Funding for Graduate Students:
UW Resources
Funding opportunities handled throught the fellowship office: Resources at UW Area Studies Programs: Other UW Resources for Graduate & Professional Students:

Please see homepage of the International Fellowship Office for current deadlines.

Fulbright-Hays DDRA:

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Awards for Research Abroad:administered by the U.S. Department of Education. These awards are intended to support full time dissertation research abroad in language and related area studies disciplines. Graduate students who will be advanced to doctoral candidacy by the beginning of research under this grant are encouraged to apply. Applications proposing projects focused on Western Europe will not be funded. Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. You can stop by the Fellowships Office, 328 Ingraham Hall, to look at a copy of the application for last year's competition. For more information on the DDRA go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html. The e-application is available from http://e-grants.ed.gov. The supplementary instructions on the campus procedure that has been used in the past still contains useful information, however you will submit only one hard copy of your application to my office along with your official graduate transcripts, and any letters of affiliation from abroad that cannot be submitted electronically. The rest must be submitted according to the instructions on the e-grant site.

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Luce Scholars Program

This scholarship provides a year's internship in an Asian country related to the scholar's interests. Any professional field will be considered, with the exception of Asian Affairs. To be eligible, nominee must be a U.S. citizen, under the age of 30 at the beginning the program, and hold at least a B.A. Nominees should have little or no experience in country of internship. Nominees do not have to be presently on campus. They should have demonstrated a strong motivation and potential for accomplishment within their chosen field.; have a record of outstanding academic achievement, particularly in their specialty; have given evidence of an outstanding capacity for leadership; have more than usual openness to new ideas and a sensitivity to their fellow human beings. Some estimate should be made about how well the nominee would function in an Asian setting, noting such qualities as flexibility, adaptability Graduating seniors, recent alumni, graduate students, and junior faculty are encouraged to apply. Student should have an academic record of distinction and defined career interests. For detailed information visit the website: www.hluce.org.

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UW Madison Graduate Student Scholarships at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn, Germany

Application deadline is Thursday, February 15, 2007 by 12:00 PM.

As part of an exchange agreement, the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University at Bonn will offer two scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year to University of Wisconsin-Madison advanced graduate students and outstanding graduating seniors who wish to follow an independent research program under the guidance of a senior faculty member. This year two types of students may apply:

(1) applicants enrolled in a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral program;
(2) outstanding graduating seniors. Preference will be given to dissertators; however, graduate students who have not yet passed preliminary examinations for the Ph.D. will be considered. The scholarship is not tenable for use after a terminal Master’s Degree. The scholarships pay fees at Bonn and provide a maintenance allowance of approximately 6,500 Euro for the year (based on last year’s stipend). The fee waiver covers registration, examinations and tuition at Bonn; UW-Madison dissertator fees are also covered. UW graduate students will have to purchase health insurance through CISI at a cost of about $300 for the year. The maintenance allowance may need to be supplemented by personal funds to cover the expenses of travel, accommodations, meals, books and incidentals. Interested candidates should apply to the Fellowships Office, 328 Ingraham Hall.

For further information contact the International Fellowship Office (Telephone: 262 9632; Email: fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu; Website: http://www.intl-institute.wisc.edu/fellow/Bonn.htm).

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UW Madison Graduate Student Scholarship at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Application deadline is Thursday, February 15, 2007 by 12:00 PM

As part of an exchange agreement, the University of Warwick will offer two scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year to University of Wisconsin-Madison students for study at the University of Warwick. Graduate students will follow an independent research program under the guidance of a Warwick senior faculty member. Applicants must be enrolled in a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral program. Preference will be given to dissertators. Graduate students who have not yet passed preliminary examinations for the Ph.D. also will be considered. The scholarship is not tenable for use after a terminal Master's Degree. In 2007-2008 the scholarships would pay Warwick fees and a stipend of approximately £8,900 (based on the current stipend level). The scholarship would also pay UW-Madison dissertator fees. Recipients will have to purchase CISI insurance at a cost of about $300 for the year. There is also a fee for a UK entry visa. Personal funds may be needed in addition to the stipend to cover travel, accommodations, meals, books and incidentals. Free housing is possible for one of the scholars in the graduate residence dormitory, in exchange for services to the UW-Madison undergraduate study abroad program at Warwick. Interested candidates should apply to the Fellowships Office, 328 Ingraham Hall.

To review University of Warwick graduate offerings go to http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/.

