The Center for Latin American Studies is proud to announce the results of its Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship competition for Summer 2024 and Academic Year 2024-25. 

In Summer 2024, four fellowships have been awarded for the intensive study of Portuguese and Quechua at approved programs. In Academic Year 2024-25, four graduate and six undergraduate students have been awarded fellowships to support their study at Ohio State of Haitian Creole, Portuguese or Quechua language, as well as Latin American area studies. Together, this constitutes over $215,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as over $55,000 in matching funding from the Graduate School.

Summer 2024

Graduate

• Thomas Jones, Education and Human Ecology & Latin American Studies: Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Nik King, Spanish and Portuguese; Latin American Literatures and Cultures: Advanced Quechua (Lima, Peru)

Undergraduate

• Paul Renner, Biology & Public Affairs, Music & Portuguese (minors): Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Jacob Masterson, Political Science, History (minor): Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)

Academic Year 2024-25

Graduate

• Thomas Jones, Education and Human Ecology & Latin American Studies: Intermediate Portuguese
• Josmary Heredia Medina, Spanish and Portuguese; Hispanic Linguistics: Beginning Haitian Creole
• Ariana Sanabria, Occupational Therapy: Beginning Portuguese
• John Foppiani, Latin American Studies: Beginning Portuguese

Undergraduate

• Sophie Toth, Education & Spanish: Intermediate Quechua
• Mary Grzybowski, Linguistics, Portuguese & Geographic Information Science (minors): Intermediate Portuguese
• Evan Beard, Linguistics & Romance Studies, International Relations (minor): Intermediate Portuguese
• Mariana Correia, Biomedical Engineering, Portuguese (minor): Advanced Portuguese
• Caitlin Creach, International Studies, Portuguese (minor): Intermediate Portuguese
• Ellie Munoz, Romance Studies, Art Studio (minor): Beginning Portuguese

Congratulations to all our fellows!

If you are interested in applying for FLAS, the Summer 2025 and Academic Year 2025-2026 competition will start accepting applications on November 1, 2024. Subscribe to our newsletter to newsletter to stay in the loop about info sessions and the application process!