Undergraduate Funding

Questions about CIC Courseshare?

For more information on CIC CourseShare and available language offerings, contact Dan Soneson ([email protected]), the University of Minnesota CIC Course Share liaison.

Questions about FLAS?

For more information or to apply for FLAS Fellowships, visit the FLAS webpage or contact FLAS coordinator Pat Baehler at [email protected].

2025-26 Academic Year & Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

Application deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025 (Competition opens in late October, 2024)

The African Studies Initiative (ASI) in collaboration with the Institute for Global Studies (IGS), offers Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to promote the study of African languages.

African languages taught at the University of Minnesota include: Arabic, Portuguese, Somali, and Swahili. All African languages taught at the University are FLAS-eligible languages. In addition to those languages, approval of which is automatic, it is possible to study other African languages through CourseShare during the academic year and during the summer at another US institution or abroad.

For more information on CIC CourseShare and available language offerings, contact Stephanie Treat ([email protected]), the University of Minnesota Language Center Administrator and CourseShare Specialist.

Funding Available

  • Summer: living stipend of $3,500 and up to $5,000 in tuition and fees
  • Academic Year, undergraduate students: living stipend of $5,000 and up to $10,000 towards tuition and required fees