August 8, 2022
CLAS awarded $1.15 million in Title VI FLAS funding from U.S. Dept. of Education for 2022-2026
The Center for Latin American Studies is excited to announce that it has been awarded $1,154,640 in Title VI funding from the U.S. Department of Education, through its Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program.
Over the next four years, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship grants will support graduate, professional, and undergraduate students who are studying less commonly taught Latin American languages (chiefly Quechua and Portuguese) as part of their course of study. While the direct recipients of this funding are the student fellows, FLAS is also a key means through which CLAS bolsters the ever-growing Portuguese and Quechua language programs and supports enrollments in Latin American studies courses across campus.
Over the next four years, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship grants will support graduate, professional, and undergraduate students who are studying less commonly taught Latin American languages (chiefly Quechua and Portuguese) as part of their course of study. While the direct recipients of this funding are the student fellows, FLAS is also a key means through which CLAS bolsters the ever-growing Portuguese and Quechua language programs and supports enrollments in Latin American studies courses across campus.
The Office of International Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, and Graduate School were instrumental in successfully securing these funds. CLAS is also grateful to its faculty and staff affiliates, whose contributions to Latin American scholarship and teaching have helped place OSU in an advantageous position for federal funding.
“We are overjoyed to receive FLAS funding for the next four years. It will allow us to continue supporting, at the highest level, the study of Portuguese, Quechua, and other Latin American languages by OSU undergraduates and graduate students,” said Scott Schwenter, professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and director of the CLAS. “FLAS fellowships relieve financial burdens to allow more students to become immersed in the lesser-studied languages and cultures of Latin America.”
