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Online Application Forms and Deadlines
Summer 2021 2022 Application
Deadline: Monday, March 15February 28, 20212022
Academic Year 20212022-22 23 Application
Deadline: ThursdayFriday, April 15, 2021 2022
Application Requirements
1. Completed on-line application form (including a one-page, PDF format; Statement of Purpose describing how FLAS training fits into your academic program and your career plans).
2. Updated, official S.U. transcript only if you are a continuing undergraduate or graduate student delivered to Emera Bridger Wilson, Associate Director of the South Asia Center. New, incoming graduate students do not need to submit a transcript.
Note: Syracuse University official transcripts can be requested and submitted to the FLAS Coordinator via secure email transmission through your MySlice portal; Student Services tab.
3. A completed FAFSA form must be submitted. This is required of both graduate and undergraduate applicants for both Academic Year and Summer FLAS. You will be asked to submit your EFC number when you complete the application. The committee will consider financial need as well as academic merit when making funding decisions.
4. Letters of recommendation: For undergraduate applicants, two (2) letters of recommendation - one from a language instructor with an appraisal of your language ability and one from a faculty member who can speak to your academic preparation emailed from an institutional email address directly to Emera Bridger Wilson. For continuing graduate students, one (1) letter of recommendation from your graduate advisor, thesis or dissertation supervisor, or a faculty member who knows your work well emailed from an institutional email address directly to Emera Bridger Wilson. If you are a new, incoming graduate student, you do not need to provide a letter of recommendation.
5. For Summer FLAS, you must be accepted to one of the two approved language programs--the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Summer Language Program for study in India OR the South Asian Studies Language Institute (SASLI), held at the University of Wisconsin. Please see their websites for applicable deadlines.
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1. Academic year fellowships consist of a scholarship of $10,000 towards the cost of tuition and $5,000 towards living expenses for undergraduates; graduate students receive 24 credits of tuition and a stipend of $15$20,000.
2. Summer FLAS Fellowships may provide up to $ 5000 for tuition with an additional $ 2500 stipend.
3. FLAS Fellows must register for a minimum of one course per term in approved language instruction at the appropriate level; take related area studies courses; be engaged in approved dissertation research; or (in the case of Summer FLAS) be enrolled in an approved language program. Approved activities must be maintained for the duration of the recipients fellowship tenure.
4. All Fellows must inform the institution of any change in their programs of study or academic status.
5. All Fellows must submit to the U.S. Secretary of Education, through the on-line reporting system, a final report at the end of their fellowship tenure.