Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship Competition

Call for Applications
Syracuse University's Center for European Studies announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Summer 2010 and Academic Year 2010-2011.


The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program 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, regions, or countries in which that language is commonly used. We request proposals from qualified graduate and undergraduate students who wish to enhance their knowledge of a European language to complement their current program of study.


UNDERGRADUATE students who are studying less commonly taught languages at the intermediate to advanced level, as well as GRADUATE students, are eligible to apply for FLAS fellowships through Syracuse University.


Summer Fellowships

Deadline: February 12, 2010


The Center for European Studies requests applications from qualified undergraduate and graduate students for FLAS Summer Fellowships. The Center for European Studies Summer 2010 FLAS program provides for tuition up to $4,000 and a stipend of $2,500 for intensive (6 or 8 weeks) study in the United States or abroad at the intermediate or advanced level or at an approved U.S.-based language program for beginning language training. Graduate students can apply for any European language; however, undergraduates will only be funded for the study of a less commonly taught language (Spanish, French or German study will not be funded).

Academic Year Fellowships

Deadline: March 12, 2010


The Center for European Studies requests applications from qualified undergraduate and graduate students who wish to enhance their knowledge of a European language to compliment their current program of study. Preference will be given to those who wish to learn a less commonly taught language such as Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian and Russian. Furthermore, undergraduates will only be funded for the study of a less commonly taught language (Spanish, French or German study will not be funded). Academic year 2010-2011 fellowships consist of a scholarship of $10,000 towards the cost of tuition and $ 5,000 towards living expenses for undergraduates; graduate students receive 24 credits of tuition and a stipend of as much as $15,000.


All Academic Year 2010-2011 fellowships awarded are contingent upon our continued funding by the US Department of Education's Foreign Language and Area Studies grant.





Eligibility Requirements

For Summer, an applicant must:

1. Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
2. Have earned a baccalaureate or comparable degree before the fellowship begins; OR be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of a less commonly taught language;
3. Shows potential for high academic achievement based on such indicators such as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
4. Be accepted for, or enrolled in, a program that combines modern foreign language training with a focus on international or area studies either in an academic discipline or a professional program, including the sciences;
5. Undergraduate student must have sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of a less commonly taught language;
6. Agree to pursue full-time study in accordance with the university's requirements during the entire award period.

For the Academic Year, an applicant must:

1. Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
2. Have earned a baccalaureate or comparable degree before the fellowship begins; OR be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language;
3. Shows potential for high academic achievement based on such indicators such as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
4. Be accepted for, or enrolled in, a program that combines modern foreign language training with a focus on international or area studies either in an academic discipline or a professional program , including the sciences;
5. Enroll in foreign language and international/area studies courses with a grade option only during the term of the award;
6. Undergraduate students must have sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of a less commonly taught language;
7. Agree to pursue full-time study in accordance with the university's requirements during the entire award period.



To apply, please select the appropriate FLAS form:


FLAS Summer 2010 Application

https://survey.maxwell.syr.edu/Survey.aspx?s=e78a4de0501c4870ac3cceef38349be8

Submit by February 12th 2010, 5 p.m. EST