Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships are available for Ohio State graduate and professional school students who are pursuing a course of study which requires advanced foreign language and area studies training, as well as select undergraduate students (see each center's FLAS page for eligibility requirements).
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Commitment to studying a FLAS-eligible language, and its area of the world
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
- Full-time enrollment, or admission acceptance to be enrolled full time
- Academic year fellowships require both language courses and courses pertinent to related world areas. Summer fellowships require an intensive language program.
Summer 2025 and Academic Year 2025-2026 Applications are Closed
Applications Open: Applications are closed
Application Deadline: Applications are closed
East Asian Studies Center
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian languages by petition
+1 614-247-5364, easc@osu.edu
Center for Latin American Studies
Portuguese, Quechua, Haitian Creole and other Latin American languages by petition (Note: Spanish is not a FLAS eligible language), +1 614-688-1919, clas@osu.edu
- FLAS information sessions
- Application information
Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Uzbek, and other languages of the region by petition
+1 614-247-1685, csees@osu.edu
- FLAS information sessions
- Application information
Recipients
Summer 2025
East Asian Studies Center
- Graduate Students
- Joseph Butso, World Language Education, Korean (Sogang University)
- Brenna Miller, Musicology, Chinese (Middlebury Language School, Vermont)
- Breile Vollmuth, Musicology, Japanese, (Ohio State)
- Undergraduate Student
- Logan Bien, Biomedical Science, Chinese (Taiwan)
Center for Latin American Studies
- Graduate Students
- Victoria Cataloni, Hispanic Linguistics, Portuguese (Curitiba, Brazil)
- Gabriel Gorre, Political Science, Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Jack Foppiani, Latin American Studies, Portuguese (Curitiba, Brazil)
- Max Jensen, Hispanic Linguistics, Quechua (Quito, Ecuador)
- Lindsay Naumann-Montoya, Agriculture, Spanish (Medellin, Colombia)
- Liz Rockwell, Music, Portuguese (Salvador, Brazil)
- Undergraduate Students
- Evan Beard, double major in Linguistics and Romance Studies with a minor in International Relations, Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Mary Grzybowski, Linguistics with a double minor in Portuguese and Geographic Information Systems Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Ellie Munoz, Romance Studies with a minor in Studio Art, Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
- Graduate Students
- Kelly Gallagher, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, advanced Russian (Middlebury College)
- Sarah Hohman, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Polish (University of Pittsburgh Summer Language Institute, Krakow, Poland)
- Devon Rancourt, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Serbian (American Councils Balkan Language Initiative, Belgrade, Serbia)
- Undergraduate Students
- Emma Clute, double major in Linguistics and Spanish with a minor in Russian, Russian (Middlebury College)
- Angelo Juarez, double major in Biomedical Engineering and Russian with minors in Aviation Engineering and Military Science, Russian (Middlebury College)
Summer 2024
Center for Latin American Studies
- Graduate Students
- 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 Students
- Paul Renner, Biology & Public Affairs, Music & Portuguese (minors): Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Jacob Masterson, Political Science, History (minor): Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Graduate Students
- Luke Bendick, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Polish)
- Kelly Gallagher, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
- Eleanor Grazier, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
- Jay Hadfield, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
- Sarah Hohman, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Elementary Polish)
- Adam Johnson, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
- Liam Martin, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Devon Rancourt, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Elementary Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian)
- Undergraduate Students
- Sophie Boelk, Russian and French (Advanced Russian)
- Kale Fuller, Russian (Intermediate Uzbek)
- Denis Yasyrev, Accounting, Finance and Russian (Advanced Russian)
Academic year 2024 - 2025
Center for Latin American Studies
- Graduate Students
- Hannah Grace Morrison, Spanish and Portuguese: Dissertation Writing (Spanish)
- Deborah Waughtal, Spanish and Portuguese: Dissertation Writing (Spanish)
- Harold "Butch" Wright, Anthropology: Dissertation Writing (Portuguese)
- Abrar Abdelqader, Education and Human Ecology: Beginning Haitian Creole
- Matty Machado, Studio Art (Photography): Beginning Portuguese
- 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 Students
- Scarlet Munoz, Psychology & Spanish: Beginning Portuguese
- 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
Summer 2023
East Asian Studies Center
- 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)
