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\;Summer 2016The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Prog ram\, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI\, assists students in pursuing training in order to acquire a high level of competen ce in one or more languages critical to national needs of the United State s\, and a fuller understanding of the areas\, regions\, or countries in wh ich that language is commonly used. The Moynihan Institute of Global Affai rs at Syracuse University's Maxwell School houses the South Asia Center th rough which these fellowships are administered. \;Eligibility is restr icted to undergraduates and graduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent r esidents AND who are enrolled full-time in a program of study at Syracuse University that includes intensive foreign language and area studies cours ework or dissertation work that is enhanced by foreign language training.& nbsp\; Undergraduate applicants must have completed at least a year of col lege-level coursework in the language of study so that they are eligible t o enroll at the intermediate level or above.The South Asia Center requests applications from qualified undergraduates and graduate students for FLAS Summer fellowships. \; The South Asia Summer 2016 FLAS program provid es for tuition up to $5\,000 and a stipend of $2\,500 for intensive (6 or 8 weeks) study in the United States or abroad at the intermediate or advan ced level in any South Asian language at approved South Asian language pro grams. \; In addition to applying for FLAS\, students must also apply for the summer language program of their choice: usually these are the Ame rican Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Summer Language Program (http://w ww.indiastudies.org/) for study in India or The South Asian Studies Langua ge Institute (SASLI)\, held at the University of Wisconsin (http://sasli.w isc.edu/). Summer FLAS can also be given to incoming graduate students at the introductory level to study intensive language at SASLI. \; The ap plication\, additional information and guidelines can be found at:http://w ww.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/sac/FLAS/All fellowships awarded are contingen t on continued funding by the U.S. Department of Education's Foreign Langu age and Area Studies grant. \;NEW REQUIREMENT: \; \;A complete d FAFSA form (https://fafsa.ed.gov/) must be submitted by February 1\, 201 6. \; This is required of both graduate and undergraduate applicants.& nbsp\; You will be asked to submit your EFC number when you complete the a pplication. \; The committee will consider financial need as well as a cademic merit when making funding decisions.Deadline: Friday\, February 5\ , 2016For additional information contact: \;Emera Bridger Wilson\, Ass ociate Director/Outreach Coordinator: 346 Eggers Hall\, (315)443-2553\, el bridge@syr.eduSponsored by the South Asia Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs DTEND:20160205T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T210716Z DTSTART:20160205T050000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:DEADLINE: South Asia Center Call for FLAS Summer 2016 Applications UID:RFCALITEM639140296363213881 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Syracuse University's \;South Asia Center \;announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studi es) Fellowship Competition for \;Summer 2016

The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program\, funded by the U.S. D epartment of Education under Title VI\, assists students in pursuing train ing in order to acquire a high level of competence in one or more language s critical to national needs of the United States\, and a fuller understan ding of the areas\, regions\, or countries in which that language is commo nly used. The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse University' s Maxwell School houses the South Asia Center through which these fellowsh ips are administered. \;

Eligibility is restricted to undergradu ates and graduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents AND who ar e enrolled full-time in a program of study at Syracuse University that inc ludes intensive foreign language and area studies coursework or dissertati on work that is enhanced by foreign language training. \; Undergraduat e applicants must have completed at least a year of college-level coursewo rk in the language of study so that they are eligible to enroll at the int ermediate level or above.

The South Asia Center requests application s from qualified undergraduates and graduate students for FLAS Summer fell owships. \; The South Asia Summer 2016 FLAS program provides for tuiti on up to $5\,000 and a stipend of $2\,500 for intensive (6 or 8 weeks) stu dy in the United States or abroad at the intermediate or advanced level in any South Asian language at approved South Asian language programs. \ ; In addition to applying for FLAS\, students must also apply for the summ er language program of their choice: usually these are the American Instit ute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Summer Language Program (http://www.indiast udies.org/) for study in India or The South Asian Studies Language Ins titute (SASLI)\, held at the University of Wisconsin (http://sasli.wisc.edu/). S ummer FLAS can also be given to incoming graduate students at the introduc tory level to study intensive language at SASLI. \; The application\, additional information and guidelines can be found at:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moyn ihan/sac/FLAS/

All fellowships awarded are contingent on continu ed funding by the U.S. Department of Education's Foreign Language and Area Studies grant. \;

NEW REQUIREMENT: \; \;A comple ted FAFSA form (https://fafsa.ed.gov/) must be submitted by February 1\, 2016. \; This is required of both g raduate and undergraduate applicants. \; You will be asked to submit y our EFC number when you complete the application. \; The committee wil l consider financial need as well as academic merit when making funding de cisions.

Deadline: Friday\, February 5\, 2016

For addit ional information contact: \;Emera Bridger Wilson\, Associate D irector/Outreach Coordinator: 346 Eggers Hall\, (315)443-2553\, elbridge@s yr.edu

Sponsored by the South Asia Center at the Moynihan Inst itute of Global Affairs

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