Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Purpose Academic Year FLAS Summer FLAS

	Eligibility and Award
	Languages
	Submitting the Application
	Application

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants may compete for the Summer FLAS fellowship in more than one language, but may only receive the award for one language during the award period.Each language of study requires a separate application packet.Applicants applying for the Academic Year FLAS must submit a separate Academic Year 2008-2009 application packet.

FLAS fellows must complete an electronic Student Performance Report at the end of the fellowship.Failure to submit this report can jeopardize future FLAS funding; holds will be placed on students’ registration, diplomas and transcripts. You will be required to repay the FLAS fellowship funding for non compliance.

AWARD:

The summer language course studied under the Summer FLAS fellowship must be the equivalent of an academic year course, at least 140 credit or contact hours, and a minimum of six (6) weeks in length. All overseas programs of study must be at the intermediate or advanced level of language proficiency or at the beginning level if an appropriate beginning level is not available in the United States and all overseas language programs must be approved by the United States Department of Education at least thirty (30) days prior to the start of the program. Please provide any relevant program brochures, web sites and/or documentation with your application. Summer FLAS is not available for dissertation research.

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Students who wish to apply and meet the eligibility criteria must complete an application and return it with the following supporting documents by February 29, 2008.

With each FLAS application, you must submit the following supporting materials:

A Personal Statement

Academic Transcripts

Two (2) Letters of Recommendation

You must submit 2 Letters of Recommendation, preferably from instructors who can comment on your work in the target language and appropriate world area.All letters should be submitted on either the enclosed form or on department letterhead.

Letter of Language Evaluation

If you are at the intermediate or advanced level of proficiency, but not enrolled in a language department, it is recommended (but not required) that you submit a Letter of Evaluation from a language instructor attesting to your proficiency in the language of application.All letters should be submitted on either the enclosed form or on department letterhead.

For each language of study, please send TWO completed applications to:

Columbia University
GSAS – Office of Financial Aid
535 West 116th Street, MC 4304
107 Low Memorial Library
New York, NY10027
Attn: Sandra Peters / FLAS

If you have questions or require further information, please email Sandra Peters at scp3@columbia.edu

If possible, please include Academic Transcripts, Letters of Recommendation and Letters of Language Evaluation in sealed and signed envelopes, with your application. Otherwise, transcripts and letters should be forwarded to the GSAS Office of Financial Aid as indicated above.

LATE OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED.

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Instructions For Downloading the Summer FLAS application