FLAS Fellowships

Academic Year Fellowships

Undergraduate AY FLAS Fellowships provide up to $10,000 for tuition and a $5,000 stipend. Undergraduate FLAS is available for intermediate and advanced language study only.

Graduate AY FLAS Fellowships offer a $15,000 stipend and cover tuition costs:

• 12 credit hours (per semester) for KU students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
• Up to $18,000 for students enrolled in a KU professional school.

Summer Fellowships

Summer FLAS Fellowships (undergraduate and graduate) provide up to $5,000 for summer tuition and a stipend of $2,500. International travel funds may be available, but are not guaranteed. All tuition amounts are limited to actual tuition charges.

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FLAS Description and Requirements

Academic Year

• Students must be enrolled full-time and their course load must include a CREES approved language course and a CREES approved area studies course each semester.

Summer

• Language study must be the equivalent of one academic year of modern foreign language study (a minimum of 6 consecutive weeks with 140 contact hours for beginner and intermediate level instruction, and 120 contact hours for advanced level instruction).
• The student must be at the intermediate or advanced level of language study to use an award for an approved overseas program.
• Graduate students at the beginning level will be considered for overseas language study if an appropriate equivalent beginning language instruction program in the student's target language is not available in the United States.
• All programs must include related area studies courses.
• FLAS Awards may not be used for independent research.

FLAS Eligibility Requirements

FLAS Deadlines

• 1 February 2012 by 5:00pm: Deadline for submission of applications.
• Late March to mid-April: Announcement of awards, pending U.S. Department of Education approval.

Summer Programs

KU and NON-KU Students: FLAS Fellowships provide support for students (both KU and non-KU) to attend KU sponsored study abroad programs in Ukraine and in Croatia. For more information about these programs, please go to:

• Language Institute in Lviv, Ukraine
• Language Institute in Zadar, Croatia

KU Students Only: FLAS Fellowships also provide support for students (KU only) wanting to attend non-KU, Student-Initiated Programs (SIPs). Student-Initiated Programs allow KU students to earn KU credit for programs sponsored by other accredited Universities and Colleges.

Students must confirm that their student-initiated program meets the following Department of Education requirements:

• a minimum of six consecutive weeks;
• 140 contact hours, or in-classroom instruction, for beginner and intermediate level instruction;
• 120 contact hours for advanced level instruction.

For Domestic Summer Programs: contact FLAS Coordinator, Adrienne Landry (alandry@ku.edu) for domestic program approval (domestic SIPs examples: Pittsburgh, Middlebury, Indiana SWSEEL, or Wisconsin CESSI).

For International Summer Programs: All awardees studying abroad must apply to the KU Office of Study Abroad. The following are pre-approved OSA programs for Eastern Europe, Russia, Eurasia, the Baltics and Turkey:

• American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)
• Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) **
• Business Russian Language and Internship Program (BRLI)
• Contemporary Russia Summer Program (CRU)
• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) **
• Critical Language Scholarship Summer Program (CLS)
• Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP)
• Global Learning Semesters
• Jagiellonian University Summer Polish Language Program
• Polonicum Language Center, University of Warsaw
• Russian Overseas Flagship Program
• School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS)
• SIT Study Abroad
• University of Arizona Russian Summer Language Institute **

**Slavic Department Approved Summer Programs for Advanced Russian Language Study

The Office of Study Abroad highly recommends students register by March 1, regardless if they have been approved for a FLAS or not.

Application Process

For detailed application instructions, please click here for FLAS checklist (PDF).

Your application should include:

For all FLAS applications:

1. FLAS application;
2. Statement of Purpose;
3. Curriculum vitae or resume;
4. KU Arts Form (KU students only);
5. Pre-KU Transcripts;
6. Three FLAS recommendation forms.

If you are applying for a Study Abroad Program:

7. Registration with the KU Office of Study Abroad;
8. Study Abroad Program statement including:
   1. Name of Program and web address;
   2. Total number of weeks of the program;
   3. Total number of hours in language study (contact hours) in the program (must be a minimum of 140 contact hours for beginner and intermediate level and 120 contact hours for advanced);
   4. Projected departure and return date;
   5. Start and end dates of the program;
   6. A paragraph explaining why you have selected the program;
   7. A sample or proposed airline itinerary (your itinerary must comply with the Fly America Act).

Submit your completed application and all supporting materials by email to Adrienne Landry (alandry@ku.edu).

Students are encouraged to submit their application electronically.

You may also submit your application and any supporting materials by postal mail. In this case, write your name on the envelope and submit your application to:

• Prof. Edith Clowes
• CREES Director
• 320 Bailey Hall
• 1440 Jayhawk Blvd
• Lawrence, KS 66045-7574

It is the student's responsibility to make certain that the application is complete; incomplete applications will not be considered.

The FLAS Selection Committee will review all applications and make decisions in the Spring. Fellows will be notified shortly after.

If you have any questions about eligibility, language level, status, or any aspect of the application process, please contact:

• Prof. Mariya Omelicheva
• CREES Associate Director
• 320 Bailey Hall
• 1440 Jayhawk Blvd
• Lawrence, KS 66045-7574
• Phone: (785) 864-4236
• Email: crees@ku.edu