2010-2011 Academic Year Fellowships: Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education

2010-2011 Academic Year Fellowships for KU Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education

Fellowships are available for undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline who study an approved foreign language. All Fellowships are contingent on U.S. Department of Education funding. Undergraduate Academic Year FLAS Fellowships provide up to $10,000 for tuition and a $5,000 stipend for living expenses. Graduate Academic Year FLAS Fellowships provide full KU tuition (restrictions may apply) and a $15,000 stipend for living expenses. Summer 2010 FLAS Fellowships (undergraduate and graduate) provide up to $4,000 for summer tuition and a stipend of $2,500. Travel funds may be available for summer FLAS. All tuition amounts are limited to actual tuition charges. Fellowships are divided by language among the relevant KU area studies centers, each of which has its own set of requirements and deadlines.

Russia, East Europe, & Eurasia
Languages: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 and Summer ’10 applications is February 12, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-4236, e-mailing crees@ku.edu, or viewing www.crees.ku.edu.

Africa
Languages: Amharic, Wolof, Hausa, Arabic, KiSwahili.
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 and Summer ’10 applications is February 1, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-3745,
e-mailing kasc@ku.edu, or viewing www.kasc.ku.edu

East Asia
Languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Uyghur.
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 and Summer ’10 applications is February 16, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-3849, e-mailing ceas@ku.edu, or viewing www.ceas.ku.edu/academics/flas.shtml.

The Center for Global & International Studies
Languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hebrew, Hindi, Mongolian, Persian (Farsi), Turkish, Uyghur
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 applications is April 1, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-1120, e-mailing cgis@ku.edu, or viewing http://global.ku.edu/students/fellowgrants.shtml

Latin America
Languages: Portuguese, Kaqchikel Maya, Quichua, Spanish (advanced graduate level only), and Haitian Creole
Deadline for academic year ’10 –’11 applications is February 1, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-4213, emailing latamst@ku.edu, or at www.ku.edu/~latamst