No South Asian Studies FLAS awards are available for study or research abroad. Need to use that language in a substantial way for dissertation research. The U.S. Department of Education is authorized to designate certain academic disciplines or languages as priorities in terms of national needs. They encourage some awards in each world area to be made to students in professional or technical fields. No other employment is allowed.
Fellowships are for the academic year.
Fellows must engage in full-time graduate or professional field study during the tenure of the award. Dissertators proposing overseas research must have prior approvalof the Department of Education, demonstrating an affiliation with a university or research organization in the country of research, and a research visa, if required. A two-page dissertation proposal, signed by the advisor, must be included with the application. Government regulations require that FLAS fellows remain in academic good standing. Several courses with incompletes will be considered unsatisfactory progress.