FLAS application for summer 2025 and academic year 2025-2026
The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 14, 2025.
African language FLAS Awards are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the African Studies Program to assist students in acquiring African language and area studies competencies.
NOTE: Students are eligible and encouraged to apply for the academic year (Fall-Spring) FLAS award and a summer FLAS award if they so wish. All competitions are evaluated separately and an application to one competition does not strengthen or weaken one application to another.
AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Eligible students may apply to study the following languages with a FLAS award from the African Studies Program.
Academic Year
- Arabic*, Hausa, Swahili*, Wolof, Yoruba, Zulu
- African Language Directed Study
FLAS applicants interested in self-instruction of a language not offered in a regular classroom setting at the UW-Madison may do so through AFRICAN 670 (2cr) and 697 (3cr). Applicants interested in the African Language Directed Study need to contact the FLAS coordinator, Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite for details, guidance, and special instructions before beginning a FLAS application. - Awards may be applied towards the cost of studying at UW-Madison or used to study language abroad.
- Undergraduates, graduate students, and dissertators are eligible.
Summer
- A wide range of African languages are eligible.
- Awards may be applied towards the cost of studying at UW-Madison or used to study language abroad.
- Undergraduates, graduate students, and dissertators are eligible.
*Students studying Swahili or Arabic may also be eligible for FLAS awards through the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and those studying Arabic may also be eligible through European Studies. To increase your chances of the award, the African Studies Program strongly encourages students to apply to all centers for which they are eligible. Please contact the African Studies Program FLAS coordinator Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite at fellowships@africa.wisc.edu for more information.
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Sign up for an upcoming Zoom info session:
- November 14, 12:00-12:45 p.m. Click here to register.
- November 20, 4:00-4:45 p.m. Click here to register.
- December 3, 12:00-12:45 p.m. Click here to register.
- January 9, 4:00-4:45 p.m. Click here to register.
- January 21, 4:00-4:45 p.m. Click here to register.
Or stop by 206 Ingraham Hall for a hands-on application workshop! We’ll go over some application tips and then you’ll have some time to work on your application with FLAS advisors on hand to assist and answer questions.
- January 28, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (drop in; no registration required)
- February 4, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (drop in; no registration required)
STUDENT STORIES
Hear from FLAS fellowship alumni who used their FLAS award to study on campus, in Uganda, and beyond!