Funding Opportunities
Overview: Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Awards
FLAS News
The application deadline for 2010-11 is January 29, 2010 for both academic-year and summer awards. Be sure to apply to the appropriate Center for your language of interest!
- FLAS Program Background
- FLAS Priorities
- Amount of Funding & NC Residency
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Apply for a FLAS award
Each year, the US Department of Education awards Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) funding to Area Studies Centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. FLAS funds are awarded in a competitive process open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students to pursue foreign language and area studies for professional purposes. FLAS funds are intended to support high-level second language acquisition among US professionals.