BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Syracuse University's \;South Asia Center \;announces i ts FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for&nbs p\;Academic Year 2016-17The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship ( FLAS) Program\, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI\ , assists students in pursuing training in order to acquire a high level o f competence in one or more languages critical to national needs of the Un ited States\, and a fuller understanding of the areas\, regions\, or count ries in which that language is commonly used. \; The Moynihan Institut e of Global Affairs at Syracuse University's Maxwell School houses the Sou th Asia Center through which these fellowships are administered.  \;El igibility is restricted to undergraduates and graduates who are U.S. citiz ens or permanent residents AND who are enrolled full-time in a program of study at Syracuse University that includes intensive foreign language and area studies coursework or dissertation work that is enhanced by foreign l anguage training. \; Undergraduate applicants must have completed at l east a year of college-level coursework in the language of study so that t hey are eligible to enroll at the intermediate level or above.The South As ia Center requests applications from qualified undergraduate and graduate students who wish to enhance their knowledge of a South Asian language to complement their current program of study. Academic year FLAS fellowships at Syracuse University are awarded for Hindi-Urdu. Academic year 2016-17 f ellowships consist of a scholarship of $10\,000 towards the cost of tuitio n and $5\,000 towards living expenses for undergraduates\; graduate studen ts receive 24 credits of tuition and a stipend of $15\,000. \; The app lication\, additional information\, and guidelines can be found at: \; http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/sac/FLAS/All fellowships awarded are c ontingent on continued funding by the U.S. Department of Education's Forei gn Language and Area Studies grant. \; \;NEW REQUIREMENT: \;&n bsp\;A completed FAFSA form (https://fafsa.ed.gov/) must be submitted by F ebruary 1\, 2016. \; This is required of both graduate and undergradua te applicants. You will be asked to submit your EFC number when you comple te the application. The committee will consider financial need as well as academic merit when making funding decisions.Academic Year Deadline: Tuesd ay\, March 1\, 2016For additional information\, contact \;Emera Bridge r Wilson\, Associate Director/Outreach Coordinator: 346 Eggers Hall\, (315 )443-2553\, elbridge2syr.eduSponsored by the South Asia Center at the Moyn ihan Institute of Global Affairs DTEND:20160209T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T105419Z DTSTART:20160209T050000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:South Asia Center Call for FLAS Academic Year 2016-17 Applications UID:RFCALITEM639141656593754194 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Syracuse University's \;South Asia C enter \;announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fel lowship Competition for \;Academic Year 2016-17

Th e Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program\, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI\, assists students in purs uing training in order to acquire a high level of competence in one or mor e languages critical to national needs of the United States\, and a fuller understanding of the areas\, regions\, or countries in which that languag e is commonly used. \; The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Syr acuse University's Maxwell School houses the South Asia Center through whi ch these fellowships are administered.  \;

Eligibility is restri cted to undergraduates and graduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent re sidents AND who are enrolled full-time in a program of study at Syracuse U niversity that includes intensive foreign language and area studies course work or dissertation work that is enhanced by foreign language training.&n bsp\; Undergraduate applicants must have completed at least a year of coll ege-level coursework in the language of study so that they are eligible to enroll at the intermediate level or above.

The South Asia Center re quests applications from qualified undergraduate and graduate students who wish to enhance their knowledge of a South Asian language to complement t heir current program of study. Academic year FLAS fellowships at Syracuse University are awarded for Hindi-Urdu. Academic year 2016-17 fellowships c onsist of a scholarship of $10\,000 towards the cost of tuition and $5\,00 0 towards living expenses for undergraduates\; graduate students receive 2 4 credits of tuition and a stipend of $15\,000. \; The application\, a dditional information\, and guidelines can be found at: \;

< a href="http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/sac/FLAS/">http://www.maxwell. syr.edu/moynihan/sac/FLAS/

All fellowships awarded are contin gent on continued funding by the U.S. Department of Education's Foreign La nguage and Area Studies grant. \; \;

NEW REQUIREMENT:&nbs p\; \;A completed FAFSA form (http s://fafsa.ed.gov/) must be submitted by February 1\, 2016. \; This is required of both graduate and undergraduate applicants. You will be as ked to submit your EFC number when you complete the application. The commi ttee will consider financial need as well as academic merit when making fu nding decisions.

Academic Year Deadline: Tuesday\, March 1\, 2016

For additional information\, contact \;Emera Bridger Wil son\, Associate Director/Outreach Coordinator: 346 Eggers Hall\, (315) 443-2553\, elbridge2syr.edu

Sponsored by the South Asia Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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