Grant Opportunities

FLAS

Graduate students at Indiana University wishing to learn an African language, such as Arabic, Akan/Twi, Bambara/Bamana, Hausa, Swahili, Wolof, and Zulu, can apply for a Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. FLAS fellowships are offered by the African Studies Program through its Title VI National Resource Center grant from the U. S. Department of Education. An academic year fellowship currently provides tuition and fees plus a stipend of $15,000. Summer fellowships cover up to $3600 in tuition, plus a stipend of $2400. They may be used for language programs at other institutions with prior approval.

For more information about FLAS grants, contact the African Studies Program office. Click here to learn more about the African languages offered at Indiana University.

Office of International Programs

Graduate students in African Studies can also apply for travel grants to study and/or carry out research in an African country. These grants are awarded through the IU Office of International Programs. They offer students opportunities to visit a country prior to their dissertation research. The two most popular grants of this kind at OIP are the Travel Grant and the Pre-Dissertation Grant (Click here to read the guidelines and receive application forms).

National Programs and Organizations

Finally, students planning to carry out dissertation research in an African country may apply for grants from a number of national programs and organizations, such as Fulbright IIE, Fulbright Hays, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Social Science Research Council, and the National Science Foundation. Both International Programs and the African Studies Program assist students in preparing for these grants.

Grad Grants Center

Indiana University also has a Grad Grants Center, which help students identify sources of other travel, pre-dissertation, dissertation, post-doctoral, dissertation write-up, teaching, etc. support. The Grad Grants Center also assists students in writing successful grant applications. The Center is located on the ninth floor of the Main Library on the Indiana University--Bloomington campus.

For more information on these grants, see the program contact information below.

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