Center for Global & International Studies

The KU Center for Global and International Studies provides Title VI Department of Education-funded Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships.

DEADLINE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013 AND SUMMER 2012 IS FEBRUARY 1, 2012

All eligible KU undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply for academic year and summer fellowships. CGIS awards FLAS to students studying Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi, Mongolian, Turkish, & Uyghur. 

A full listing of all of KU's FLAS languages can be found here.

Undergraduate FLAS

Academic Year awards provide up to $10,000 for tuition (limited to the actual amount of tuition and fees) and a $5,000 stipend for living expenses.

Summer awards provide up to $5,000 for tuition and a stipend of $2,500 for living expenses.

Eligibility:

• Students must enroll in second year language courses or above (FLAS are not available to undergraduates in first year language courses).
• Students must take an approved related culture course each semester.
• Students must be enrolled at KU or in an approved study abroad program or in an approved domestic summer intensive language program.  Study abroad programs must be pre-approved by the US Department of Education.
• Students must be studying a qualified language (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi, Mongolian, Turkish, or Uyghur).
• Students must be US Citizens or permanent residents.

Graduate FLAS

Academic Year awards provide full KU tuition and a $15,000 stipend for living expenses.

Summer awards provide up to $5,000 for tuition and a stipend of $2,500 for living expenses.

Eligibility:

• Students must enroll in any level of language courses.  Students with near native speaker proficiency will receive lowest priority.
• Students must take an approved related culture course each semester.
• Students must be enrolled at KU or in an approved study abroad program or in an approved domestic summer intensive language program.  Study abroad programs must be pre-approved by the US Department of Education.
• Students performing dissertation research will receive lowest priority.
• Students must be studying a qualified language (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi, Mongolian, Turkish, or Uyghur).
• Students must be US Citizens or permanent residents.

To Apply:

The deadline is February 1, 2012.  All materials are due on that date, including transcripts and letters of recommendation.  Please see the application for required documentation.  Applications to CGIS should be emailed, with accompanying attachments, to lherron@ku.edu.

Students are encouraged to submit as much of the documentation electronically as possible.  Students should submit their own documents electronically, as well as electronic versions of outside information.  Documents to be submitted in hard copy can be sent or delivered to 318 Blake Hall.

Graduate fellowships are available regardless of language level to be studied.  Undergraduate fellowships are not available for first year language study.  If you are applying to study a language for which multiple KU centers offer FLAS fellowships, you may apply to any KU Center offering that language, and your application will be considered by all centers offering FLAS for that language.  You do not need to submit multiple applications.

Download Application- (PDF) or (.doc) and FLAS Recommendation Form. Download FLAS Flyer here.

Applications must include:

1. The application itself.  This interactive pdf should be completed and attached.

2. Your curriculum vitae/resume.  This also should be attached.

3. College transcripts.  Electronic transcripts are encouraged.  KU ARTS forms can be submitted in lieu of KU transcripts.  These should be printed to pdf and attached.  Additionally, photocopies of transcripts signed by a representative of your department are acceptable.

4. Information about the program in which you intend to enroll if not a KU program.  If you plan to study abroad during the academic year or summer or attend a non-KU domestic intensive summer language program, you should attach an electronic copy of the brochure for the program if it is available, or include in your email the website of the program, in English.  You should also include the following information if you are attending a program abroad:

5. A two page, double-spaced statement of purpose, which must include a specific description of your educational background and your course of study, as well as an explanation of how your language study will further your career plans.

6. You must request recommendations from three people.  You must use the FLAS Recommendation Form and indicate by electronic signature whether you retain access to your recommendations or waive that right.  You should then provide the FLAS Recommendation Form to each of your recommenders.  Please advise them that they should submit their recommendations as an email, or an email attachment, to lherron@ku.edu, or on paper to the KU Center for Global and International Studies, 318 Blake Hall. 

If you have any problems or questions, please contact us.

Selection

The selection committee will make decisions in the spring, and fellows will be notified. The applicant's academic record, statement of purpose, curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation will all be taken into account. The committee will also attempt to make awards to students in a variety of disciplines and professional schools.

Academic Year and Summer FLAS Programs:

Most KU Academic Year FLAS are used for study at KU.  Some students do study abroad, and their programs must be pre-approved.  Most summer FLAS are used to study abroad.  However, summer FLAS can be used on an on-campus KU program or at another university’s intensive language program.

Summer programs must be at least 6 weeks in length and provide at least 140 hours of language class contact.  Summer programs cannot have tuition that exceeds the limit of $5,000.  This limit does not include room and board.

Some options abroad:

KU Morocco Program, SCALI Program

Arabic: American University in Cairo, CIEE Study Abroad in Amman, Colombia University Summer Language Program in Amman

Chinese: CIEE Study Abroad in Shanghai, Columbia University Summer Language Program in Beijing

Mongolian: Intensive Mongolian in Ulaan Baatar

Turkish: CIEE Study Abroad in Istanbul

Hindi: KU's Language and Culture in India

Some domestic intensive language options:

Arabic: Harvard University, Middlebury Arabic Program, University of California Berkeley Intensive Arabic, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago (accepts FLAS payments as full tuition), University of Texas Intensive Arabic, Jordan Language Academy, University of Wisconsin Language Immersion Institute, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Georgetown University

Chinese: Middlebury Chinese Program, Harvard University, University of California Berkeley Intensive Chinese, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago (accepts FLAS payments as full tuition)

Hebrew: Intensive Hebrew in New York, Middlebury Hebrew Program, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago (accepts FLAS payments as full tuition), University of Washington Near Eastern Languages and Civilization Intensive

Hindi: University of California Berkeley Intensive Elementary Hindi, University of Wisconsin-Madison South Asia Summer Language Institute

Persian: University of California Berkeley Intensive Elementary Persian, University of Chicago (accepts FLAS payments as full tuition), University of Texas Advanced Intensive Persian, University of Wisconsin Language Immersion Institute, Georgetown University

Turkish: University of Wisconsin Language Immersion Institute, University of Chicago (accepts FLAS payments as full tuition)