FLAS

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

Applications are invited for Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for graduate studies for the academic year 2010-11. Contingent upon funding by the U.S. Department of Education, the prestigious FLAS Fellowships are awarded to graduate students demonstrating superb academic achievement and a commitment to the study of African languages and area studies.

Academic year awardees are expected to maintain high academic performance and take a full graduate course load (15-18 credits/quarter) including full-time African language study (3-5 credits/quarter) for each quarter that they receive the award. African language offerings are: Akan, Arabic, Gikuyu, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Tigrinya, Wolof and Zulu. Applicants are encouraged to take African studies related courses and to be involved in Africa related programs.

Fellowships carry a stipend of $15,000 for the academic year as well as a tuition and general fees scholarship. Students in colleges that assess a technology or other fee will be responsible to pay those fees.

Applications are invited from graduate students currently enrolled in or applying to any graduate department at Ohio University, with the exception of the College of Medicine. Past awards have been made to students of African Studies, Biological Sciences, International Development Studies, Film, Communication and Development Studies, Business, Education, History, Public Administration, Anthropology, Environmental Studies and Telecommunications among others. Potential graduate students are encouraged to apply while also applying to your graduate program. Final awards will be dependent on admission to a graduate program at Ohio University.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent by the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year
• Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Be enrolled in or admitted to an Ohio University graduate program (applications can be submitted prior to admission to the graduate program)
• Be eligible for an Ohio University tuition scholarship

Application Materials:

• FLAS application
• A statement of your career and/or research goals, a description of any previous African language training you have received (formal and informal), and plans for how you intend to use your knowledge of the language proposed for study
• Three current letters of recommendation from people who can evaluate your academic credentials and ability to learn a foreign language
• Transcripts from all institutions where you have studied

All materials and questions should be directed to:

Acacia Nikoi
Assistant Director/FLAS Coordinator
African Studies Program
Center for International Studies
Yamada International House
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Email: nikoi@ohio.edu
(740) 597-1511

It is your responsibility to ensure that all FLAS application materials are received by the FLAS Coordinator. We are unable to retrieve documents from your graduate application so be sure that letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc. are sent to both the above address and the department to which you are applying.

Download the FLAS application:
FLAS Application (Excel)
FLAS Application Instructions (pdf)

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