Funding Opportunities
Overview: Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Awards
FLAS News
The application deadline for 2012-13 for most Centers is January 27, 2012, for both academic-year and summer awards. Please check with specific Area Studies Centers to confirm their deadlines, and be sure to apply to the appropriate Center for your language of interest!
Fall 2011 open information sessions will be held in the FedEx Global Education Center:- Tuesday, November 15, 2011
11:00am - 12:15pm | Room 3009 - Wednesday, November 16, 2011
11:00am - 12:15pm | Room 3009 - Thursday, December 8, 2011
3:00pm | Room 2008/2010
- FLAS Program Background
- FLAS Priorities
- FLAS languages & appropriate Center contacts
- 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.
UNC Area Studies Centers offer over 30 academic year and more than 22 summer FLAS fellowships each year providing more than $1 million annually in graduate student support.