Award:
AY-FLAS is an award offered to students that wish to improve their language skills in Brazilian Portuguese, Zapotec or advanced Spanish at UCSD. The award pays resident or non-resident fees, plus a $15,000 stipend to be paid in ten $1,500 installments throughout the academic year. For AY-FLAS awards given to a student outside the Latin American Studies Program, the home department must agree to pay non-resident tuition.

Eligibility:
All graduate students who are accepted for enrollment or who are enrolled in a program that requires modern foreign language training.

In addition, the applicant must meet all of the following criteria:

• Study Latin American area or international studies
• Research and train in the international aspects of professional and other fields of study in Latin America
• Be in good academic standing
• Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States

Students who will complete their course of study in Fall 2009 are ineligible. They must use the fellowship to pursue Latin American Studies, either as part of their coursework at UCSD or as field research required for their degree. Applications will be considered and given priority in the humanities and social science disciplines, as well as other professional fields which focus on Latin America.

Procedures:
See Application Requirements for basic application procedures. In the proposal, an applicant for an AY- FLAS should include a statement about the student's proposed language course work for 2009-010; and a brief statement on their current research interests and the importance of language study for carrying out this research.

Reporting Requirements: Awardees must complete a confidential self-evaluation form at the end of their study. You will receive notification to submit your report online from the IRIS reporting system of the Department of Education via email. It is required that you submit this report because our funding in the future is contingent upon your report. If you do not submit the report, your funding may be revoked. Awardees must promptly notify CILAS of any changes in their proposed course of study and get approval from CILAS.

Evaluation Of Applicants

An interdisciplinary committee composed of faculty will evaluate the fellowship proposals. Faculty committee members are representative of the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and other professional schools that focus on Latin America.

AY-FLAS Language Priorities:

Priority is given to less commonly taught languages of Latin America, which are indigenous languages. Students should show potential for high academic achievement based on such indices as GPA and technical competence.