Funding Opportunities
Boren Scholarships / Fellowships
AFLI provides no direct funding to participating students. However, students are encouraged to apply for AFLI Boren scholarships and fellowships. Other possible funding sources include Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships both for graduate and undergraduate students. FLAS provides a stipend of $2500 and covers tuition costs.
Foreign Languages & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
Summer FLAS awards are available from the following Title VI National Resource Centers for Africa* (funded by the U.S. Department of Education):
- African Studies Center, Boston University
- Committee on African Studies, Harvard University
- African Studies Program, Indiana University
- African Studies Center, Michigan State University
- Center for African Studies, University of Florida
- Kansas African Studies Center, University of Kansas
- African Studies Center, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
- African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Council on African Studies, Yale University
- Department of African Studies, Howard University
- Center for African Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign
- African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
*Please check with individual institutions for specific deadlines and application procedures.