{"id":153214,"date":"2021-12-14T15:16:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T01:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153214"},"modified":"2021-12-14T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T03:17:05","slug":"fellowships-asian-pacific-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/fellowships-asian-pacific-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now for 2022\u201323 fellowships to study Asian and Pacific languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_153220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153220\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-applications.jpg\" alt=\"people looking at a device next to a small house\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-applications.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-applications-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-applications-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recent graduates from Cambodia&#8217;s Royal University of Fine Arts work as interns on the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project, co-directed by Anthropology Professor Miriam Stark, and involves <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa graduate students, some of whom have received <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> funding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Funding applications are open for University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa undergraduate and graduate students who wish to study a language of Asia and the Pacific. Three of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s federally-funded National Resource Centers (East Asia, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands Studies) offer 2022&#8211;23 Academic Year and\/or summer 2022 Foreign Language and Area Studies (<abbr>FLAS<\/abbr>) Fellowships that include full tuition and stipend. All majors are welcome, and students must enroll in language and area studies courses each semester that they are <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> recipients to receive the funding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153229\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-seng-khang-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"person sitting near a window and smiling\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-153229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-seng-khang-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-seng-khang-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-seng-khang.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seng Khang is a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr>MA<\/abbr> in applied archaeology student and received a <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> fellowship in Thai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Eligibility and fellowship information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> awards are subject to funding by the U.S. Department of Education.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must be full-time, classified students at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa or in the process of applying to a degree-granting undergraduate or graduate program at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa at the time of application.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> recipients must be full-time, classified, degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate students in residence at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa to receive the fellowship.<\/li>\n<li>East-West Center Degree Fellows are not eligible for academic year <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr>, but are eligible for summer <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<li>Graduate students holding an academic year <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> are not eligible to hold a concurrent graduate assistantship\/teaching assistantship\/research assistantship position.<\/li>\n<li>Fellowships are awarded for one academic year and\/or one summer at a time, and recipients may apply again for continued funding for up to two years of the fellowship.<\/li>\n<li>Fieldwork\/Research: <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> Fellowships are not a stipend for research or fieldwork. Check with your academic department for possible research\/fieldwork funding opportunities from other sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153289\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-Keith-Bettinger-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"person talking to a group of people\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-153289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-Keith-Bettinger-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-Keith-Bettinger-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-Keith-Bettinger.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keith Bettinger earned his <abbr>PhD<\/abbr> in geography from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in 2014 and received a <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> fellowship in Indonesian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Application deadlines<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Southeast Asian languages (Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Khmer, Tagalog, Hmong or Lao) application submission deadline is January 17, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cseashawaii.org\/students\/scholarships\/flas\/\">Application instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) application submission deadline is February 1, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/eastasia\/flas\/\">Application instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Islands languages (Chamorro, Maori, Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, Marshallese, Fijian) application submission deadline is February 1, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.edu\/cpis\/student-life\/cpis-scholarships\/flas-foreign-language-area-studies-fellowships-for-pacific-islands-studies\/\">Application instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All questions related to <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> Fellowships and the application process can be directed to Fellowships Coordinator <strong>Dr. Chizuko Allen<\/strong> at chizuko@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-2210.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153290\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-tyler-esch.jpg\" alt=\"person speaking to a crowd\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-tyler-esch.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-tyler-esch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-flas-fellowship-tyler-esch-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Esch is a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr>MA<\/abbr> in Asian studies graduate and received a <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> fellowship in Thai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All majors are 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