The Indonesian Studies Program of UCLA's Center for Southeast Asian Studies offers fellowships to support graduate student research on Indonesia.

The funding, made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Robert Lemelson, is available to all UCLA graduate students. Fellowships are anticipated to be approximately $5,000, although requests for other amounts may be submitted.

The Center will entertain any proposal that is centrally related to Indonesia, but will give priority to those that seek support for fieldwork in Indonesia or archival research (in Indonesia or elsewhere). Funds permitting, the Center will also consider supporting other activities, including dissertation writing or intensive language study in Indonesia. While all UCLA graduate students are eligible to apply, proposals for doctoral research will receive priority.


Interested students should submit:

- a two page proposal that explains the research activity and its rationale
- a CV
- a proposed budget
- one letter of recommendation from an academic advisor

The Indonesian Studies Program was founded in 2008, as part of UCLA's Center for Southeast Asian Studies, through a generous grant from Dr. Robert Lemelson. Students receiving Lemelson Fellowships will be expected to give appropriate credit/recognition of the grant in their public presentations, publications, and other forums in which they present their work. Dr. Lemelson is a research anthropologist at the Semel Institute of Neurosciences at UCLA and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology; he is also a noted film maker and philanthropist.

The U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship program supports training in modern foreign languages and related area studies. New and continuing graduate students in all disciplines may apply for academic year and summer awards for all levels of language study. Undergraduates already enrolled at UCLA who will not have graduated by the start of the fellowship, may also apply for both awards but only for Intermediate and Advanced levels of language study. Currently approved SEA languages for FLAS study are Indonesian, Filipino/Tagalog, Khmer, Thai and Vietnamese. (Khmer is not taught at UCLA but can be available via distance learning from UC Berkeley.) Students must also agree to submit quarterly reports on their progress, submit before and after language assessments to the U.S. Department of Education, submit to a before and after oral proficiency examination by a designated instructor, and report to the U.S. Department of Education every two years for eight years on the recipient’s occupation and the extent to which the FLAS language is being used.

Selection for the award is based on the following criteria:

* Academic performance and potential as evidenced by transcript, letters of recommendation, and statement of purpose.

* The extent to which overall course of study focuses on Southeast Asian studies.

* The level of planned language study. More advanced levels are preferred, although first-year study is permissible (graduate students only). FLAS awards are not intended for native speakers of the target language. Native speakers are defined as students who have previously done college-level work in the target language.

* Past awardees may reapply.

These grants may be combined with supplementary funding from other funding agencies. However in cases of parallel large grants, recipients will have to decide which grant to accept and pairing will not be allowed. Grantees are required to inform the Center of any awards received during the FLAS fellowship period.

Academic year fellowships are awarded for nine months and provide a stipend ($15,000 for graduate students and $5,000 for undergraduates) as well as most registration fees and tuition. (During the Academic Year graduate students receive full payment of fees; undergraduates receive $10,000 toward their fees.) The Academic Year fellowship requires that students take Southeast Asia language and area studies courses for a letter grade during the academic year if in residence at UCLA. One Independent Study is allowed per academic year. It is expected that AY fellowships will be used at UCLA unless specific approval is given. AY awards may be used for dissertation research for students at the advanced level of language proficiency, but this must be approved in advance.

To apply for a FLAS fellowship, students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Since the purpose of the program is to enrich the nation’s pool of area and international specialists, applicants must be planning to use their training to teach, to serve in government or international agencies or to engage in other work that advances American understanding of other countries. Fellowship recipients must be engaged in full-time study for the duration of their awards.
All requested information on the application should indicate student status as of the proposed fellowship period.

All FLAS applications must be submitted online at http://apply.international.ucla.edu/?cseas.

Required information includes:

* a statement of purpose of 2000 characters or less outlining research and language study plans and explaining how language study will enhance the project

* 2 academic letters of recommendation

* 1 language evaluation

* unofficial university transcripts (not URSA)

* resume or CV

* for summer funding, a budget will be required along with information about the language program if not at UCLA

The deadline for submitting a FLAS fellowship application to UCLA is February 15, 2012.

Please note: 2012-2013 Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships are contingent upon renewed funding from the US Department of Education Title VI International and Foreign Language Education program.

