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:South Asia Center Call for FLAS Academic Year 2017-18 Applicati onsSyracuse University's South Asia Center announces its Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Competition forAcademic Year 2017-18. T he Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program\, funded by the U.S. Departmentof Education under Title VI\, assists students in purs uing training in order to acquire a high level of competence in one or mor elanguages critical to national needs of the United States\, and a fuller understanding of the areas\, regions\, or countries in whichthat language is commonly used. The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse Uni versity's Maxwell School houses theSouth Asia Center through which these f ellowships are administered.Eligibility is restricted to undergraduates an d graduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents AND who are enrol ledfull-time in a program of study at Syracuse University that includes in tensive foreign language and area studies coursework ordissertation work t hat is enhanced by foreign language training. Graduate students pursuing P hDs must have atleastintermediate proficiency. Professional graduate stude nts wanting to take language courses at the introductory level willhave th eir cases examined on a case-by-case basis by the U.S. Department of Educa tion. Undergraduate students withsufficient prior training to take an inte rmediate or advanced level of Hindi or Urdu language are also eligible.Aca demic Year Deadline: Friday\, March 10\, 2017 at 11:59 pm ESTThe South Asi a Center requests applications from qualified undergraduate and graduate s tudents who wish to enhance theirknowledge of a South Asian language to co mplement their current program of study. Academic year FLAS fellowships at Syracuse University are awarded for Hindi-Urdu. Academic year 2017-18 fell owships consist of a scholarship of $10\,000towards the cost of tuition an d $5\,000 towards living expenses for undergraduates\; graduate students r eceive 24 credits oftuition and a stipend of $15\,000. The application\, a dditional information\, and guidelines can be found at:http://www.maxwell. syr.edu/moynihan/sac/FLAS/All fellowships awarded are contingent on contin ued funding by the U.S. Department of Education's Foreign Language andArea Studies grant.NEW REQUIREMENT: A completed FAFSA form (https://fafsa.ed.g ov/) must be submitted by March 10\, 2017. This is requiredof both graduat e and undergraduate applicants. You will be asked to submit your EFC numbe r when you complete theapplication. The committee will consider financial need as well as academic merit when making funding decisions.For additiona l information\, contact:Emera Bridger WilsonAssociate Director/Outreach Co ordinatorSouth Asia Center\, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs346 Egger s HallSyracuse UniversitySyracuse NY 13244(315) 443-2553elbridge@syr.edu DTEND:20170123T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T143658Z DTSTART:20170123T050000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:South Asia Center Call for FLAS Academic Year 2017-18 Applications UID:RFCALITEM639140926184350030 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

South Asia Center Call for FLAS Academic Year 2017-18 Applications
Syracuse University's South Asia Center announces its Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Competit ion for
Academic Year 2017-18. The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fe llowship (FLAS) Program\, funded by the U.S. Department
of Education un der Title VI\, 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\, re gions\, or countries in which
that language is commonly used. The Moyni han Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse University's Maxwell School ho uses the
South Asia Center through which these fellowships are administ ered.
Eligibility is restricted to undergraduates and graduates who are U.S. citizens 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 enha nced by foreign language training. Graduate students pursuing PhDs must ha ve at
leastintermediate proficiency. Professional graduate students wan ting to take language courses at the introductory level will
have their cases examined on a case-by-case basis by the U.S. Department of Educatio n. Undergraduate students with
sufficient prior training to take an int ermediate or advanced level of Hindi or Urdu language are also eligible.Academic Year Deadline: Friday\, March 10\, 2017 at 11:59 pm EST< br>The South Asia Center requests applications from qualified undergraduat e 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. Ac ademic year 2017-18 fellowships consist of a scholarship of $10\,000
to wards the cost of tuition and $5\,000 towards living expenses for undergra duates\; graduate students receive 24 credits of
tuition and a stipend of $15\,000. The application\, additional information\, and guidelines can be found at:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/sac/FLAS/
All fell owships awarded are contingent on continued funding by the U.S. Department of Education's Foreign Language and
Area Studies grant.
NEW REQUIRE MENT: A completed FAFSA form (https://fafsa.ed.gov/) must be submit ted by March 10\, 2017. This is required
of both graduate and undergrad uate applicants. You will be asked to submit your EFC number when you comp lete the
application. The committee will consider financial need as wel l as academic merit when making funding decisions.


For ad ditional information\, contact:
Emera Bridger Wilson
Associate Direc tor/Outreach Coordinator
South Asia Center\, Moynihan Institute of Glob al Affairs
346 Eggers Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse NY 13244< br>(315) 443-2553
elbridge@syr.edu

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