Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship – CAS

The Academic Year FLAS Fellowship supports language study in less commonly taught languages and related area studies. The fellowship is a non-service fellowship that requires students to take one language course and one area studies course each semester during the academic year. Priority languages are Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Persian and Hindi-Urdu. Graduate students can receive full tuition and a stipend of $15,000; under-graduate students can receive up to $10,000 towards tuition and fees and a stipend of $5,000. Full-time students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply. FLAS fellowships for the study of Asian languages and area studies at UNC are administered by the Carolina Asia Center.

Summer FLAS Fellowships support intensive summer language study for students. Priority is given to Asian languages offered at UNC and other Asian languages that help students achieve their career goals, such as employment with the U.S. government. Up to $5,000 for tuition and fees and a $2,500 living allowance are provided. Full-time students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply. Undergraduate applicants must plan to pursue an intermediate or advanced language program. Summer FLAS fellowships for the study of Asian languages are administered by the Carolina Asia Center.