Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Grants

The US Department of Education has designated the Islamic Studies program as a Foreign Language and Area Studies Center. ISP is the first inter-area Islamic Studies program in the nation to be awarded such funding. As a FLAS Center ISP offers FLAS fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students for students taking Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Bengali.

FLAS fellowships support graduate study of modern foreign languages and related area and international studies in preparation for careers in teaching, research, government service, and international organizations.

FLAS Application Tips

Students are eligible to apply for FLAS if she/he is:

* A US Citizen or Permanent Resident
* Admitted or enrolled in a degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences or a Professional School at Indiana University-Bloomington.

If awarded a FLAS fellowship, the student must undertake an approved program of foreign language and area studies relevant to his/her academic and career goals.

Academic year FLAS fellowships include:

*   Tuition fee remission: 12 credits of course work for each - semester a total of 24 credits/year
*   Academic year stipend of $15,000 for graduate students (estimated) and up to $5,000 for undergraduates
*   Enrollment in graduate student health insurance plan

FLAS Summer Fellowships award:

$7,500 ($5,000 institutional payment and a $2,500 student subsistence allowance)

Academic Year & Summer Application procedure:

All FLAS applications must be submitted online at here.

Students who are already enrolled for study at Indiana University, or who have recently completed the steps required for admission, are required to collect the following materials:
1. One copy of the application for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (available at here.)
2. One complete set of official transcripts of college and university credits
3. THREE letters of recommendation

For more information please contact the ISP office.

Islamic Studies Program
Weatherly Hall 114
1800 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47406
Phone: (812) 856-3977
Fax: (812) 855-2600
islmprog@indiana.edu