Graduate Student
Zhen Huo
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair: Kristin Roebuck
Discipline: Asian Studies
Primary Countries: Japan
Research Interests: Modern Japanese History
Additional Information
Yuhua Zhou
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: Nick Admussen
Discipline: Asian Studies
Research Interests: Contemporary Chinese Poetry in 1980s and 1990s
Additional Information
Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowships
Details
Achieve fluency in a language of South Asia with the help of a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) summer fellowship. You’ll gain valuable knowledge about cultures and countries in which your language is commonly used, while developing skills in a language critical to the needs of the United States.
Awards must be used for summer 2026 intensive language study.
Deadline
- Apply by February 18, 2026 for summer 2026 language study.
Amount
- $3,500 stipend, plus fees and tuition allowance of up to $5,000, and possible travel support up to $1,000.
Eligibility
Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible. You must fulfill the following requirements:
- Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
- Complete a FAFSA prior to the FLAS deadline.
- Agree to enroll in a summer 2026 intensive language program.
To be a successful applicant, you need to show potential for high academic achievement and demonstrate that you meet the necessary language training requirements. (Lowest priority will be given to a candidate who is a native speaker of the language for which an award is sought.)
How to Apply
In your application, you will be asked to provide information on your proposed study location. You must identify your preferred program(s).
We recommend the following summer intensive language programs, although we will consider any programs—domestic or overseas—that meet the minimum requirements.
- South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), virtual through University of Wisconsin-Madison, offering Bangla, Dari, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, Tibetan, and Urdu
- Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI), virtual through University of Wisconsin-Madison, offering Persian
- American Institute for Indian Studies (AIIS), in-person at various locations in India and virtual, offering Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Persian, Punjabi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, and Urdu
- South Asia Institute (SAI), virtual through University of Texas at Austin, offering Malayalam
Your program must be at least six weeks in duration and offer at least 120 student contact hours. Please indicate the language level you intend to study during the summer 2026 award period.
Requirements
Additional Information
Herlina Oktavianti
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MPA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: -
Discipline: Public Policy
Research Countries: Indonesia, Laos, Singapore, Vietnam
Additional Information
Asriandi Masnar
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2029
Committee Chair/Advisor: Robin Dando
Discipline: Food science & Technology
Primary Language: Indonesian
Research Countries: Indonesia
Research Interests: Sensory science and food evaluation, descriptive analysis, consumer acceptance testing, sensory perception.
Additional Information
Cameron Yi-Jun Guan
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MPH
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: Alex Travis, Benjamin Parker
Discipline: Public Health
Research Interests: Sustainable interventions to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the Global South, especially within Southeast Asian countries of the "Malaria Belt," with major emphasis on the historical contexts that have created the social determinants of health that currently exist in the Global South.
Additional Information
Thitirat Boonyanuphong
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Magnus Fiskesjö
Discipline: Asian Studies
Research Countries: Thailand
Research Interests: The Political Role of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu’s Thought and Writings in Post-1932 Thai Modernity
Additional Information
Sydney Johnston
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: Anne Blackburn
Discipline: Asian Studies
Research Countries: Thailand, Singapore
Research Interests: Interface of the economy, urbanization, global Hinduism, animism, and the commodification of religion in Thailand
Additional Information
Philip Aquila Salvatore Tapan Dahal
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MPH
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: -
Discipline: Public Health
Research Countries: Indonesia, Timor-Leste
Additional Information
Nicholas Kimble
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: MPA
Anticipated Degree Year: 2027
Committee Chair/Advisor: Laurie Miller
Discipline: Public Policy
Research Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand