The Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), a consortium of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University is pleased to announce the competition for 2020-2021 FLAS Fellowships.

The FLAS fellowships assist undergraduate and graduate students in achieving competency in selected foreign languages in combination with international and area studies coursework.

 The FLAS Fellowships are available for the less commonly taught languages of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Persian/Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili.

Funding for French, German, and Spanish languages may be available ONLY for GRADUATE students at an advanced-level. French, German and Spanish are NOT eligible languages for UNDERGRADUATE students.

FLAS fellowships can be used to study abroad or on campus.

Students can apply for both Summer and Academic Year fellowships, which are evaluated separately so there is no disadvantage to applying to both.

To apply, please read and follow the instructions below carefully.

Application Deadline: January 3, 2020 | 11:59 pm EST

Eligibility:

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Application submitted to, enrollment in, or acceptance for enrollment in a Georgia Tech or Georgia State degree program
• Undergraduates must pursue study of a language at the intermediate (2nd year) level or beyond and can only apply to study less commonly taught languages of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Persian/Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. French, German and Spanish are NOT eligible languages for undergraduates.
• Graduate students may pursue language study at the introductory level ONLY IF they already have advanced-level proficiency in another language related to their area of study or research and studying a second language is relevant to the student’s studies and potential future career. This should be explained clearly in the statement of purpose. Graduate students are also eligible to apply to study advanced-level French, German or Spanish but preference will be given for intermediate or advanced-level study in less commonly taught languages of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Persian/Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili.

Summer 2020 FLAS Fellowships

Undergraduates and graduates: living stipend of $2,500 and up to $5,000 for Georgia Tech/Georgia State tuition and fees and for the language program.

Summer fellowships are intended for intensive language study domestically or abroad. Intensive language study is defined as a program that offers at least 6 weeks of language instruction with 140 contact hours at the beginning (graduate students only) or intermediate levels or 120 contact hours at the advanced level.

The AGSC encourages applications to Georgia Tech's School of Modern Languages' study-abroad programs (modlangs.gatech.edu/study-abroad) or eligible GSU’s Study Abroad programs (https://mystudyabroad.gsu.edu).

Academic Year FLAS Fellowships

Undergraduates: living stipend of $5,000, up to $10,000 towards tuition and mandatory fees, and out-of-state students receive an out-of-state tuition waiver at Georgia Tech.

Graduates: living stipend of $15,000, up to $18,000 towards tuition and mandatory fees, and out-of-state students receive an out-of-state tuition waiver at Georgia Tech.

*Academic year fellows are required to take one language course and one global/area studies course each semester. Only full year (9-month) fellowships are available. Academic year fellowships are intended for oncampus study.

More information about the application can be found here: AtlantaGlobalStudies.gatech.edu/flasfellowships