foreign language and area studies ( flas ) fellowships
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Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowships
FELLOWSHIP PURPOSE The purpose of the FLAS fellowship is to enable
students to devote a semester or more of focused attention on a program of study that combines modern foreign language training with area studies, international studies, or the international aspects of professional or other fields of study.
Legislation: Title VI, International Education Programs, Part A, International and Foreign Language Studies, sections 601 and 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
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TYPES OF FELLOWSHIPS
Academic Year Fellowships
Summer Fellowships
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TYPES OF FELLOWSHIPS
Academic Year Fellowships–Graduate vs. undergraduate
Summer Fellowships–Graduate vs. undergraduate
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Institutional Payment vs. Subsistence Allowance Institutional payment (tuition and fees) Subsistence allowance (stipend)
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Undergraduate Summer
Graduate Summer Undergraduate Academic Year
Graduate Academic Year
Institutional Payment (tuition and fees)
$5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $18,000
Stipend $2,500 $2,500 $5,000 $15,000
Total $7,500 $7,500 $15,000 $33,000
Eligibility Requirements—All Fellowship Recipients Must be a citizen or national of the U.S. or a
permanent resident of the U.S. Must be accepted for enrollment or enrolled
in a FLAS-granting institution (JHU)
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Eligibility Requirements—All Fellowship Recipients (continued)
Must show potential for high academic achievement (based on GPA, class ranking, or similar measures that institution determines)
Must be enrolled in a program of modern foreign language training in a language for which the institution has developed or is developing performance-based instruction
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Eligibility Requirements—Undergraduate Fellowship Recipients
Must be in the intermediate or advanced study of a less commonly taught language– Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian & Yiddish– Note: Other languages may be eligible
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Eligibility Requirements—Graduate Fellowship Recipients
Engaged in -- Predissertation level studyPreparation for dissertation researchDissertation research abroad, orDissertation writing
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Eligibility Requirements—Graduate Fellowship Recipients
The Department of Education rules stipulate: “The use of language in dissertation research abroad or dissertation writing award should be extensive enough to be able to consider the foreign language improvement facilitated by the research equal to the improvement that would be obtained from a [half] year’s worth of formal classroom instruction. Research must be conducted overseas. A dissertation writing award can be at the home institution.”
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Overseas Program Requests (OPR) —Academic Year
Graduate and undergraduate fellowships may be awarded for academic year overseas programs, but Undergraduates must be at the advanced or
intermediate level of study in a less commonly taught language, and
All fellows must enroll in one language course and one area/international studies course per semester
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Overseas programs must include at least six weeks of instruction and at least 120 contact hours of language instruction for advanced level language courses and at least 140 contact hours of language instruction for beginning and intermediate level language courses
The instruction must be performance-based (i.e., for credit or certification and with testing and grading)
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Overseas Program Requests—Summer
Dissertation Research Abroad Requests
Academic Year only Student must be affiliated with an institution
of higher education or similar entity in the host country
Student must submit a justification for the research project and have it approved by the IFLE program officer
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Travel Approval Requests—Timing Restrictions
If travel funding is applied for a student (a travel award), then IFLE will place restrictions on when students travel and return from their summer programs
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Language Approval Requests—One-time Requests
For students who want to study a language that is not offered on a continual basis
Language must have direct relevance to the student’s academic plan
Instruction must be performance-based from a qualified instructor with experience in teaching, language pedagogy, and assessment
Language approval request must include evidence of the above
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Recipient Reporting Requirements—Pre- and Post-Instructor Evaluations
Recipients must use the DOE IRIS system to submit evaluations & reports
Evals are administered by same instructor Submitting a report – do not wait!
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Independent Study Requests Must be approved by Program Officer on case
by case basis In the request, include:– Professor curriculum vitae (CV)– Syllabus– Justification for independent study
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FLAS Fellow Reports - Top 12 issues1. Fellows do not provide entire course load2. No indication of which courses are language or
area studies courses3. Enter course listing instead of full title4. Enter N/A (not applicable) for a course title5. Enter P/F (pass/fail) grades without explanation6. Enter zero credits without explanation
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FLAS Fellow Reports - Top 12 issues7. Enter area studies courses in summer reports8. Enter audit as a grade9. No details about their summer overseas
language programs10.Ongoing fellow support during fellowship11.Centers are not widely publicizing competition
opportunities12.Centers are not providing sufficient, if any,
networking opportunities
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FLAS Administration: What Ifs Graduate student wants to take the beginning level of
a language? This is allowable and usually occurs when the Graduate student wants to take the beginning level of another language related to his area expertise and research. For example, the student is proficient in Spanish and wants to take beginning Portuguese.
We said we would award Undergraduate fellowships but we did not have high-quality applications? Notify your IFLE program officer as a FYI. You may then use the funds to create additional Graduate fellowships.
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FLAS Administration: What Ifs Lodging, e.g., $700, is included in the $5000
“fees” payment for a summer overseas language program. Shall we still give the FLAS fellow a $2,500 stipend? No. You should deduct the $700 and give the student $1800, to avoid duplicative payment.
A student wants to take a single course to satisfy both the area studies/international studies course and the language course requirement. This is not allowed.
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FLAS Administration: What Ifs A student wants to take beginning Dutch to
enhance his capacity to conduct research on Indonesian colonial history. Can we request to add Dutch as a FLAS eligible language on a one-time basis for this particular student? Yes. Dutch is relevant to this FLAS student’s training as an expert on Southeast Asia.
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THANK YOUQuestions
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