Center for Latin American Studies
- 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)
Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Undergraduate Students
- Margot Hare, Linguistics, Russian, Computer Information Science (Advanced Russian)
- Ella Meyer, International Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Joshua Silver, History (Advanced Russian)
Academic year 2023 - 2024
East Asian Studies Center
- Graduate Students
- Nick Allaman, China (Advanced Chinese)
- Savanna Eggens, East Asian Studies (Advanced Chinese)
- Lauren 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
- 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
Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Graduate Students
- Luke Bendick, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Intermediate Polish)
- Siobhan Seigne, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian)
- Eleanor Grazier, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
- Clayton Marr, Linguistics (Elementary Turkish)
- Christopher Leger, History (Advanced Russian)
- Liam Martin, Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Andrey Ridling, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian)
- Undergraduate Students
- Henry Schneider, Computer Science, Engineering (Advanced Russian)
- Aimma Farooqui, Human Development and Family Science, Russian (Advanced Russian)
- Sophie Boelk, French, Russian (Advanced Russian)
- Anna Lagergren, Russian, Finance (Advanced Russian)
Summer 2022
East Asian Studies Center
- Graduate Students
- Christopher Craigo, East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advanced Japanese)
- Undergraduate Students
- Sean Bowers, Neuroscience (Advanced Japanese)
- Hikaru Keebler, Zoology (Advanced Japanese)
- Alexa Pyun, Biochemistry and Korean (Advanced Korean)
Center for Latin American Studies
- Graduate Students
- Sara Court, Linguistics (Beginning Quechua)
- Tara Hazel, Spanish and Portuguese (Advanced Portuguese)
- Undergraduate Students
- Dylan Newport, Geography (Advanced Portuguese)
- Anais Fernandez Castro, Philosophy, Politics, & Economics and Spanish and Portuguese (Intermediate Quechua)
Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Graduate Students
- Kyle Erickson, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Intermediate Uzbeck)
- Joseph Ernst, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and Public Administration (Advanced Polish)
- Undergraduate Students
- Wesley Harmon, Linguistics and Russian (Advanced Russian)
Academic year 2022 - 2023
East Asian Studies Center
- Graduate Students
- James Danison, East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advanced Chinese)
- Kalia Fusco, East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advanced Chinese)
- Madison McCain, Interdisciplinary East Asian Studies (Advanced Japanese)
- Morgan McCrary, East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advanced Chinese)
- Derek Reiman, East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advanced Japanese)
- Joseph Smith, Environmental Science (Advanced Chinese)
- Olivia Smalley, East Asian Languages and Literatures (Advanced Chinese)
- Undergraduate Students
- Sean Bowers, Neuroscience (Advanced Japanese)
- Alexander Freewalt, International Studies (Advanced Chinese)
- Piper Harrell, International Studies and Japanese (Advanced Japanese)
- Hikaru Keebler, Zoology (Advanced Japanese)
- Gavin Levine, Biochemistry and Chinese (Advanced Chinese)
- Alexa Pyun, Biochemistry and Korean (Advanced Korean)
Center for Latin American Studies
- Graduate Students
- Sarah Court, Linguistics (Intermediate Quechua)
- Undergraduate Students
- Olivia Drambarean, History (Advanced Portuguese)
- Anais Fernandez Castro, Philsophy, Politics, & Economics and Spanish and Portuguese (Advanced Quechua)
- Sophia Lenhart, Spanish and Portuguese (Advanced Portuguese)
- Orianna McDavid, English and Spanish and Portuguese (Advanced Portuguese
- Emily Riley Gomez, Biology (Advanced Portuguese)
- Viana Rodrigues, Public Health (Advanced Portuguese)
- Cullen Roth, Spanish and Portuguese (Advanced Portuguese)
Center for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies
- Graduate Students
- William Berlage, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Shannon Curley, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Intermediate Turkish)
- Kyle Erickson, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Uzbek)
- Joseph Ernst, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and Public Adminstration (Advanced Russian)
- Isobel Hooker, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Victoria Paige, History (Advanced Russian)
- Nancy Pellegrino, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Intermediate Romanian)
- Andrey Ridling, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Advanced Russian
- Yakov Shatalov, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Alex Yavornitzky, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Advanced Russian)
- Undergraduate Students
- Gabriella Fisher, International Studies and Russian (Advanced Russian)
- Kira Foster, International Studies and Russian (Advanced Russian)
- Wesley Harmon, Linguistics and Russian (Advanced Russian)
- Sarah Hohman, Russian (Intermediate Russian)
- Bailee Wolfe, Astronomy, Physics, and Russian (Advanced Russian)