Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
To promote the study of modern foreign languages within graduate and professional schools, the FLAS awards are available on either a 9-month academic year or summer term basis. The fellowships are primarily available to graduate and professional school students studying less commonly taught languages, but students of other languages are also welcome to apply.
FLAS Fellowships
- Summer: $2,500 living stipend PLUS tuition and selected fees
- Academic Year: Undergraduates: support levels still to be determined by the US Department of Education; Graduate students: living stipend of $15,000 (est.) PLUS tuition and selected fees
Nominations
ALL ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS are invited to nominate up to three
- undergraduate students for summer
- undergraduate students for Academic Year FLAS Fellowships;
- graduate students for a summer and
- graduate students for Academic Year FLAS Fellowships.
Informational Meetings
To facilitate the application process, we will be holding three informational meetings for students and nominating departments.
- Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 205 Humphrey Institute, 3:30-4:30 p.m. with special emphasis on professional school applicants;
- Thursday, November 19, 2009, 246 Social Sciences Tower, 3:30-4:30 p.m.with special emphasis on undergraduate student applicants; and
- Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 246 Social Sciences Tower, 3:30-4:30 p.m.with special emphasis on graduate student applicants.
During these meetings we will discuss such things as eligibility and priorities and strategies for successful applications.
Eligibility
- New and returning students are eligible for awards. FLAS fellowship nominees must be degree-seeking students in good academic standing enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- Undergraduate students are eligible for FLAS fellowships to study intermediate (2nd-year) or advanced (3rd-year and beyond) levels of a less-commonly-taught language (LCTL.) Undergraduate students are NOT eligible for FLAS funding for 1st-year LCTL instruction or for more-commonly-taught language instruction (i.e. French, German and Spainsh).
- Graduate students in all programs are eligible, although fellowships will not be awarded to graduate students who major in French, German, or Spanish to study the language of their major. They are eligible to study another language.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Foreign students are NOT eligible.
Languages
Currently we have approval to offer FLAS fellowships in the following languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
US/ED Funding Priorities
- Fellowships to students in the least-commonly taught languages who are pursuing advanced level language proficiency.
- Fellowships to talented students pursuing master's degrees who may be more likely to pursue government service.
Please be advised that proposals to study beginning Spanish, French, or German are rarely funded.
Students wishing to find funding for dissertation research abroad should apply to the Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program.
We strongly encourage graduate students who want to take an intensive summer course in a less-commonly-taught language also to check out alternative funding sources, some of which are listed on the IGS web site at igs.cla.umn.edu/grad
Deadline
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 4:30 pm.
Application Information
- Application information (RTF) (PDF)
- Nominee application (RTF) (PDF)
- Departmental nomination form (RTF) (PDF)