Requirements

College/School Eligibility:

  • Agriculture and Life Sciences
  • Architecture, Art and Planning
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Bowers CIS
  • Cornell Tech
  • Engineering
  • Graduate School
  • Human Ecology
  • Industrial and Labor Relations
  • Law
  • SC Johnson Business - Dyson
  • SC Johnson Business - Hotel
  • SC Johnson Business - Johnson
  • Veterinary Medicine

Class Year Eligibility:

  • N/A
  • First Year (undergrad)
  • Second Year (undergrad)
  • Third Year (undergrad)
  • Fourth Year + (undergrad)

Open to:

  • Cornell Undergraduate Students
  • Cornell Graduate/Professional Students

Eligibility

Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible. You must fulfill the following requirements:  

  • Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. 
  • Complete a FAFSA prior to the FLAS deadline. 

To be a successful applicant, you need to show potential for high academic achievement and agree to pursue full-time study of a language in accordance with the university’s requirements. You also need to demonstrate that you meet the necessary language training requirements. (Lowest priority will be given to a candidate who is a native speaker of the language for which an award is sought.)  

The fellowship may be used overseas only if you receive prior approval from the U.S. Department of Education to enroll in an advanced program established by a U.S. institution. 

Undergraduate Requirements

  • Be in the process of earning a baccalaureate.
  • Be at an intermediate or advanced language level for one of the designated languages.
  • Plan to attend an approved summer intensive language acquisition program or enroll in South Asian language classes at Cornell in the upcoming academic year.
  • Submit application materials, including:
    • Two letters of recommendation from faculty members.
    • An official transcript of one full academic year of coursework.
    • An optional third letter of recommendation from a language instructor.

Graduate Requirements

  • Be accepted for (or enrolled in) graduate-level training in an approved program that combines modern foreign language training with either one of the following:
    • Area or international studies.
    • Research and training in the international aspects of professional and other fields of study.
  • Be at the intermediate or advanced level of language study or be starting a second regional language. 
  • Submit application materials, including: 
    • Two letters of recommendation, one from your chair/advisor and one from another faculty reference. 
    • An official transcript of one full academic year of coursework.
    • An optional third letter of recommendation from a language instructor.