2006-2007
CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships at Stanford Application Form
Name of applicant:
Current phone and e-mail:
Current address:
Stanford ID # (if applicable) and SS#:
Prospective or current Stanford department:
Language/level for which award is sought:
Applying for (check one):
[ ] Dissertation Research fellowship
[ ] Language Study Fellowship
1. Indicate the language courses you intend to take during the award year:
Course number and title:
Units:
Autumn
Winter Spring
2. Indicate the Center’s courses you intend to take during the award year:
Course number and title:
Units:
Autumn
Winter Spring
3. Language study outside Stanford:
If proposing a language study outside of Stanford, please give the name of the foreign
institution, the specific program you are attending (if applicable), and a full mailing address.
Include the name and phone number of a contact person at that institution. Please also include
all correspondence as well as tuition expenses at the African host institution.
4. Financial information:
a. List any tuition or stipend support already committed to you for the award period, including
Stanford fellowships, external grants, etc.
Autumn
Winter
Spring
b. List all other applications pending for funding during the award period and the date by
which you expect to hear from each:
Signature
Date
CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowships at Stanford
Letter of Recommendation
This section for applicant's use
Name of applicant:
Name of recommender:
Language for which award is sought:
Prospective or current Stanford department:
The family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and its amendments guarantee students
access to educational records concerning them. Students are also permitted to waive their right of
access to recommendations. Please indicate your wish and sign below:
I waive my right to inspect this recommendation
I do not waive my right to inspect this recommendation
_____________________________
Signature
Date
This section for recommender
Dear Recommender:
The student whose name appears above is applying for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowship through the Center for African Studies at Stanford University for the 2006-07 academic
year. These fellowships provide full tuition and stipend support to students undergoing advanced
training in the study of certain modern foreign languages in combination with area studies,
international studies, or international aspects of professional studies.
Please attach this form to your letter evaluating this applicant's strengths and weaknesses, taking into
account his/her seriousness of purpose, potential for high academic achievement, as well as the
significance of the language and area studies aspects of his or her training and career goals. If your
contact with the applicant has involved use of the language given above, your comments as to the
level of expertise achieved to date will be especially appreciated.
Please return by January 31, 2006 to:
Center for African Studies
Division of International Comparative, and Area Studies
Encina Building West, Room 210
School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6045
CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowships at Stanford
Letter of Recommendation
This section for applicant's use
Name of applicant:
Name of recommender:
Language for which award is sought:
Prospective or current Stanford department:
The family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and its amendments guarantee students
access to educational records concerning them. Students are also permitted to waive their right of
access to recommendations. Please indicate your wish and sign below:
I waive my right to inspect this recommendation
I do not waive my right to inspect this recommendation
_____________________________
Signature
Date
This section for recommender
Dear Recommender:
The student whose name appears above is applying for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowship through the Center for African Studies at Stanford University for the 2006-07 academic
year. These fellowships provide full tuition and stipend support to students undergoing advanced
training in the study of certain modern foreign languages in combination with area studies,
international studies, or international aspects of professional studies.
Please attach this form to your letter evaluating this applicant's strengths and weaknesses, taking into
account his/her seriousness of purpose, potential for high academic achievement, as well as the
significance of the language and area studies aspects of his or her training and career goals. If your
contact with the applicant has involved use of the language given above, your comments as to the
level of expertise achieved to date will be especially appreciated.
Please return by January 31, 2006 to:
Center for African Studies
Division of International Comparative, and Area Studies
Encina Building West, Room 210
School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6045
CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowships at Stanford
Letter of Recommendation
This section for applicant's use
Name of applicant:
Name of recommender:
Language for which award is sought:
Prospective or current Stanford department:
The family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and its amendments guarantee students
access to educational records concerning them. Students are also permitted to waive their right of
access to recommendations. Please indicate your wish and sign below:
I waive my right to inspect this recommendation
I do not waive my right to inspect this recommendation
_____________________________
Signature
Date
This section for recommender
Dear Recommender:
The student whose name appears above is applying for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowship through the Center for African Studies at Stanford University for the 2006-07 academic
year. These fellowships provide full tuition and stipend support to students undergoing advanced
training in the study of certain modern foreign languages in combination with area studies,
international studies, or international aspects of professional studies.
Please attach this form to your letter evaluating this applicant's strengths and weaknesses, taking into
account his/her seriousness of purpose, potential for high academic achievement, as well as the
significance of the language and area studies aspects of his or her training and career goals. If your
contact with the applicant has involved use of the language given above, your comments as to the
level of expertise achieved to date will be especially appreciated.
Please return by January 31, 2006 to:
Center for African Studies
Division of International Comparative, and Area Studies
Encina Building West, Room 210
School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6045