The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships are federally funded academic scholarships designed to provide support and funding to graduate students studying the languages and cultures of specific foreign countries, in particular those in the strategic interest of the United States.
This program provides a 9–12-month fully funded international research/study opportunity or an English Teaching Assistantship for recent BA/BS graduates, Master's and doctoral candidates, young professionals, or artists and musicians.[4]
Carolina Global Initiative
These awards are intended to support undergraduate and masters-level, as well as international PhD candidates gain global experience. Especially those with little to no prior experience.[5]
C.V. Starr Scholarship
These scholarships support UNC students who demonstrate financial need to undertake an independent internationally oriented experience. They were established at UNC in 2004 by a donation from The Starr Foundation.[6]