We are happy to announce that the University Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS) application is now open in LASSO! The University Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS) program was created in 1973 to provide scholarships to outstanding juniors and seniors at The University of Texas at Austin. We expect to make over 250 awards for 2024-25. Most UEPS awardees must be a junior or senior by Fall 2024, have a GPA of at least 3.75, and must have completed at least 45 hours in residence at UT Austin, but there are some awards that do not have these requirements. Recipients should enroll full-time in the 2024-25 academic year.

To be considered, please log in to LASSO and submit the OSFA – University-wide Endowed Presidential Scholarship Application by March 25, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

UT Austin’s South Asia Institute invites undergraduate students to apply for the scholarship below.

2023 Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies for Undergraduates

SAI encourages undergraduate students who are currentlyjuniors and seniors to apply for the Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies for Undergraduates. The scholarship amount varies, with a maximum award of $3,000. The application deadline is December 16, 2022.

Administered by the South Asia Institute, the Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies was established by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System on March 11, 2010, for the benefit of the College of Liberal Arts. Gift funds were provided by J.K. Aggarwal, Ph.D. of Austin, TX and Shanti J. Aggarwal, Ph.D. of Austin, TX.

Eligibility:

• Must have at least 45 hours in residence
• Must be a junior or senior undergraduate during academic year 2022-23
• Must have overall GPA of at least 3.6
• Must be enrolled full time (at least 12, preferably 15 hours) in both the fall and spring semesters of the following academic year (during the tenure of the award)

How to Apply

Interested students who meet the eligibility requirements can apply for this scholarship by submitting the following materials to the South Asia Institute to sai@austin.utexas.edu:

• Academic Summary (from Registrar’s Office) or informal UT Transcript.
• one letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
• one-page personal statement (350 words or less) that addresses one’s interest in India and future plans for the study of Indian languages and/or India studies at UT and beyond.

 Please Note: If you are applying for the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship we will accept your two FLAS recommendation letters to apply for the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Scholarship!

Any undergraduate or graduate students who are 18+ and are U.S. Citizens or Nationals are eligible to apply for the program. Program costs for the summer are funded by the U.S. government. 

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion group-based program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 14 critical languages. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. https://clscholarship.org/

A series of informational webinars about the program is available at: https://clscholarship.org/events. 

In honor of Mahatma Gandhi, an annual scholarship of $500 will be awarded to two undergraduate students at The University of Texas at Austin based on academic excellence and dedication to the study of India.

The following are the guidelines for application:

1. To be eligible a student must have taken a minimum of nine semester credit hours in courses relating directly to India and/or a minimum of two semesters of an Indian language.
2. Students must submit with the application an informal transcript of their undergraduate work and two letters of recommendation from professors who are familiar with the applicant’s work in the area of Indian Studies. Letters can be sent tosai@austin.utexas.edu.

Application deadline (including letters of recommendation) is December 16, 2022 and forms are available to download.

Please Note: If you are applying for the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship we will accept your two FLAS recommendation letters to apply for the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Scholarship!

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 towards a public service-related graduate degree to students who aspire to work in a public service career.  The Truman foundation broadly defines public service to include employment in government, public-interest organizations, nongovernmental research, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Juniors, or seniors, graduating in 2023-24, OR, seniors graduating early (3 years or less) in 2022-23 are eligible to apply.

The campus deadline for the Truman Scholarship is October 28, 2022. For more information, students can visit the ODPS website.

Each year the Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program, funded through the US Department of Education, provides almost $1 million in funding to UT undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to study foreign languages and cultures at UT and elsewhere in the US and abroad. Applications for the 2022-23 academic year and 2023 summer fellowships will open in early to mid-November and close in early to mid-February.

INFORMATION SESSIONS

In-person

Thursday, October 20 • 4:00 – 5:30pm

RLP 1.302B West Conference Room

Virtual

Monday, October 24 • 4:00 – 5:30pm

REGISTER HERE

FLAS Languages Approved for Study

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish*, Persian/Tajik*, and other pre-approved contemporary Russian/East European languages

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Eastern Europe/Former Soviet states. CREEES FLAS are not intended for students studying these languages in a West European or Middle Eastern Studies context. 

Center for European Studies

Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese*, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish*, Ukrainian, Yiddish

Graduate FLAS also available in French*, Spanish*, & German (intermediate & advanced levels only)

*CES FLAS awards in Portuguese are not intended for students studying Brazil or South America, nor the study of Spanish in relation to Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean. CES FLAS awards must be used for study in a European context

South Asia Institute


Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Persian*, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and other pre-approved contemporary South Asian languages 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to South Asia.

Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies

Portuguese*, K’iche’, Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Quechua, Haitian Creole, Chatino, and other Latin American modern languages 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Latin America.