a high level of competence in one or more languages critical to national needs of the United States, and a fuller understanding of the areas, regions, or countries in which that language is commonly used.
UNDERGRADUATE students who are studying less commonly taught languages at the intermediate to advanced level, as well as GRADUATE students, are eligible to apply for FLAS fellowships through Syracuse University.
SOUTH ASIA:
Academic year FLAS fellowships at Syracuse University are awarded for:
Hindi-Urdu, Farsi/Persian (if being used for historical research)
Summer FLAS Fellowships from Syracuse may be used toward a full summer of study in intensive language training programs in the United States or abroad for any South Asian language approved by the South Asia Center. In addition to applying for FLAS, students must also apply for the summer language program of their choice: usually these are the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Summer Language Program (http://www.indiastudies.org/) for study in India or The South Asian Studies Language Institute (SASLI), held at the University of Wisconsin (http://sasli.wisc.edu/).
Online Application Forms and Deadlines
Please click on the bold text for the appropriate online FLAS form:
Summer 2013 Applications are due by January 31, 2013 by 5 pm EST.
Academic Year 2013- 2014 Applications are due by January 31, 2013 by 5 pm EST.
Application Requirements
1. An official transcript is required for continuing graduate and undergraduate students; incoming graduate students do not need to provide a transcript
2. A letter of endorsement is required for continuing graduate students and two letters are required for undergraduate students; incoming graduate students do not need to provide a letter of endorsement.
3. You must be accepted to one of the two approved language programs--the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Summer Language Program (http://www.indiastudies.org/) for study in India or The South Asian Studies Language Institute (SASLI), held at the University of Wisconsin (http://sasli.wisc.edu/). It is the student's responsibility to apply for these programs in a timely fashion. Please see their websites for applicable deadlines.
Eligibility Requirements
For Summer, an applicant must:
1. Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
2. Have earned a baccalaureate or comparable degree before the fellowship begins; OR be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language;
3. Shows potential for high academic achievement based on such indicators such as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
4. Be accepted for, or enrolled in, graduate level course work in a program that combines modern foreign language training with a focus on international or area studies either in an academic discipline or a professional program OR be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language;
5. Agree to pursue full-time study in accordance with the university's requirements during the entire award period.
For the Academic Year, an applicant must:
1. Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
2. Have earned a baccalaureate or comparable degree before the fellowship begins; or be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language;
3. Shows potential for high academic achievement based on such indicators such as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
4. Be accepted for, or enrolled in, graduate level course work in a program that combines modern foreign language training with a focus on international or area studies either in an academic discipline or a professional program OR be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language;
5. Agree to pursue full-time study in accordance with the university's requirements during the entire award period, and agree to study language and area studies during the tenure of the award.
Award Provisions and Reporting Requirements of Fellows
1. Academic year fellowships consist of a scholarship of $10,000 towards the cost of tuition and $5,000 towards living expenses for undergraduates; graduate students receive 24 credits of tuition and a stipend of as much as $15,000.
2. Summer FLAS Fellowships for 2013 may provide up to $ 5000 for tuition with an additional $ 2500 stipend.
3. FLAS Fellows must register for a minimum of one course per term in approved language instruction at the appropriate level; take related area studies courses; be engaged in approved dissertation research; or (in the case of Summer FLAS) be enrolled in an approved language program overseas. Approved activities must be maintained for the duration of the recipients fellowship tenure.
4. All Fellows must inform the institution of any change in their programs of study or academic status.
5. All Fellows must submit to the U.S. Secretary of Education, through the on-line reporting system, a final report at the end of their fellowship tenure.