Thanks Anand,
I contacted Cytech about six months ago but haven't got any response till yet. Contacted Terrasic, they very politely declined saying that they distribute hardware only. Contacted some otherdistributors as well this week and waiting for their response. Regarding free academic licenses for IP cores: placed a request and got license for IP bundle under University Program, but it didn't include On-chip flash memory IP and was told that University program does not include this IP core. I hope Intel reviews this since this is a very basic function IP.
Regards
Sarmad