The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the East Asian Studies Center and the Center for Latin American Studies at The Ohio State University have collectively awarded more than $759,000 in student support this year in the form of 52 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship grants to Ohio State students spanning 12 graduate programs and 25 undergraduate majors. For Summer 2023, more than $148,000 in awards supported four graduate and 14 undergraduate students in their pursuit of intensive language study. For Academic Year 2023-2024, more than $610,000 in awards will support 17 graduate and 17 undergraduate students pursuing language and area studies across many disciplines. Funding for FLAS Fellowships comes from the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act and is subsidized by generous matching funding from The Ohio State University Graduate School. 

This year’s FLAS fellowships support the development of area studies knowledge and language fluency in 11 languages, with 75 percent of fellows pursuing language study at the advanced level. 

• The Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies awarded funding to five undergraduate students in Summer 2023 and seven graduate and four undergraduate students in Academic Year 2023-2024 to support the study of Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Dari, Polish, Russian and Turkish. 
• The East Asian Studies Center awarded funding to three graduate and two undergraduate students in Summer 2023 and nine graduate and seven undergraduate students in Academic Year 2023-2024 to support advanced studies of Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
• The Center for Latin American Studies awarded funding to one graduate and seven undergraduate students in Summer 2023 and two graduate and six undergraduate students in Academic Year 2023-2024 to support the study of Haitian Creole, Portuguese and Quechua. 

Summer FLAS Fellows complete the equivalent of a full year of language study in an intensive program (usually 6-10 weeks long). The fellowship covers up to $5,000 of the language program’s tuition, provides a $2,500 stipend, and in some instances, up to $1,000 towards travel. This summer, while the war in Ukraine made study at several popular language programs impossible, the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies supported fellows in identifying programs in other Eurasian countries to continue their study of Russian.

Academic year FLAS Fellowships are awarded to undergraduate, graduate, or professional students who are enrolled in a course of study at Ohio State that requires both language and area studies expertise. Students are required to take one language and one area studies course in both autumn and spring semesters, completing one academic year language sequence. The fellowship provides a stipend of $20,000 and tuition support up to $18,000 for graduate and professional students, though Graduate School contributions cover all tuition charges for most fellows. For undergraduate students, it provides a stipend of $5,000 and tuition and fees up to $10,000. 

View the complete list of Summer 2023 and Academic Year 2023-2024 FLAS Fellowship Grant recipients below:

Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Summer 2023

• Undergraduate Students
  • Larkin Cleland, Islamic Studies, Arabic, Geography: Urban, Regional (Advanced Dari)
  • Margot Hare, Linguistics, Russian, Computer Information Science (Advanced Russian)
  • Ella Meyer, International Studies (Advanced Russian)
  • Joshua Silver, History (Advanced Russian)
  • Julian Smith, Philosophy, Politics, Economics (Advanced Russian)

Academic Year 2023-2024

• Graduate Students
  • Luke Bendick, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Intermediate Polish)
  • Eleanor Grazier, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
  • Christopher Leger, History (Advanced Russian)
  • Clayton Marr, Linguistics (Elementary Turkish)
  • Liam Martin, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
  • Andrey Ridling, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
  • Siobhan Seigne, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Intermediate Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian)
• Undergraduate Students
  • Sophie Boelk, French, Russian (Advanced Russian)
  • Aimma Farooqui, Human Development and Family Science, Russian (Advanced Russian)
  • Anna Lagergren, Russian, Finance (Advanced Russian)
  • Henry Schneider, Computer Science, Engineering (Advanced Russian)

East Asian Studies Center

Summer 2023

• Graduate Students
  • Jasmine Kim, East Asian Studies (Advanced Japanese)
  • Christy Sher, History of Art (Intermediate Japanese)
  • Saori Wakita, Japanese (Intermediate Japanese)
• Undergraduate Students
  • Aron Olegnowicz, Political Science (Advanced Chinese)
  • Stephen Yakkel, Japanese (Advanced Japanese)

Academic Year 2023-2024

• Graduate Students
  • Nick Allaman, China (Advanced Chinese)
  • Lauraen Kennedy, East Asian Studies (Advanced Chinese)
  • Jasmine Kim, East Asian Studies (Advanced Japanese)
  • Hunter Klie, Chinese (Advanced Chinese)
  • Courtney Moore, Public Policy and Management (Advanced Korean)
  • Caroline Norfleet, Chinese (Advanced Chinese)
  • Christy Sher, History of Art (Advanced Japanese)
  • Channing Wellman, East Asian Studies (Advanced Chinese)
• Undergraduate Students
  • Colin Fung, Computer Science and Engineering (Advanced Japanese),
  • Ignacio Garcia-Mata, Japanese, International Business (Advanced Japanese)
  • Saylor Hand, Korean (Advanced Korean)
  • Piper Harrell, Japanese and International Studies (Advanced Japanese)
  • Sarah Horton, Korean, International Studies (Advanced Korean)
  • George Penney, Japanese, Studio Art (Advanced Japanese)
  • Alexa Pyun, Biochemistry, Korean (Advanced Korean)

Center for Latin American Studies

Summer 2023

• Graduate Students
  • Lauren Miranda, Spanish and Portuguese (Intermediate Haitian Creole)
• Undergraduate Students
  • Julia Allwein, Comparative Studies (Intermediate Quechua)
  • Mario Codispoti, Spanish, International Business (Intermediate Portuguese)
  • Anais Fernandez, Political Science, Spanish (Advanced Quechua)
  • Amber Glendell McClendon, Comparative Studies (Intermediate Quechua)
  • Orianna McDavid, English (Advanced Portuguese)
  • Damaris Vanecko, Hospitality Management (Advanced Portuguese)
  • Mateo Zevallos, Biomedical Science (Intermediate Portuguese)

Academic Year 2023-2024

• Graduate Students
  • Christine Fite, Public Affairs, Latin American Studies (Elementary Portuguese)
  • Thomas Jones, Latin American Studies (Elementary Portuguese)
• Undergraduate Students
  • Ryan Christensen, Spanish (Advanced Quechua)
  • Anais Fernandez Castro, Political Science, Spanish (Advanced Quechua)
  • Elijah Fidder, Political Science, International Studies (Advanced Portuguese)
  • James Logan, Political Science (Advanced Portuguese
  • Arón Olegnowicz, Political Science, Psychology (Advanced Portuguese)
  • Viana Rodrigues, Public Health (Advanced Portuguese