Fellowships

Find out about additional fellowship opportunities in the current CEAS newsletter

CEAS - Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

[For Penn faculty and students only]

University of Pennsylvania
Center for East Asian Studies
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Academic Year 2008-09

Applications are due February 1, 2008, to the Applicant's Department

The Center for East Asian Studies will award seven FLAS Fellowships for AY 2008-09 to graduate students planning to pursue modern East Asian language study at the intermediate or higher level. The FLAS Fellowship pays tuition and general fees and provides an annual stipend of $15,000.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be admitted to or enrolled in a graduate program at Penn, and have research or career plans that require the use of an East Asian language. The languages most commonly studied are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, but other languages of the region may be approved. Awards are made by the Executive Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies.

Successful applicants must then enroll both semesters of the Fellowship year in an intermediate or higher modern East Asian language and in full-time study in either East Asian Studies or professional studies related to East Asia.

Application should be made directly to the Graduate Chair of the Department in which the applicant is enrolled. (Incoming graduate students should indicate to the departments to which they have applied that they would like to be considered for the FLAS.) The application form, which lists the materials required for submission, is attached to the electronic version of this message, and it appears on the reverse side of the printed version. The form can be obtained at the Center for East Asian Studies, by writing to ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu , or on our webpage at www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu.

The competition will be conducted strictly in accordance with University policies and the selection guidelines of the U.S. Department of Education. The Center for East Asian Studies seeks to support students in as wide a variety of disciplines and professions, and from as wide a variety of backgrounds, as possible.

FLAS Fellowship Application Form (2008-2009)

For further information, contact:
Center for East Asian Studies
642 Williams Hall / 6305
Telephone: (215) 573-4203; e-mail: ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

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CEAS - Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

[For Penn faculty and students only]

University of Pennsylvania
Center for East Asian Studies
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Summer 2008

Applications are due March 3, 2008, to the Applicant's Department

The Center for East Asian Studies offers four Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2008. Applications are now invited.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be enrolled in a graduate program at Penn, and have research or career plans that require the use of an East Asian language. The languages most commonly studied are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, but other East Asian languages may also be approved.

Successful applicants will be expected to study an intermediate or advanced East Asian modern language in an approved intensive summer course. Study may be conducted in the U.S. or abroad, but travel funds are not usually available. Intensive beginning language study may be approved, if the applicant already has attained an advanced level of proficiency in another East Asian language, but such study normally may be conducted only in the U.S. The Fellowship covers tuition and provides a stipend of $2500.

Applications should be received by March 3, 2008, by the Graduate Chair of the Department or the Associate Dean of the School in which the applicant is enrolled. (The Department or School will nominate the applicants, forwarding his or her application package to the Center.) The application form, which lists the required materials for submission, is attached to the electronic version of this message, and appears on the reverse side of the printed version. It can be obtained at the Center for East Asian Studies or on our webpage (see below).

The competition will be conducted strictly in accordance with University policies and the selection guidelines of the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Program. Applications are evaluated competitively by the CEAS Executive Committee.

The Center for East Asian Studies seeks to support students in as wide a variety of disciplines and professions, and from as wide a variety of backgrounds, as possible.

FLAS Fellowship Summer 2008 Application Form

FLAS Fellowship Summer 2008 Announcement

For further information, contact:
Center for East Asian Studies
642 Williams Hall / 6305
Telephone: (215) 573-4203; e-mail: ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu