The Area Studies Programs have each been awarded federal funding to support Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. This Title VI program of the U.S. Department of Education provides academic year and summer fellowships to Cornell and other institutions of higher education to assist graduate students in foreign language and area or international studies. The goals of the program are to:
Please refer to the appropriate Programs below for specific information about eligible languages and application requirements for the FLAS competition at Cornell.
East Asia Program
South Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Institute for European Studies
Return the completed FLAS application to your Director of Graduate Studies by January 18, 2010 for all FLAS except EAP, whose deadline is February 1, 2010.
Special note for East Asia applicants: Please refer to the East Asia Program or consult that Program office, 140 Uris Hall, for details on their application process.