Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences
269 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-9007
Fax: 612-626-2242
E-mail: igs@umn.edu

FLAS Fellowships

  • Summer: $2,500 living stipend PLUS tuition and selected fees
  • Academic Year: $15,000 living stipend PLUS tuition and selected fees

Nominations

The Consortium for the Study of the Asias (CSA), the Institute for Global Studies (IGS), and the European Studies Consortium (ESC) invite ALL ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS to nominate up to four graduate students for Summer and up to four graduate students for Academic Year FLAS Fellowships in each of the areas of competition.

Informational Meetings

To facilitate the application process, we will be holding 3 informational meetings for graduate students and nominating departments.

  • Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 246 Social Sciences, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 128 Folwell Hall, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, November 29, 2007, Humphrey Center 215, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

During these meetings we will discuss such things as eligibility and priorities and strategies for successful applications.

Eligibility

  • New and returning students are eligible for awards.
  • All graduate students are eligible, although fellowships will not be awarded to graduate students who major in French, German, or Spanish to study the language of their major. They are eligible to study another language.
  • Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Foreign students are NOT eligible.

Languages

Currently we have approval to offer FLAS fellowships in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

US/ED Funding Priorities

  • Fellowships to students in the least-commonly taught languages who are pursuing advanced level language proficiency.
  • Fellowships to talented students pursuing master's degrees who may be more likely to pursue government service.

Please be advised that proposals to study beginning Spanish, French, or German are rarely funded.

Students wishing to find funding for dissertation research abroad should apply to the Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program.

We strongly encourage graduate students who want to take an intensive summer course in a less-commonly-taught language at a CIC institution to apply for the Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) scholarship.

Asian Studies, International Studies, and Western European Studies

FLAS fellowships: Asian Studies

  • Application information (RTF) (PDF)
  • Nominee application (RTF) (PDF)
  • Departmental nomination form (RTF) (PDF)

FLAS fellowships: International Studies

  • Application information (RTF) (PDF)
  • Nominee application (RTF) (PDF)
  • Departmental nomination form (RTF) (PDF)

FLAS fellowships: Western European Studies

  • Application information (RTF) (PDF)
  • Nominee application (RTF) (PDF)
  • Departmental nomination form (RTF) (PDF)

Application Deadline

Monday, February 11, 2008, 4:30 p.m.

IGS Fellowships Contact ESC Fellowships Contact CSA Fellowships Contact

Klaas van der Sanden
Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences

Phone: 612-625-1856
E-mail: vande001@umn.edu

Laura Seifert
European Studies Consortium
214 Social Sciences

Phone: 612-624-6527
E-mail: esc@tc.umn.edu

Anne Preston
Consortium for the study of the Asias
214 Social Sciences

Phone: 612-625-6103
E-mail: apreston@umn.edu

Other Graduate Study Opportunities