FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES (FLAS) FELLOWSHIPS

FLAS Summer Awards

Congratulations to GW's 2007 Summer FLAS Fellows!

Jeffrey Becker  - Chinese

Grace Lim - Japanese

David West - Chinese

   

The Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Program provides summer and academic year fellowships to institutions of higher education. The grant to GW, written by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, assists graduate students at George Washington University to further language study and area or international studies. The number of awards is contingent on funding.

GOALS of the fellowship program include: to assist in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained personnel for modern foreign language and area/international studies; to stimulate the attainment of foreign language acquisition and fluency; and to develop a pool of international experts to meet national needs.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicant must be a graduate student who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The applicant must be in good standing in any discipline or program with an international studies focus.

Students studying one of the less-commonly-taught languages below will be eligible. While all applications will be accepted, priority will be given to applicants pursuing language study at intermediate or advanced levels and whose intensive language program are within the costs allotted. In addition, priority will be given to master's students who are more likely to pursue government service or enter a professional field.

Awardees will be chosen by a GW committee on a competitive basis from eligible applicants based on their academic performances, the relevance of language study to their academic programs and their career and professional goals, and their demonstrated ability in foreign language study.

The following is a list of priority languages taught at GW.

Chinese

Japanese

Korean

SUMMER AWARDS Summer FLAS awards may be applied only to intensive language study (involving 120-140 contact hours, usually in a session of at least 6 consecutive weeks) at an accredited college or university in the U.S. In the past, the award covered up to $4,000 for tuition and fees and provided a stipend of $2,500.

International Language Study: Summer language study abroad must be at the advanced level of proficiency. Study overseas requires advance approval from the Department of Education (approval request must be submitted at least 30 days prior to departure and will be handled by the Director of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships; students may not contact the Department of Education directly). Travel costs are not included.

Summer FLAS is for language study ONLY! Contact hours requirement must be fulfilled via classroom instruction. No independent study will be allowed. Contact hours do not include field trips or labs. Summer FLAS awards cannot be used for dissertation research.

APPLICATION PROCESS Application forms are available online. Forms are also available in the Office of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships, Rice Hall 602.

Download Application Materials Here:
FLAS Summer Application
Recommendation Form

Application materials include:

• Application form
• Statement of purpose
• Description of proposed program (including which language you intend to study)
• Current resume
• Transcript(s) from all higher institutions attended (photocopies are acceptable)
• Two letters of recommendation
• Whether in the U.S. or abroad, please also identify the institution, its location, the dates the program begins and ends, and the total number of contact hours. Include copies of relevant pages from brochures or from the Web on the desired program.
  

Students may apply for FLAS Summer Awards for language study and FLAS Academic Year Fellowships, but can only be awarded one or the other. Please note that students applying for both Academic Year and Summer awards must submit two separate applications.


NEW DEADLINE: Application materials are due to the Office of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships by 4 April 2008.

The George Washington University Office of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships, 2121 Eye Street NW, Rice Hall 602, Washington, DC 20052

Fax: (202)994-8845 Phone: (202)994-6822 E-mail: gradfell@gwu.edu
 
 

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