Funding Opportunities
FLAS Program Background
The US Dept. of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) Program provides grants to a select number of public and private institutions of higher education such as UNC Area Studies Centers to enable them to offer competitive academic year and summer fellowships to graduate students annually. Meritorious students use the fellowships to pursue advanced training in modern foreign lanugages and either area or international studies. The disciplinary structure of a FLAS program may be interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary, including the humanities, social sciences, or other professional studies, and must include the study of the languages of the geographical area of specialization.
Since its inception as part of the Title VI, National Defence Education Act of 1958 and presently as part of the Title VI, Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program has produced and continues to produce a uniquely qualified cadre of modern foreign language experts whose knowledge significantly influences the business, government, and higher education communities.