Guidelines for applicants & departments/-
professional schools 2001/2002 academic year Foreign
Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 2, 2001
With funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education, the international and area studies centers listed on the attached page expect to award non-service fellowships for the 2001-02 academic year. The centers invite eligible graduate and professional school students to apply for these fellowships. Under the terms of the fellowship program, as specified by the U.S. Department of Education, the FLAS award consists of a cost of education allowance up to $10,000 to cover tuition and required fees plus a stipend of $11,000.
The purpose of the fellowships is to encourage the study or use of foreign languages in combination with international or area studies. Priority will be given to students enrolling in a foreign language course each semester while completing full-time course work. In some cases fellowships will be awarded for the use of the advanced foreign language while carrying out overseas research during the academic year. The languages for which fellowships are offered by each center are indicated below. The FLAS competitions are open to graduate and professional school students currently enrolled at Duke as well as students who will begin their graduate studies in Fall 2001. In most cases, native speakers of these languages, even if U.S. citizens or permanent residents, are not eligible for a fellowship in their native language.
Please note that student applicants are required to obtain the signature of their Department or School representative signifying the Department or School's agreement to accept the institutional payment in lieu of full tuition and fees for the FLAS Fellow. According to the fellowship program guidelines, the FLAS Fellow cannot be required to contribute to the cost of their tuition and fees from their own personal resources.
Eligibility requirements for Academic Year FLAS Fellowships: (1) recipients must enroll as full-time students in a graduate or professional degree program during the fellowship period; (2) recipients must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents; (3) recipients must enroll in the formal study of one of the languages indicated below while pursuing a formal academic program of study, or be actively engaged in the use of such a language via overseas field research; (4) only candidates of very high professional promise should be nominated.
Application Instructions: We are pleased to invite applications from graduate students in academic departments or professional schools for these FLAS fellowships. Each center listed on the attached page will administer its own competition to award fellowships for the study of the languages listed. Please send five copies of the following application materials to the appropriate center(s) no later than 5:00 p.m., March 2, 2001 (it is possible to apply to more than one center - please make it clear on your application if you are doing so):
(1) a
completed application form (attached -- please note that Directors of
Graduate Studies or their professional school equivalents must certify
that applicants are in good academic standing by signing at the indicated
place on the attached application form; applicants must also obtain
any additional approvals required by their department or School prior
to submitting the application; this signature also indicates the School's
agreement to accept the cost of education allowance in lieu of full
payment of tuition and required fees.);
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2) a letter of recommendation, from the candidate's academic advisor
or sponsoring faculty member, in which an evaluation is made of the
nominee's undergraduate and/or graduate performance;
(3) an official transcript of the student's graduate record at Duke
(or undergraduate record if the applicant is applying to graduate school);
(4) a two-page proposal by the nominee describing past experiences and
future study plans, including explicit reference to how those plans
will lead to professional activity in the relevant world area or areas
in which the language will be used. The nominee should also clearly
indicate for which language he or she is applying and what courses or
research they would undertake in the language.
Students applying for a FLAS fellowship to conduct dissertation research abroad during the award period must also submit a separate, one-page description of their research project, including a statement of purpose, methods, expected use of the language of award and dissertation advisor's signature.
Duke University does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, religion, national origin, handicap, veteran status, sexual orientation or preference, sex, or age in the administration of educational policies, admission policies, financial aid, employment or any other University program or activity. It admits qualified students to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities accorded or made available to students.
Centers Languages
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Asian/Pacific
Studies Institute contact:
Mavis Mayer |
Chinese
Japanese Korean Note: for all of the above languages, language study must be at the intermediate or advanced level |
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Center for European Studies contact: Sharon Peters |
French
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Center for International |
Arabic
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Center for Slavic, Eurasian
and East European Studies contact: Michael Newcity |
Polish
Hungarian Romanian Russian (language study must be at the advanced level) Serbian/Croatian |
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Center
for Latin American & Caribbean Studies contact:
Natalie Hartman |
Portuguese
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South
Asian Studies Center contact:
Professor Katherine Ewing |
Bengali*
Hindi Persian* Tamil Urdu *Note: Bengali, Persian and Tamil would be offered as self-instructional language programs (SILPs); permission is being sought from the U.S. Department of Education to offer FLAS fellowships to study these languages. If interested in applying for a FLAS to study these languages, please check with Professor Ewing before submitting your application. |
- Please note: Please note: According to U.S. Department of Education guidelines, FLAS Fellows using a foreign language to conduct research overseas must be at the advanced level of study of the language in question. E-mail addresses are provided for the purpose of inquiries only. Applications will not be accepted via e-mail. Applications will be accepted via fax only in cases where the applicant is abroad.
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ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 2, 2001.
Click here for the electronic version of the FLAS application form (in rich text format).