Heritage Language Awards
With initial support from the Henry Luce Foundation, SEASSI at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison has offered several awards each summer, consisting
of full SEASSI tuition plus a modest living stipend, to Southeast Asian American students who have strong academic interests in Southeast Asian studies. The aim of these
fellowships is to promote the study of Filipino, Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese
and Khmer languages by American students of Filipino, Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese
and Cambodian heritage, for the purpose of fostering new scholarship in the field of Southeast Asian studies. Please note: Funds for Heritage Language Awards in summer 2012 are likely to be extremely limited. All eligible applicants are strongly encouraged to also apply
for FLAS and Tuition Fellowships.
Eligibility
Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students who are Filipino-American,
Hmong-American, Vietnamese-American, Lao-American, or Cambodian-American
who are committed to the study of the language of their heritage.
Application
All necessary information and materials for applying for a Heritage
Language Award are contained in the online SEASSI application form; there
is no separate application form. All applicants must submit their application
to the SEASSI office at the UW-Madison. Applicants are responsible for
ensuring that all application materials are complete and submitted on
time.
Criteria for Selection
Applicants will be judged by the following criteria:
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Commitment to a career relating to Southeast Asia and involving use
of the language to be studied.
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Academic performance.
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Appropriateness of the applicant’s chosen program of academic
study and experience to meet his or her stated goals.
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Fit with the SEASSI program as determined by language and level
of language proposed to be studied in order to ensure appropriate
enrollments in some SEASSI classes.
**PLEASE BE AWARE: Because of the limited funds available,
not all qualified applicants can be given awards.
Selection Procedure
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Applications are reviewed by a committee at the SEASSI host institution.
This committee determines the applicants who will be offered awards
and establishes an alternate list.
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Notification of awards, of alternate status, and of rejection
will be sent out by the SEASSI host institution by March 23, 2012.
Those
offered an award must indicate acceptance. Those who have not indicated
acceptance by the deadline stated in the award letter will automatically
have the letter withdrawn.
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The alternate list will be maintained even after SEASSI begins
since some grantees have found it necessary to reject their awards
even
after the beginning of the Institute.
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