|
The Center for the Study of Global Change promotes foreign language education by supporting graduate and undergraduate students focusing on global studies through the award of academic year and summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. Given the global scope of the Center's programs, languages eligible for FLAS support are not restricted to any one geographic region of the world. In fact, the Center will consider granting FLAS scholarships to study most any modern language, as long as the language instruction benefits and furthers research that is global in scope. Therefore, though we have ten languages that are already approved by the Dept. of Education, the Global Center can and does request approval for all world languages that are needed to support and facilitate global research. Already approved languages for FLAS support through the Center for the Study of Global Change currently include Arabic, Chinese, Advanced French, Hindi, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Advanced Spanish, and Turkish.
The Awards:
ACADEMIC YEAR (requires enrollment in language and international/area studies courses for both semesters)
- UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
- $5,000 academic year stipend plus maximum tuition award of $10,000 or actual tuition if lower.
- Requires enrollment in intermediate level language instruction (second-year level) or higher.
- Approved language must be one of the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) – this includes all languages other than English and the commonly taught European languages of German, French and Spanish.
- ARTS & SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENT
- $15,000 academic year stipend plus maximum tuition award of 12 credit hours per semester.
- Automatic enrollment in the graduate student health insurance plan with the cost of the student premium paid by the fellowship.
- PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL GRADUATE STUDENT
- $15,000 academic year stipend plus tuition award of at least $18,000, or actual tuition if lower.
- Automatic enrollment in the graduate student health insurance plan with the cost of the student premium paid by the fellowship.
SUMMER (requires enrollment in intensive language program/courses)
- ALL STUDENTS ALL PROGRAMS
- $2,500 summer stipend plus tuition award for cost of language course only.
Guidelines for Applications:
- To be eligible for an academic year award, graduate students must be admitted to a degree program in a graduate department or school at Indiana University by the beginning of the fellowship period;
- All students must be American citizens or permanent residents
- Priority for awards, based on U.S. Department of Education guidelines, will be granted to students studying less commonly taught languages, graduate students in professional schools; and/or graduate students taking advanced levels of foreign languages
- The Center will only support graduate and undergraduate students whose academic program and/or career objectives are global in perspective.
- FLAS Fellowship recipients must undertake full-time study during the tenure of the award and be enrolled in formal language instruction in the language of the award as well as area or international studies courses.
- Deadline for submission of application and all materials relating to the application is February 1 with results of the competition announced by early April.
 On-Line Application
Contact Information:
For additional information –
Email: global@indiana.edu
Phone: (812) 856-5523
Supplemental materials and letters of support should be sent to --
FLAS Selection Committee
Center for the Study of Global Change
201 N. Indiana Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47408
|
