FLAS National Resource Fellowships for East Asia 2006-2007

2006-2007 FLAS National Resource Fellowships for East Asia

(Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships)

UCLA graduate students are invited to apply for this award through their departments or schools.

Students should provide their departments with needed materials by

January 6, 2006
[or whatever date set by their respective departments].

The deadline for departments to nominate candidates is

February 24, 2006.

Our ability to provide students with FLAS Fellowships is always contingent upon continued congressional support for this U.S. Department of Education funded program. At present, however, we do expect to make 9 2006-2007 academic year awards and 2-3 2006 summer awards.

Eligibility:

You are eligible for the fellowship if you

• are a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.;
• are accepted for graduate training in East Asian languages or related area studies at UCLA;
• agree to pursue full-time study for the duration of the award.

Selection Criteria:

• Your academic performance and potential as evidenced by your GRE scores, GPA, class and department ranking, three letters of recommendation (including a language reference), and statement of purpose.
• The extent to which your overall course of study focuses on East Asian studies.
  The extent to which your immediate study plan includes appropriate language training through formal study. East Asian languages approved for these awards are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Preference is given for language study where letter grades are earned.
• The level of your planned language study. NRF awards may not be used for first year language study and are not intended for native speakers of the target language. Summer language study must be undertaken at a U.S. Department of Education approved institution.

Additional information:

Academic year fellowships are awarded for nine months. Past awardees may reapply but in no case will students be granted more than four academic years of NRF support.

Awards may be used for dissertation research as follows: a) Twelve months overseas under Fulbright-Hays and 9 months in the United States under Title VI for dissertation completion, or b) A maximum of 18 months in the United States for dissertation research.

Each awardee must enroll in regularly offered language or reading courses for the duration of the award. Directed reading courses in the language are accepted for advanced students. Awardees are required to provide a written report on their studies at the beginning of each quarter and to complete a performance report at the end of the award period.

The academic year award consists of an $14,000 stipend. Your department is expected to provide fees and non-resident tuition (if applicable).

These grants may be combined with supplementary funding from other funding agencies, however in cases of parallel large grants (NSF's, Japan Foundation, Monbusho, multiple quarter TA-ships, etc.), recipients will have to decide which grant to accept and pairing will not be allowed. You are required to inform the Center of any awards (apart from graduate student fee waivers) which you may receive during the award period.

Summer stipends are $2,400. Tuition grants vary. Summer language study at particularly expensive institutions may require recipients to locate supplementary funding.

Department Nominations

Each department or school may nominate six students for East Asian NRFs.

Nominating units submit a file for each nominee. These files should include

• a cover letter with the unit's ranking of its nominees,
• the standard graduate fellowship application form,
• the nominee's curriculum vita,
• the nominee's statement of purpose (which should include a proposed budget in the case of non-UCLA study),
• three letters of recommendation (including at least letter discussing the nominee's language training and aptitude),
• GRE scores, transcripts, and
• (in the case of incoming students) admissions/enrollment status.

Please contact Clayton Dube, Asia Institute fellowship coordinator <cdube@international.ucla.edu>, if you need additional information.

UCLA Asia Institute

11288 Bunche Hall
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California 90095-1487
(310) 825-0007

Don't forget to visit the Asia Institute's fellowship catalog at: //www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article/2024