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

Nominations

ALL ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS are invited to nominate up to three

Informational Meetings

To facilitate the application process, we will be holding three informational meetings for students and nominating departments.

During these meetings we will discuss such things as eligibility and priorities and strategies for successful applications.

Eligibility

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

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