For undergraduate students, the fellowship covers tuition and fees not already covered by other financial aid or scholarships (up to a maximum of $5,000) and provides a scholarship of $2,500 for the Spring 2015 semester.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be full-time UF graduate or undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Undergraduate applicants must have at least intermediate proficiency in Portuguese or Haitian Creole. There is no proficiency requirement for graduate applicants.
Priority will be given to applicants pursuing a Master’s degree, graduate certificate, or undergraduate minor/certificate in Latin American Studies. Professional school students are encouraged to apply. Applications are reviewed by the Center’s FLAS Selection Committee.
Fellowship Requirements
During the Spring 2015 semester, recipients must enroll in a minimum of 3 credit hours of Portuguese or Haitian Creole and at least 3 credits of Latin American area studies. Recipients are also required to take language proficiency exams and to complete online reports about their fellowship.
After the fellowship period is completed, recipients will complete a short survey about their job placement every two years.
Application Deadline: October 31, 2014
Application Materials :Application materials can be found at http://www.latam.ufl.edu/academics/financial-support/student-funding#flas
To apply for a FLAS Spring 2015 Fellowship, please submit the following:
- FLAS Academic Year Application Form
- Two page statement of purpose describing how the study of Brazilian Portuguese or Haitian Creole and Latin American area studies will benefit your program of study and career plans
- Two letters of recommendation* accompanied by Release Forms. For graduate students, one of the letters should be from your adviser, unless you are a new UF applicant.
- UF academic transcript; first semester UF students may submit photocopies from previous universities or colleges.
*Spring 2015 FLAS Fellowship applicants who submitted a FLAS Fellowship application for the academic year 2014-2015 last spring have the option to use the letters of recommendation that are on file. If you would like the selection committee to use the letters of recommendation already on file, please indicate so in your application package.
Submission
Wanda Carter
UF Center for Latin American Studies
319 Grinter Hall
PO Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: (352) 273-4709
Fax: (352) 392-7682
E-mail: wcarter@latam.ufl.edu
