FLAS Fellowships

Eligibility | Requirements | Current Awards | Application Form

Overview
The Davis Center receives funding from the US Department of Education for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program.

Academic year FLAS fellowships cover up to $12,000 tuition and an annual stipend of $15,000. Remaining tuition, if any, is covered by Harvard University.

Summer FLAS fellowships cover up to $3600 tuition plus $2400 stipend.

Eligible prospective students should file a FLAS fellowship application along with their application for admission and financial aid. The deadline is January 2, 2007.

Eligibility
Harvard graduate students who are (or are in the process of becoming) US citizens or permanent residents.

FLAS recipients may not receive concurrent federal support from other sources, with the exception of student loans and work/study.

For further details on eligibility, please consult the FLAS home page or refer to the application form.

Requirements
Applicants must be accepted for advanced training in both a foreign language and area or international studies OR be accepted for research and training in the international aspects of professional (or other) fields of study which involve further development of language proficiency.

Current Awards

The list below includes each student's name, home department or institution, and language studied or used in dissertation research. Summer awards also include where the award was used.

Summer 2006
• Jessica Brozyna (REECA), Russian, Nevsky Institute, St. Petersburg
• Sonia Chinn (REECA), Harvard Summer School
• Duane Dewitt (UC Berkeley), Ukrainian, Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
• Catherine Drew (REECA), Russian, American University of Central Asia,
Bishkek, Kygyzstan
• Matthew Herrington (Slavic), Ukrainian, Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
• Brendan Karch (History), Polish, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
• Boris Milman (REECA), Russian, Nevsky Institute, St. Petersburg
• Christian Packard (REECA), Buriat, American Councils for Interntional Education, Ulan-Ude
• Benjamin Sharma (REECA), Russian, North European Open University, Petrozavodsk
• Carolyn Sinsky (Slavic), Russian, Harvard Summer School
• George Soroka (Government), Polish, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
• Jan Surer (Brandeis University), Ukrainian, Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
• Jonathan Whitmore (REECA), Russian, North European Open University, Petrozavodsk

Academic Year 2006-07
• Nina Aron (REECA), Ukrainian
• Coco Downey (REECA), Russian
• Matthew Herrington (Slavic), Ukrainian
• Mladen Nesic (REECA), Czech
• Rebecca Reich (Slavic), Russian
• Benjamin Sharma (REECA), Russian
• Sogomon Tarontsi (REECA), Ukrainian
• Benjamin Tromly (History), Polish
• Xiyue Wang (REECA), Uzbek

Application

Download the application form from the FLAS page on the GSAS financial aid web site, or pick it up at one of these locations:

• GSAS Financial Aid Office, Byerly Hall 2nd Floor, 8 Garden Street

• Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd floor

Questions? Contact the FLAS Fellowship Coordinator at 495-5396 or flas@fas.harvard.edu.