FLAS Fellowship Program

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Program
The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) administers a variety of fellowships and grants for Cornell graduate students whose work focuses on Southeast Asia. Students are encouraged to contact both the Graduate School, their departments, and SEAP’s link at http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/southeastasia/funding/ to learn about other fellowships for which they may also be eligible.

The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program assists in pursuing training in order to acquire a high level of competence in one or more languages critical to national needs of the United States, and a fuller understanding of the areas, regions, or countries in which that language is commonly used. The following languages are approved by the U.S. Department of Education for Southeast Asia. Bold indicates less commonly taught languages. Burmese, Khmer (Cambodian), Indonesian/Malay, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese

Application Deadlines:
January 19, 2009 to Director of Graduate Studies
February 2, 2009 to Southeast Asia Program from Departments

FLAS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: The applicant must:
1. be a graduate student who is a U.S. citizen or a U.S. permanent resident;
2. show potential for high academic achievement based on indicators such as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
3. agree to pursue full-time study in accordance with the university’s requirements and enroll in foreign language and international/area studies courses with a grade option only during the term of the award;
4. demonstrate the extent to which the necessary language training requirement have been met.Note: Lowest priority will be given to a candidate who is a native speaker of the language for which an award is sought.
5. continuing Cornell graduate students applying for a FLAS award must include an official graduate transcript.
6. recommendations submitted as part of an Admissions Application will be accepted for incoming graduate students.
7. Applications are submitted to the applicant’s Director of Graduate Studies. Applications are reviewed by the appropriate International Studies Program for ranking as awardees and alternates. All new applicants to the Cornell Graduate School must have official transcripts on file with the Graduate Admissions Office.

Award Provisions and Reporting Requirements of FLAS Recipients
1. FLAS awards will provide a nine-month stipend plus tuition for the 2009-2010 academic year.
2. A FLAS recipient must register for a minimum of one course per term in the approved language instruction at the appropriate level and related area/international studies courses for the grade option. Approved activities must be maintained for the duration of the recipient’s fellowship term.
3. A FLAS recipient must immediately inform SEAP of any change in his/her program of study or academic status.
4. A FLAS recipient will be required to submit an on-line evaluation of his/her fellowship to the U.S. Department of Education. Notification of reports will be sent via email.

The application form can be downloaded here.
The advisor recommendation form can be downloaded here.

For more information :
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/SouthEastAsia/funding/index.asp?section=flas

Source: The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), Cornell University
Website: www.cornell.edu