For the Study of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Uyghur, or Tibetan.

The Center for East Asian Studies awards FLAS fellowships annually for summer programs and for academic year study.The Deadline is Feb 15, 2008 for Summer 2008 and academic year 2008-2009 awards. 

Academic Year FLAS pay up to $12,000 for tuition and a stipend of $15,000.

Summer FLAS pay up to $4,000 for tuition and a stipend of $2,500.

Tuition payments are limited to actual tuition charges.

Students must attend programs that accept the FLAS tuition payment as full payment. 

Applications must include information about the program to which the student is applying including how the program fulfills the criteria required for eligible uses of FLAS funds and the expected amount of tuition.

Special priority will be given to students who expect to pursue a career in government service or a professional field.

Download the 2008-2009 Application

Eligibility

FLAS program regulations specify that eligible applicants must be:
1) Graduate students;
2) US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents;
3) Accepted for enrollment or enrolled in a program that combines modern foreign language training with international or area studies or with the international aspects of professional or other fields of study.

Additionally, applicants should present plans for the fellowship award period which correspond to the eligible uses of FLAS fellowships.

Uses of FLAS Fellowships

1) Academic-year FLAS fellowships are awarded for a full academic year to students engaged in:
a) a formal overseas or domestic program of full-time language and area or international studies course work
or
b) full-time dissertation research abroad. Use of the foreign language in dissertation research must be extensive enough to result in language improvement equal to the improvement that would be obtained from a full academic year of formal classroom instruction.

Reception and Selection

To receive summer FLAS fellowships students must be enrolled in:
a) formal domestic programs of intensive language study at the beginning, intermediate, or advanced level
or
b) formal overseas programs of intensive language study at the intermediate or advanced level.

For the purposes of this program, "intensive" summer language programs are those which offer a minimum of 140 contact hours of advanced-level language instruction or 160 contact hours of beginning- or intermediate-level instruction. In order to be considered intensive, summer language programs must last a minimum of 6 weeks; longer programs are preferable because they are more likely to provide the student with the equivalent of a full year of language study.

Selection Criteria

The applicant's academic record, statement of purpose, curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation will all be taken into account. The committee will also attempt to make awards to students in a variety of disciplines and professional fields. Lowest priority will be given to students who already possess language fluency equivalent to that of educated native speakers in the language for which the award is being sought, and students who are taking the first 12 semester hours of Chinese or Japanese.