Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be enrolled in a graduate program at Penn, and have research or career plans that require the use of the language to be studied. FLAS applications are available through the specific languages programs through which these courses are offered. These include the Middle East Center, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Department of South Asian Studies, and the African Studies Center.

Sponsors doctoral candidates and post-docs working on American history and culture before 1876. AAS offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year, as well as long-term fellowships intended for scholars beyond the doctorate.

Supports work on Southeast Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo). Applicants may propose comparative work considering more than one country of Southeastern Europe or relating Southeast European societies to those of other parts of the world. The fellowships are intended to support dissertation writing in the US after research is complete, although short visits to the countries of Southeastern Europe may be proposed. Funds awarded may not be used in Western Europe.

The Albright provides 50 awards annually. Fellowships are open to those in ancient Near Eastern studies, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines from prehistory, through the early Islamic period. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Residence at the Albright is normally required; it is sometimes possible to accommodate dependents.

Supports U.S. citizens in a doctoral program, though not dissertation research. Applicants must be from the following groups: Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), and Puerto Ricans.