An ongoing partnership with the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) allows the Kellogg Institute to promote student learning and advance the scholarly pursuit of Portuguese or Lusophone studies at Notre Dame. Faculty Fellow Isabel Ferreira Gould directs the project.
Project activities are organized by the Institute and the University’s Program in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, which Ferreira Gould also directs. FLAD funding is used to enrich the undergraduate experience in Portuguese language classes, to support student research, to increase awareness in the broader community of Portuguese studies, and to nurture scholarly research on Portugal and the Lusophone world. Other elements include library acquisitions; speakers from Portugal, the US, and Lusophone countries, and an artist-in-residence; faculty and graduate research grants; and prizes for undergraduate excellence in advanced courses.
Created by the Portuguese government in 1985, FLAD is a private, financially autonomous institution. Its main goal is to contribute towards Portugal’s development by providing financial and strategic support for innovative projects by fostering cooperation between Portuguese and American civil society. FLAD gave the Kellogg Institute an initial 3-year grant in 2006. Funding was renewed for a further three years in 2010.
