Each year the United States Department of Education (US/DE) awards Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships to universities in order to promote the graduate training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign cultures is a prerequisite for success.

Each fellowship is tenable for the academic year (for some programs, summer FLAS’s are also available) and carries an estimated fixed stipend of $15,000 (summer stipends are estimated at $2,500). The fellowship also exempts its recipient from paying academic fees. The total number of credits supported by the tuition payment of the FLAS fellowship will be determined by the graduate student’s academic department or program according to its definition of a full-time student. However, in all cases, the maximum number of hours supported will not exceed 12 hours per semester. Summer FLAS fellowships cover language credit hours only.  U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for FLAS fellowships. Holders of FLAS fellowships must undertake full-time study during the tenure of the award and be enrolled in formal language instruction (in the language of the award) and area or international studies courses.

Certain types of FLAS awards require approval of the U.S. Department of Education.

Students who are already enrolled for graduate study at Indiana University, or who have recently completed the steps required for admission, are required to send the following materials to the appropriate world area director indicated below:

1. One copy of the application for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships;

2. One complete set of official transcripts of college and university credits;

3. Three letters of recommendation (printable Flas Reference Form); and

4. A completed Statement on Language Training and Proposed Program of Study.
   

If you have not yet been accepted for graduate study at Indiana University,  you should write immediately to the appropriate department or school to request application materials.  Your application must be on file with the chairperson of the department to which you plan to apply for admission. In addition, you must also submit the four items listed above to the appropriate world area director.*

The deadline for receipt of all materials concerning the application for FLAS Fellowships is February 1, 2008.  Send your application materials to the director of the world area in which the language you propose to study is listed.  Please see below for a complete address.

Please remember that the selection of FLAS recipients is a competitive process.  That means you must have a complete packet, delivered within the deadline, with all documents submitted of the highest quality, in order to ensure your best chance of selection.

For general FLAS questions, please email us at flas@indiana.edu or check the U.S. Department of Education FLAS Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/index.html.

*University staff and budget limitations prohibit the area studies centers from duplicating the materials you have submitted for your application to another department. It is the applicant's responsibility to send additional transcripts/letters of recommendation to the appropriate world area director to complete their FLAS application.

Arabic (Africa), Bamana, Swahili, Twi, Zulu, other languages may be available

Samuel G. Obeng, Director
Woodburn Hall 221
Bloomington, IN  47405-6001
e-mail: afrist@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~afrist
812-855-8284
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: March 1
 

Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, other languages available

N. Brian Winchester, Director
201 N. Indiana Avenue 
Bloomington, IN  47408-4001
e-mail: global@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~global/flas.htm
812-856-5523
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1
 

Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Heidi Ross , Director
Memorial Hall West 207
1021 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
e-mail: easc@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~easc
812-855-3765
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1
 

Azeri, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Tajik, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek

William Fierman, Director
Goodbody Hall 324
Bloomington, IN  47405
e-mail: iaunrc@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~iaunrc/
812-856-5263
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: March 1 (study abroad), March 21 (study at IU)
 

Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish

David L. Ransel, Director
Ballantine Hall 565
Bloomington, IN  47405-6615 
e-mail: reei@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/funding/acayr.shtml#flas
812-855-7309
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1 (study abroad), March 21 (study at IU)
 

Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Yiddish

Patricia McManus, Director
Ballantine Hall 542
1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN  47405-7103
e-mail: west@indiana.edu  
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~west/grants_grad_flas.php4
812-855-3280
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1