For the 2013-2014 Academic Year
Fellowships for graduate and undergraduate studies in African languages and area studies are expected to be available through the African Studies Center, Michigan State University. Fellowships are brought to you by a grant under Title VI of the Higher Education Act from the U.S. Department of Education.
FLAS Fellows must be full time students, as defined by Michigan State University, (MSU) in an undergraduate or graduate studies program and propose a course of study that includes both language training and related area course work each fall and spring semesters. The course of study for the academic year must include both an African language and an African area studies (non-language) course each semester. The area studies courses should be selected from a list of courses from the African Studies core Curriculum. On occasion, other courses may be substituted for those on the core curriculum in consultation with the FLAS Program Coordinator. The substituted course must also be taught by an Africanist faculty member and at least one-third of the course must concern Africa.
FLAS Fellows
No FLAS application will be accepted if the Signature page is not submitted in the
Office by the deadline. The Signature page serves two purposes:
(1) It indicates
the applicant's agreement to waiver his/her right to see the recommendation letters as
they are confidential between a referee and the Center, and (2) it is a confirmation of the
veracity of the contents of the online application. In order
to get the Signature page filled correctly, one has to complete at least the first page
of the online application form.
During years of FLAS grant renewal and in order to facilitate a student's future plans, the Center may conditionally announce fellowship winners subject to approval of funding from the U.S. Department of Education. After the federal government announces the number of fellowships to be awarded to each university, nominees are contacted to accept or reject the fellowship, and alternates are notified. For this reason, for those who will be overseas during the summer, it is important to provide their direct overseas mailing addresses as well as their email addresses.
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