LAII Issues Call for Applications for Fellowships

The Latin Amer­i­can & Iber­ian Insti­tute (LAII) announces a call for appli­ca­tions for U.S. Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion aca­d­e­mic year and sum­mer FLAS fel­low­ships. Awards are con­tin­gent upon con­tin­u­a­tion of fund­ing from the U.S. Depart­ment of Education.

The FLAS Aca­d­e­mic Year fel­low­ship sup­ports train­ing in Por­tuguese, K’iche’ Maya and Quechua, and pro­vides tuition and fees (12 cred­its for grad­u­ate stu­dents; 12 cred­its for under­grad­u­ate stu­dents) for the fall and spring semes­ters, plus a stipend of $15,000 for grad­u­ate stu­dents or $5,000 for under­grad­u­ates. Fel­low­ships are awarded on a one-year basis.

The FLAS sum­mer fel­low­ship pro­vides the major­ity of pro­gram fees for inten­sive study of a less-commonly-taught Latin Amer­i­can lan­guage at a FLAS-eligible pro­gram in the U.S. or Latin Amer­ica. Such lan­guages include Brazil­ian Por­tuguese, K’iche’ Maya and Quechua, as well as other indige­nous lan­guages. Appli­cants for sum­mer FLAS fel­low­ships must also apply directly to the lan­guage pro­gram they are inter­ested in attend­ing before sub­mit­ting the FLAS appli­ca­tion. Ver­i­fi­ca­tion of that appli­ca­tion must be sub­mit­ted with the rest of the FLAS application.

Who May Apply:

Aca­d­e­mic year full-time UNM under­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate stu­dents in any dis­ci­pline who are focus­ing on the study of Latin Amer­ica may apply. FLAS aca­d­e­mic year fel­low­ship recip­i­ents are required to com­plete at least one Latin Amer­i­can area stud­ies course and one K’iche’ Maya, Por­tuguese, or Quechua course each semes­ter at UNM while hold­ing the fel­low­ship. Under­grad­u­ate stu­dent recip­i­ents must be pre­pared to study one of the approved lan­guages at the inter­me­di­ate or advanced level. Grad­u­ate stu­dent recip­i­ents may study one of the approved lan­guages at the begin­ning, inter­me­di­ate or advanced level.

Sum­mer full-time UNM under­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate stu­dents in any dis­ci­pline who are focus­ing on the study of Latin Amer­ica may apply. Sum­mer FLAS fel­low­ship awardees are required to par­tic­i­pate in an inten­sive lan­guage pro­gram that has been approved by the U.S. Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion for FLAS recip­i­ents. The sum­mer pro­gram must pro­vide a min­i­mum of 140 lan­guage con­tact hours of instruc­tion at the begin­ning or inter­me­di­ate level or 120 lan­guage con­tact hours at the advanced level. Under­grad­u­ate stu­dent recip­i­ents must be pre­pared to study a lan­guage at the inter­me­di­ate or advanced level. Grad­u­ate stu­dent recip­i­ents may study a lan­guage at the begin­ning, inter­me­di­ate or advanced level.

Grad­u­ate stu­dents who wish to par­tic­i­pate in a pro­gram out­side of the U.S. must be at the inter­me­di­ate or advanced level of pro­fi­ciency. Recip­i­ents who are at the begin­ning level of pro­fi­ciency are required to study at a U.S.-based pro­gram unless there is no pro­gram offered in the cho­sen lan­guage in the U.S.

Recip­i­ents must be U.S. cit­i­zens or per­ma­nent res­i­dents. Stu­dents in the pro­fes­sional schools and those plan­ning a career in U.S. gov­ern­ment ser­vice are highly encour­aged to apply.

Appli­ca­tion Dead­line: Feb­ru­ary 11, 2013

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Ash­ley Ann Valenzuela-Ruesgen.