The U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship program supports training in modern foreign languages and related area studies. New and continuing graduate students in all disciplines may apply for academic year and summer awards for all levels of language study. Undergraduates already enrolled at UCLA who will not have graduated by the start of the fellowship, may also apply for both awards but only for Intermediate and Advanced levels of language study. Currently approved SEA languages for FLAS study are Indonesian, Filipino/Tagalog, Khmer, Thai and Vietnamese. (Khmer is not taught at UCLA but can be available via distance learning from UC Berkeley.) Students must also agree to submit quarterly reports on their progress, submit before and after language assessments to the U.S. Department of Education, submit to a before and after oral proficiency examination by a designated instructor, and report to the U.S. Department of Education every two years for eight years on the recipient’s occupation and the extent to which the FLAS language is being used.

Selection for the award is based on the following criteria:

* Academic performance and potential as evidenced
by transcript, letters of recommendation, and statement of purpose.

* The extent to which overall course of study focuses on Southeast Asian studies.

* The level of planned language study. More advanced levels are preferred, although first-year study is permissible (graduate students only). FLAS awards are not intended for native speakers of the target language. Native speakers are defined as students who have previously done college-level work in the target language.

* Past awardees may reapply.

These grants may be combined with supplementary funding from other funding agencies. However in cases of parallel large grants, recipients will have to decide which grant to accept and pairing will not be allowed. Grantees are required to inform the Center of any awards received during the FLAS fellowship period.

Summer awards are for intensive language programs only. They provide a stipend of $2,500 plus tuition and fees to a maximum of $5,000, and (optional) up to $1,000 for travel. FLAS funds may be used for intensive summer language study at UCLA or elsewhere. Non-language programs are not eligible for summer FLAS funding. In order to qualify for funding, the summer intensive language program must last at least 6 weeks and provide at least 140 contact hours for beginning and intermediate level courses, or 120 contact hours for advanced level coursework.

UCLA students applying to the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) http://seassi.wisc.edu/ who desire FLAS funding should apply through the UCLA FLAS application website rather than through the SEASSI website. However SEASSI applicants should apply for other funding (as well as for admission) directly to SEASSI. Qualified applicants should apply for all possible scholarships to maximize opportunities.

Summer FLAS funding cannot be used to supplement any of the advanced language programs in Southeast Asia funded by the Fulbright-Hays program.

To apply for a FLAS fellowship, students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Since the purpose of the program is to enrich the nation’s pool of area and international specialists, applicants must be planning to use their training to teach, to serve in government or international agencies or to engage in other work that advances American understanding of other countries. Fellowship recipients must be engaged in full-time study for the duration of their awards.
All requested information on the application should indicate student status as of the proposed fellowship period.

All FLAS applications must be submitted online at http://apply.international.ucla.edu/?cseas.

Required information includes:

* a statement of purpose of 2000 characters or less outlining research and language study plans and explaining how language study will enhance the project

* 2 academic letters of recommendation

* 1 language evaluation

* unofficial university transcripts (not URSA)

* resume or CV

* for summer funding, a budget will be required along with information about the language program if not at UCLA

The deadline for submitting a FLAS fellowship application to UCLA is February 15, 2012.

Please note: 2012-2013 Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships are contingent upon renewed funding from the US Department of Education Title VI International and Foreign Language Education program.

Thanks to a generous gift from the Royal Thai Government, the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies is able to offer a small number of travel grants in the amount of $3,000 to UCLA undergraduates and graduate students studying Thailand with EAP. Descriptions of the programs can be found at http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/thailand/Pages/thai_studies.aspx (Summer 2012) and http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/thailand/Pages/thammasat_univ.aspx (Academic Year 2012-13).

Applicants should provide a brief statement of purpose describing their UCLA academic work and reason for wanting to study in Thailand. One letter of recommendation from a UCLA faculty member is required, as is an unofficial transcript from the UCLA Registrar, and a CV or resume. Thai language proficiency is desirable but not required.

UCLA students applying to the UC Education Abroad Program at Thammasat University should know that the application deadlines for those programs are as follows:

Summer 2012 - February 3, 2012
Fall 2012 - March 2, 2012
Spring 2013 - July 27, 2012

Students apply to EAP at http://www.ieo.ucla.edu/UCEAP/apply/apply.htm.