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Study Abroad opportunities geared toward or applicable to Southeast Asia studies.
For a full list of Southeast-Asia related scholarships and fellowships, including UHM-specific funding, see our Scholarships page.
Study Abroad in Laos, Deadline: April 1, 2024
The Center for Lao Studies (CLS) has a program called Study Abroad in Laos (SAIL) where students take a Lao language course and participate in exchange activities with the Lao American Institute (formerly known as Lao American College) in Vientiane, Laos. Students can get 10 credits for summer language study through Northern Illinois University.
Links to more information can be found here: https://www.laostudies.org/content/summer-study-abroad-laos-sail
Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship | Deadline: January 31, 2025
For U.S. citizen or permanent resident graduate or undergraduate students at UHM who combine modern Southeast Asian language training at the second-year level or above with a Southeast Asia area studies focus. FLAS recipients must be full-time, classified, degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate students at UHM at the time of the award.
Summer 2024 Benefits for both Undergraduate and Graduate Students: $2,500 stipend and up to $5,000 for tuition for undergraduate and graduate students for summer language classes.
Summer FLAS is available to use on a study abroad immersion program; see program page for details
For details on language and coursework requirements, see our dedicated FLAS page at: https://www.cseashawaii.org/students/scholarships/flas/
Award Notification: Friday, March 15, 2025
Eligible Applicants: Undergraduate & Graduate Students
Click HERE to access the form.
Term of Award: Summer 2025 OR All Year 2025-2026
Study Abroad (recurring)
Study Abroad (recurring)
- Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy (PhD students)
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (PhD students)
- Blakemore Freeman Fellowships
- Freeman Awards for Study in Asia
- Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program
- 2021 CAORC – INYA Short Term Fellowships for U.S. Graduate Students
- 2021 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Rotary Peace Fellowship 2022
- Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship: Critical Need Language Award
- CKS-LuceSEA Research Fellowship
- Library of Congress Funding
- Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Network
- The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- 2022 YSEALI Professional Fellows Program
- ACLS Humanities and Social Sciences Funding
- 2022 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
- CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship
- CKS Research Fellowships (various)
- Singapore Academies ASEAN Fellowship Programme
- Travel Awards for 2022 AAS Annual Meeting Honolulu
- Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) – Senior Fellowships, Dissertation Research Fellowships, Khmer Language and Culture Program
- The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
- FY 2022 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
- Endangered Material Knowledge programme
- The University of Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program (MICHHERS)
- Oregon Community Fund Glen Anthony May Memorial Scholarship opportunity for students of Filipino heritage and/or studying the Philippines
- SEAREG Pre-Dissertation Fellowship
- CKS Junior Resident Fellows Program
- Cambridge University – Postgraduate scholarship and grant opportunities
- 2022 CAORC-INYA Scholars Fellowship Program for U.S. Postgraduate Scholars conducting Research Work on Myanmar/Burma in a Third Country
- 2022 CAORC-INYA Short-Term Fellowships for U.S. Graduate Students Conducting Research on Myanmar/Burma in a Third Country
- The Society of Asian Art of Hawai’i Scholarship
- SEALC-GETSEA Language Tuition Support Award
- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) fellowship program!