Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships are academic scholarships that provide funding and support to graduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing Asian language and area studies.
The Asian Studies Center awards undergraduate and graduate student fellowships under the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program of the U.S. Department of Education for the study of modern Asian languages and Asia area studies. The FLAS Fellowship program is designed to meet critical needs for specialists in American education, government, and other services of a public and/or professional nature who will utilize their skills in training others and in developing throughout the United States a wider knowledge and understanding of other countries and cultures.
Undergraduate students: AY fellowships* for undergraduate students offer tuition payments of up to $10,000 per academic year and a stipend up to a total of $5,000 for the same period.
Graduate students: AY fellowships* for graduate students offer tuition payments of up to $18,000 per academic year and a stipend up to a total of $20,000 for the same period. Applicants who are Ph.D. candidates at the dissertation stage will be required to provide additional information regarding requesting support for dissertation research and writing.
Dissertation–level doctoral applicants may use FLAS fellowships to fun dissertation research and writing. Dissertation research must be conducted abroad. Dissertation writing must be conducted at home institution in the US.
*The 2022-23 AY FLAS fellowships are contingent on receipt of grant funding by the MSU Asian Studies Center from the U.S. Department of Education.
Citizenship: Applicants must be a US citizen or US permanent resident at the time of application.
Student Status: Applicants who are currently enrolled in a full time undergraduate or graduate degree program at Michigan State University or have been accepted for admission to MSU and will be enrolled full time starting Fall 2022.
Online Application and Submission Portal is OPEN now.
Application Deadline: June 12, 2022
All applicants:
Official transcript (PDF) to be emailed directly by the MSU Office of the Registrar or your educational institution to the Asian Studies Center.
PhD applicants who are in the dissertation stage, additional checklist:
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