LINGUIST List 22.705 Fri Feb 11 2011 FYI: Summer 2011 FLAS Fellowship: Quichua in Ecuador Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Janis Nuckolls , Summer 2011 FLAS Fellowship: Quichua in Ecuador Message 1: Summer 2011 FLAS Fellowship: Quichua in Ecuador Date: 11-Feb-2011 From: Janis Nuckolls <janis_nuckollsbyu.edu> Subject: Summer 2011 FLAS Fellowship: Quichua in Ecuador E-mail this message to a friend Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships to study Quichua in the Andes and Amazon Field School in Ecuador for the Summer of 2011 are available through the University of Pittsburgh. The deadline is March 1, 2011. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must be enrolled in any graduate program at any university for the Fall of 2011. Participating faculty for summer 2011 include Janis Nuckolls, specialist in Kichwa linguistics BYU, Robin Wright (University of Florida, Gainesville), Tim Smith (Appalachian State University); Kathleen Dewalt (University of Pittsburgh) and Tod Swanson (Arizona State University). Details and application forms are available at http://andes-fieldschool.org. FLAS Fellowships for the Andes and Amazon Field School are awarded by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh to qualifying applicants from any University. In addition many Title VI Centers for Latin American Studies around the country have awarded FLAS Fellowships to attend the Field School to their own students. If you are a graduate student at a FLAS granting institution please submit an application to both the University of Pittsburgh and the Center for Latin American Studies at your home institution. To qualify for a FLAS Fellowship applicants must be a U.S. citizen or resident and enrolled in a graduate degree program for Fall 2011. A complete application to the University of Pittsburgh will include: 1. Application form (The application form can be downloaded from our web site at http://andes-fieldschool.org/Andes_and_Amazon_Field_School/FLAS_Fellowships.html) 2. Curriculum vitae (maximum of two pages) 3. Undergraduate and graduate transcripts 4. Brief statement (3 page maximum) providing a history of languages previously studied (number of years of study and current ability in those languages); and articulating how the study of Kichwa (Quichua) fits into your study plans and career objectives 5. Two letters of recommendation from faculty members If possible, please also email tod.swansonasu.edu to inform Tod Swanson of your intent to apply. Feel free to call me to discuss the fellowship or fieldschool at 480 361-9289. If the Center for Latin American Studies at your home university offers summer FLAS Fellowships please apply to both your home university and the University of Pittsburgh to increase your chances of receiving a FLAS Fellowship. Selection: The selection of fellowship recipients and alternates will be made by a committee composed of three Pittsburgh CLAS faculty members from the departments of languages and linguistics. Julian Asenjo, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs of the Center for Latin American Studies, will be the non-voting coordinator. The committee will meet in March; applicants will be ranked according to the contents of their files. All applicants will be notified of the committee’s decisions in late March or early April. The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). Final approval of the candidates and their proposed language program will be done by the Latin American Program Officer of USDE. Mail completed application to: University of Pittsburgh University Center for International Studies Center for Latin American Studies 4200 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Telephone: 412-648-7392 Fax: 412-648-2199 E-mail: claspitt.edu Web: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas (Remember: FLAS Fellowships from the University of Pittsburgh are limited. If the Center for Latin American Studies at your home university offers FLAS Fellowships please also submit an application to your home university.) Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 11-Feb-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.