GET FUNDING TO STUDY AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE WITH A FLAS FELLOWSHIP

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Award applications are now open!

 

African language FLAS Awards are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the African Studies Program to assist students in acquiring African language and area studies competencies.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?Both undergraduate and graduate students who are US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Undergraduate student academic-year award
– $10,000 toward tuition
– $5,000 stipend

Graduate student academic-year fellowship
– Full tuition remission
– $15,000 stipend

Summer FLAS awards (undergraduate and graduate)
– $5,000 in tuition toward summer language training program
– $2,500 stipend

NOTE: Students are eligible and encouraged to apply for both an academic year FLAS award and a summer FLAS award, if they so wish. All competitions are evaluated separately and an application to one competition does not strengthen or weaken application to another.

LANGUAGES

Eligible students may apply to study the following languages with a FLAS award from the African Studies Program.

Academic Year

  • Arabic*
  • Hausa
  • Swahili*
  • Wolof
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

STUDENT STORIES

Hear from FLAS fellowship alumni who used their FLAS award to study on campus, in Uganda, and beyond!

INFORMATION SESSIONS

Information Sessions will be held November 19 from 4-5PM in 336 Ingraham Hall and January 27, 2020 from 4-5PM in 206 Ingraham Hall.

APPLY

Begin your FLAS application here: https://flas.wisc.edu/

FAQ: https://flas.wisc.edu/FAQS.html

Read the full article at: https://flas.wisc.edu/FAQS.html