2010 Summer FLAS for Graduate Students
Deadline: February 8, 2010
Application instructions
A complete Summer 2010 FLAS Application includes:
1) Summer 2010 FLAS Application Form (available for download to the right)
2) Unofficial Transcript (available on Axess)
3) Statement of Purpose (instructions below)
4) One Letter of Recommendation from Faculty Advisor (may be in the form of
an email sent to CREEES.)
Submit all of these materials electronically by Mon., Feb. 8, 2010 to CREEES. Applicants who prefer to use the the US Postal system should send materials to CREEES, attn FLAS administrator, Encina Hall West, Room 216, Stanford University, MC 6045, Stanford, CA 94305.
Summer FLAS fellowships
The summer Foreign Language Areas Studies (FLAS) fellowships, sponsored by
the US Department of Education, for the study of Russian, East European and
Eurasian languages are administered at Stanford by CREEES. The summer FLAS
fellowships are intended for graduate students' advanced, intensive study in
the US or abroad of one of Russian or the lanaguages of the Caucasus,
Central Asia, or Eastern Europe. A summer FLAS Fellowship pays for the
language program's tuition and provides a stipend for living expenses of
$2,500. CREEES offers FLAS fellowships to graduate students for summer
language study in the following languages: Russian, Ukrainian,
Serbo-Croatian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Uzbek, Tajik, Azeri, Kazakh,
Georgian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Armenian, Romanian, and others. Contact CREEES
with questions about eligible languages
and summer language programs.
Eligibility
A candidate must:
* be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States
* be a matriculated graduate student at Stanford in a program that includes
international studies and modern foreign language training, or a student in
a professional school whose studies and research necessitate the study of a
foreign language.
Summer Language Programs must:
* attempt to offer in one summer the equivalent of a full academic year of
language study
* be a minimum of 6 weeks in duration, preferably longer
* offer a minimum of 140 contact hours of instruction at the beginning or
intermediate levels, and a minimum of 120 contact hours of instruction at
advanced levels.
Please note that The US Department of Education does not publish a list of eligible language programs. The applicant should look for programs that meet the above criteria and should email CREEES with questions about eligible programs.
Priority is given to language study at the intermediate or advanced levels, although in some circumstances beginning level is permitted for study in the US. A FLAS Fellowship may not be used for beginning language study abroad unless there is no program in that language in the US. A fellowship holder may receive additional outside support for travel and living expenses, but FLAS support of tuition will be reduced by the amount of any outside funding support of tuition.
Tips for an Effective Application
The applicant should submit the following materials:
* The accompanying one-page "Summer 2010 FLAS Application Form" (available
for download at right)
* An unofficial Stanford transcript (download from AXESS)
* A Statement of Purpose in which you: describe the language program/s for
which you are seeking a FLAS Fellowship; state the status of your
application with each program; explain how studying the proposed language
fits into your academic program and research needs; and give exact tuition
cost figures for your proposed program/s. (Please note: If the proposed
language instruction program does not publish tuition cost separate from
room and board expenses, you must contact the program for a breakdown of
cost figures. We cannot grant a summer FLAS Fellowship until we have exact
tuition costs.)
* A letter of recommendation (e-mail or paper copy) from your faculty
advisor sent to CREEES.
Submit the above application materials electronically by February 8, 2010 to CREEES
Or by US mail to: CREEES, attn FLAS Administrator, Encina West, Room 216, Stanford University, MC 6045, Stanford, CA 94305.