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- Completed on-line application form (including a one-page Statement of Purpose in PDF format describing how FLAS training fits into your academic program and your career plans). SUMMER 2023 FLAS APPLICATION
- Updated, official S.U. transcriptonly if you are a continuing undergraduate or graduate student delivered to Dr. Matthew H. Baxter, Regional Program Manager-Asia at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, who serves as Syracuse University’s FLAS Coordinator. 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.
- A completed FAFSA form. 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.
- 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 Dr. Matthew H. Baxter. 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 Dr. Matthew H. Baxter. If you are a new, incoming graduate student, you do not need to provide a letter of recommendation.
- For Summer FLAS, you must be accepted to one of the two approved language programs—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, Madison. Please see their websites for further details.
Eligibility Requirements
- Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;
- Have earned a baccalaureate or comparable degree before the fellowship begins OR be an undergraduate student with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language;
- Show potential for high academic achievement based on such indicators such as grade point average, class ranking, or similar measures that the institution may determine;
- At the graduate level, be accepted for, or enrolled in, graduate level coursework in a program that combines modern foreign language training with a focus on international or area studies either in an academic discipline or a professional program.
- Graduate students pursuing PhDs must have intermediate proficiency.
- Professional students wanting to take language courses at the introductory level will have their cases examined on a case-by case basis by the U.S. Department of Education
- Undergraduate students with sufficient prior training to take an intermediate or advanced level of an uncommonly taught language are also eligible. Undergraduate and graduate students, including heritage students, can test into the intermediate level (speaking, basic reading and writing are required).
- Agree to pursue full-time study of the language in accordance with the university's requirements during the entire award period.Summer FLAS Fellows must be enrolled in an approved language program. Approved activities must be maintained for the duration of the recipient’s fellowship tenure.
Reporting Requirements of Fellows
- All Fellows must inform the institution of any change in their programs of study or academic status.
- 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.
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