Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

FLAS summer awards are for language study and are contingent upon funding from the US Department of Education. Fellowship award selection includes consideration of merit and financial need; all awardees should submit their 2025-26 FAFSA along with their FLAS application.

Summer FLAS fellowship awardees receive:

• A grant to cover tuition and fees of up to $5,000
• A $3,500 stipend
• The Summer FLAS tuition grant will not exceed $5,000.
• FLAS Fellows are responsible for the timely payment of any remaining balance.

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 (120 at the advanced level), 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. Additionally, all overseas programs of study 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, websites, and/or other documentation with your application. Summer FLAS is not available for dissertation research.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• The Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship competition is open to undergraduates and graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a program (either domestic—at Columbia University or at another US institution—or overseas) that combines modern foreign-language training with international or area studies.
• Eligible FLAS Languages are Latin America, the Middle East, and South Asia.