West European Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Available!

The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies awards Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships that support graduate students who will study a West European language as an integral part of an academic program. Eligible languages include: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese (study of/in Portugal ONLY), Spanish (study of/in Spain ONLY), and Swedish.

FLAS applicants should have scholarly and professional interests that focus on Western Europe. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status. Applicants must plan to enroll full-time in a graduate degree program at NYU for 2010-11. Incoming applicants to NYU and currently enrolled NYU students are eligible to apply. Students from all NYU graduate degree programs in all NYU graduate schools are eligible to receive FLAS Fellowships.

Competitive priorities for 2010-11 FLAS fellowships include 1) applicants who will achieve advanced-level language proficiency before graduation, and 2) master's level applicants who plan to pursue careers in public service, and 3) applicants studying less commonly taught languages, as defined by the Department of Education (Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish).

There are two kinds of FLAS fellowships:

Summer FLAS fellowships cover the cost of tuition plus a stipend of approximately $2,500. Summer language awards must be used to attend intensive language study programs in the U.S. or overseas that meet language proficiency standards set by the U.S. Department of Education. Attendance at any particular summer program with a FLAS fellowship will be contingent upon the availability of matching funds beyond the $4,000 Department of Education tuition cap.

Academic Year FLAS fellowships will consist of 24 points of NYU tuition remission and a stipend of at least $15,000. Academic Year FLAS fellowships are for students engaged in a domestic or overseas program of full-time language and area or international studies coursework.

The Summer 2010 & Academic Year 2010-11 FLAS fellowship application deadline is FEBRUARY 5, 2010, 5:00 p.m.

To apply, submit:

· completed FLAS fellowship application – download Summer 2010 or Academic Year 2010-11 form at http://cems.as.nyu.edu/object/cems.grad.fellowships.html#applyflas

· completed career interest form – download at http://cems.as.nyu.edu/object/cems.grad.fellowships.html#applyflas

· personal statement

· current transcript

· one letter of recommendation

to:

Jennifer Denbo, Assistant Director

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies

New York University

285 Mercer Street, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10003

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Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships - General Guidelines

1. All awards are subject to U.S. Department of Education policies.

2. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status.

3. Eligible languages of study at NYU are Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal ONLY), Spanish (Spain ONLY), Swedish. Competitive priority will be given to applicants studying less commonly taught languages (Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish).

4. Students in all graduate degree-granting programs at NYU are eligible to apply. Competitive priority will be given to master's level students and applicants who are considering careers in public service.

5. Students at all levels of language proficiency, except those with native fluency, are encouraged to apply. Competitive priority will be given to students who expect to achieve advanced-level proficiency before graduation.

6. All applications must include a personal statement, a current transcript, and one letter of recommendation (preferably from your advisor, department chair, or language instructor) as well as the completed application and career interest forms. Students applying for both summer and academic year FLAS fellowships submit only one set of supporting materials.

Summer 2010 Awards

1. Summer awards are for intensive language study.

2. Each individual program of language study must be approved by the Department of Education in advance of any payment for tuition or stipend.

3. Eligible programs must offer a minimum of 140 contact hours in the classroom and last at least 6 weeks.

4. Each award will cover tuition and will provide a stipend of approximately $2,500.

5. Attendance at any particular summer program with a FLAS fellowship will be contingent upon the availability of matching funds beyond the $4,000 Department of Education tuition cap.

6. FLAS fellows may receive funding from other sources to cover tuition above the $4,000 tuition cap.

Academic Year 2010-11 Awards

1. All 2010-2011 awards are contingent on renewal of the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies' U.S. Department of Education Title VI FLAS grant for 2010-2014.

2. Students must have full-time status (a minimum of 12 points each semester), or full-time equivalency status, in 2010-11.

3. Students must enroll in at least one language course and one area or international studies course in each semester of the 2010-11 academic year.

The Title VI FLAS Fellowship program at NYU is administered under the directives of the Office of International Education Programs, Office of Post secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education.