Academic Year

Summer

FLAS Fellowships are open to all eligible undergraduate and graduate students who are citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.

Academic Year

Summer

*Available for Summer 2019 FLAS only

*Available for Summer 2019 FLAS only

*Available for Summer 2019 FLAS only

*Available for Summer 2019 FLAS only

The African Studies Program (ASP) is a Title VI National Resource Center, one of the leading centers in the US for the interdisciplinary study of Africa. ASP promotes the study of Africa in global perspective, with courses offered by more than 90 faculty across the College, and in 10 of IU’s professional schools. Our top ranked African languages program offers instruction in eight languages approved for FLAS fellowship study: Akan/Twi, Arabic (focus is Arabic-speaking regions of Africa), Bamana, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, and Zulu. IU graduate students wishing to learn an African language may apply for a FLAS fellowship to study an African language relevant to their area of research. Undergraduates demonstrating a commitment to African Studies through enrollment in one of the ASP minors or certificate, or International Studies majors or Independent Majors Program students with Africa regional focus are also eligible to apply.

The Center for the Study of Global Change specifically supports study or research that is transnational, cross-regional, or global. It will only consider proposals that pursue specific national, cultural, or regional subjects in which the research or focus of study utilizes a global framework to explore its object of inquiry. Students interested in government service and/or research on critical global issues or areas of national need are especially encouraged to apply.

The Center for the Study of the Middle East (CSME) at Indiana University is a Title VI Comprehensive National Resource Center which promotes multi- and interdisciplinary knowledge of the Middle East by promoting language and area expertise through fellowships, travel grants, academic and professional development, and outreach programs.  CSME supports advanced research and scholarship of the Middle East and provides training to students, teachers, and professionals, with the cooperation and collaboration of 97 affiliated faculty.  CSME encourages and welcomes students of Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, and Kurdish to apply for FLAS scholarships through the Center.

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) serves as the focal point on campus for research, teaching, learning, and outreach related to Latin America and the Caribbean, with a special emphasis on four less commonly taught languages: Haitian Creole, Maya, Portuguese, and Quechua. CLACS FLAS applicants should explain how their study of one of these languages will help them develop research, teaching, or outreach related to Latin America and the Caribbean and how their career plans relate to areas of national need. More than that, we would like to know in your statement of purpose what motivates you to study a Latin American and Caribbean language on a personal level: what it is that makes you interested in this world region.

The East Asia Studies Center coordinates scholarship funding opportunities on China, Japan, and Korea, and this includes generous funding during the academic year and in summer to support students studying intermediate to advanced level languages in those areas. Successful applicants will indicate their commitment to focus on some part of East Asia in their current studies, and their intention to use their training in careers that include public service, and demonstration of their financial need.

The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC) provides academic year and summer FLAS fellowships to support study of the Inner Asian and Uralic region and training in less commonly taught languages of that region. The vast area covered by IAUNRC  includes the following countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,  Mongolian, Tajikistan,  Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the following regions: Buryatia,  Inner Mongolia, Tatarstan, Tibet, and Xinjiang.

The Islamic Studies Program (ISP) advances critical research about Islam and the Muslim world and facilitates access to knowledge in the field for students, scholars, professionals, and the general public. Drawing upon IU's strengths in area studies and intensive language instruction, the Program has particular strengths in the study of Islam as it is manifested in sub-Saharan and North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia, and in Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. ISP accepts FLAS applications from undergraduate and graduate students across IU who have emerging or well-developed interests in Islam and in Muslim peoples and practices and who seek to pursue those interests in the following languages: Arabic, Bamana, Persian, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, and Uzbek. We give consideration to students who plan to pursue careers in higher education, government service, the non-profit sector, or in any other field for which linguistic and cultural expertise is necessary for success.

The Russian and East European Institute (REEI) administers one of the country's leading programs in Russian and East European area studies and has been designated one of eleven U.S. Department of Education-funded Title VI National Resource/FLAS Centers for Russia and Eastern Europe for the 2018-2022 grant period. REEI provides academic year and summer FLAS fellowships to support study of the Russian and East European region and training in less commonly taught languages of that region.

Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application for 2019-20 and request to have the results sent to Indiana University. If you have not yet completed the FAFSA for 2019-20, please do so at least two weeks before the competition deadlin to ensure time for processing.

PLEASE NOTE: A FAFSA is not required to apply for a Summer FLAS Fellowship.

If you have not completed the FAFSA or are unsure whether or not you have completed the FAFSA, you can find instructions for filling out the FAFSA form on the FAFSA website.

For additional information on FAFSA, you can visit the FAFSA Help page.

The FLAS Application requires three letters of recommendation. Please complete the Recommender Request Form to have an e-mail message automatically sent to the recommenders at the e-mail addresses you provide. The e-mail will include a link to the FLAS Online Recommendation Form, which the recommender is required to complete in order to upload a letter of recommendation.

Your recommenders should be three current or past instructors who can support your application for FLAS funding. At least one recommender should have knowledge of your language skills to speak to your current scholarly activity working with a foreign language.

All letters of recommendation must be received by the competition deadline. It is your responsibility to make sure that all three letters of recommendation have been received by the deadline. If all three letters of recommendation are not submitted by the deadline, your application may not be considered.

PLEASE NOTE: Letters of recommendation must be uploaded as PDFs; all other file types will not be accepted.

FAQs:

You must provide official transcripts for all colleges and universities, other than an IU campus (see below), you have attended. It is your responsibility to ask the registrar(s) to send your transcripts(s) to FLAS at HLS. You are responsible for all fees incurred with transcript requests.

For academic work at an IU campus, you may elect to have an unofficial transcript downloaded at no charge by selecting this option on your application.

While separate applications are required when requesting consideration for support by more than one center or for the study of more than one language, only one set of transcripts are needed.

FAQs:

1. Please describe your past and future academic course of study for the region or global issue for which you are applying.

2. Please indicate how you have applied and will apply your language training to your academic and career goals.

The FLAS Application requires a Statement of Purpose, which should address the following questions:

1. How will this FLAS Fellowship enrich your academic and career goals;
2. How will the proposed language of training advance your research and proposed program of study; and
3. How will this language and area study training fit in to your long-term career goals?

Format requirements:

• up to 2 pages in length
• 1-inch margins
• 12 font size
• Times New Roman or Arial fonts