Each year the United States Department of Education awards Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships to universities in order to promote the training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign cultures is a prerequisite for success.

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Residency status required for eligibility.

ACADEMIC YEAR

• UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
  • $5,000 academic year stipend plus maximum tuition award of $10,000 or actual tuition if lower.
  • Requires enrollment in intermediate level language instruction (second-year level) or higher of a least commonly taught language (study of French, German or Spanish is NOT eligible for FLAS support for undergraduates).
• ARTS & SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENT
  • $15,000 academic year stipend plus maximum tuition award of 12 credit hours per semester.
  • Automatic enrollment in the graduate student health insurance plan with the cost of the student premium paid by the fellowship.
• PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL GRADUATE STUDENT
  • $15,000 academic year stipend plus tuition award of at least $18,000, or actual tuition if lower.
  • Automatic enrollment in the graduate student health insurance plan with the cost of the student premium paid by the fellowship.
    

SUMMER

• ALL STUDENTS ALL PROGRAMS
  • $2,500 summer stipend plus tuition award for cost of language course only.
  • For summer undergraduate, requires enrollment in intermediate level language instruction (second-year level) or higher of a least commonly taught language (study of French, German or Spanish is NOT eligible).
    

Students are required to send the following materials to the appropriate world area contact indicated below:

1. One copy of the application for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships;

2. One complete set of official transcripts of college and university credits;

3. Three letters of recommendation (printable Flas Reference Form); and

4. A completed Statement on Language Training and Proposed Program of Study.

For general FLAS questions, please email us at the relevant center contact below or check the U.S. Department of Education FLAS Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/.

Akan/Twi, Arabic (Africa), Bamana, Kiswahili, Wolof, Zulu, other languages may be available

Maria Grosz-Ngaté , Associate Director
Woodburn Hall 221
Bloomington, IN  47405-6001
e-mail: afrist@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~afrist/
812-855-5081
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 15

Arabic, Modern Hebrew, Kurdish, Turkish, Persian

Liese Hilgeman, Assistant Director
1105 East Atwater Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47401-3701
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~csme/flas.shtml#FLAS
e-mail: csme@indiana.edu
812-855-4221
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1 (study abroad), March 1 (study at IU)

Arabic, Chinese, Advanced French, Hindi, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Advanced Spanish, Turkish, and other languages available

Deborah Hutton, Assistant Director
201 N. Indiana Avenue 
Bloomington, IN  47408-4001
e-mail: global@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~global/funding/flas.php
812-856-5523
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1

Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Heidi Ross, Director
Memorial Hall West 207
1021 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
e-mail: easc@indiana.edu
URL for undergraduate students: http://www.iu.edu/~easc/funding/undergrads.shtml
URL for graduate students: http://www.iu.edu/~easc/funding/grads.shtml
812-855-3765
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1

Azeri, Dari, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pashto, Persian, Tajik, Tatar, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek

Kasia Johnston, Assistant Director
Goodbody Hall 305
Bloomington, IN  47405
e-mail: iaunrc@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~iaunrc/
812-856-5263
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: March 1

Arabic, Bengali, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Turkish, Urdu

Wafa Amayreh, Program Coordinator
Weatherly Hall 113
400 N. Sunrise Drive
Bloomington, Indiana 47408
e-mail: islmprog@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~islmprog/FLASGrants/index.shtml
812-856-3977
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1 (study abroad), March 1 (study at IU)

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian*, Hungarian, Macedonian*, Modern Greek, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Tatar*, Ukrainian, Yiddish

Mark Trotter, Assistant Director
Ballantine Hall 565
Bloomington, IN  47405-6615 
e-mail: reeiadm@indiana.edu
URL: http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/
812-855-7309
Academic year deadline: February 1
Summer deadline: February 1 (study abroad), March 1 (study at IU)

*Summer Only