[inactive] Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

Summary: 

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FLAS fellowships are expected to provide $18,000 toward tuition and a $15,000 stipend for living expenses to students enrolling in a selected language course.

Application Deadline Date: 
Monday, March 4, 2024
Lower Limit Amount ($): 
18,000
Upper Limit Amount ($): 
36,000
Academic Area: 

language, european studies

Description: 

The goal of the FLAS fellowships is to enhance the international expertise of U.S. nationals. Academic year FLAS fellowships are for Yale undergraduate, graduate and professional school students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, whose academic programs include the study of a foreign language designated as priority by the U.S. Department of Education and whose career plans include teaching, public service or business. The competition is open to current undergraduate, graduate or professional school students who will be continuing their studies at Yale and students admitted for study at Yale beginning Fall 2023. Incoming students may also be nominated by their admissions committee chairperson.

Award Purpose: 
Tuition
Other
Year In School: 
Masters
Eligibility Requirement - Gender: 
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Citizenship: 

US

Eligibility Requirement - Residency: 

US

Eligibility Requirement - Other: 

Eligible languages for Graduate students include: CZECH, DUTCH, FINNISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, MODERN GREEK, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, HUNGARIAN, ROMANIAN, SERBO-CROATIAN, SPANISH, and UKRAINIAN.

Language study must bear a clear relationship to the applicants overall course of study, must continue throughout the tenure of the fellowship, and must clearly relate to the area of concentration of the award. FLAS recipients must be enrolled in one area studies (Europe-related) class and one language class per semester, for credit, at the approved level in the approved language for the duration of their award. Recipients MUST maintain satisfactory academic progress and successfully complete their language courses

Women, members of ethnic/racial minority groups, and persons who have disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Specializations: 
Business and the Environment
Climate Change Science and Solutions
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy Analysis
Forestry
Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry
People, Equity, and the Environment
Water Resource Science & Management
Urban
Date Updated: 
Friday, February 28, 2025
Recipients: 
0
Recurring: 
Annual - March
Eligibility - Citizenship: 
US Citizens/Permanent Residents
Amount: 
35000