For further information contact the International Fellowship Office (Telephone: 262 9632; Email: fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu; Website: http://www.intl-institute.wisc.edu/fellow/Warwick.htm).

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African Studies program

Three copies of the application are due February 9, 2007.

The Ebrahim Hussein Endowment for research in African literature was established in the College of Letters and Science in 2003 thanks to the generosity of Robert M. Philipson, alumnus of the College of Letters and Science (Ph.D.1989). The College will award $7500 each year to a full-time graduate student in L&S to carry out research in Africa and/or archives outside of the United States. The research must lead to a Ph.D. dissertation. Students may also apply for pre-dissertation research awards, but these will receive lower priority.

The application must include the following materials:

1. An application letter, describing the need for funding, and the proposed research and its role in the student’s career. (1-2 pages.)

2. The student’s academic transcript.

3. The student’s dissertation proposal. This need not be a final, fully polished draft, but nonetheless must at least represent a substantially complete version of the proposal.

4. Two letters of recommendation, discussing the overall excellence of the student’s work, the nature of the student’s research, and the contribution that the dissertation will make both to the student’s major discipline and to the humanities generally.

Three finalists from the application process will be interviewed by the fund committee for the final determination of the award.

Three copies of the application are due February 9, 2007. They should be delivered to:
Magdalena Hauner
Department of African Languages and Literature
1414 Van Hise Hall
For more information, contact <hauner@wisc.edu> or 263-2445 or 262-2487.

Selection Criteria

- Excellence of research proposal. Proposals should include a research timeline, description of contacts overseas, and a budget. Proposals giving attention to one or more African languages will receive priority.
- Demonstrated commitment to African literature.
- General academic record.
- Letters of recommendation.

For more information, visit http://african.lss.wisc.edu/all/HUSSEINFUND.htm.

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Center For European Studies (CES)

Application forms for Summer 2007 and Academic Year 2007-08 will be available in late November, 2006, with an anticipated application deadline of early February 2007.

The Center for European Studies offers Foreign Language & Area Study (FLAS) Fellowships each year to help graduate students increase their expertise in area studies while developing their language skills. Fellowships are available for intensive language study during the summer and for language areas studies during the academic year.

For frequently asked questions, visit http://uw-madison-ces.org/FLAS_FAQs.htm; the website:http://uw-madison-ces.org/funding.htm#students.

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Center for German and European Studies (CGES) Research Collaborative Fellowship Competition

Deadline: March 1, 2007.

The Center for German and European Studies aims to train a new generation of German and European experts in the United States by supporting multi-institutional research collaborations and developing a series of interdisciplinary seminars focusing on Germany and Europe. The Center's Fellowship program provides support for students pursuing an advanced graduate degree with a research and/or coursework focus on German and European studies. For details visit: http://daadcenter.wisc.edu/rescollab/fellowcomp.htm.

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Center For Interdisciplinary French Studies (CIFS)

CIFS coordinates a variety of travel and funding opportunities for students and faculty alike on an ad hoc basis. To request funding, please send the CIFS a summary and a budget of the project.

If you are interested in study, research, or teaching abroad look no further. In addition to the Sciences Po Exchange in Paris we are in our second year of the very successful Montpellier Graduate Student Exchange Program.

For undergraduates with experience in both business and French, CIFS administers the French Business Internship Program, in which students receive UW credit while working as a summertime intern in a French business.

Moreover, CIFS coordinates two programs made available annually by the French government: the Chateaubriand Scholarship, for students pursuing doctoral research in topics related to France, and the French Language Assistant Program, in which Americans teach conversational English in French schools. For more information, visit http://www.uwcifs.org/funding/index.htm.

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Center For Russia, East Europe And Central Asia (CREECA)

The Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia offers academic year and summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships through grants from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program. These awards pay full tuition, plus a stipend and health insurance (academic year only). Only U.S. residents or Permanent Residents are eligible for awards. FLAS-eligible languages are: Bashkir, Bulgarian, Czech, Chuvash, Finnish, Kazak, Kyrgyz, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Tatar, Turkish (Azeri), Turkmen, Tuvan, Uighur, Uzbek or Yakut. For more information visit: http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/students/funding.html.

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Center For SouthEast Asian Studies


2007 Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study

The deadline for applications is December 30, 2006.

Grants will be awarded in early spring of 2007. Blakemore Freeman Fellowships fund a year of advanced study of an Asian language in Asia for American citizens and permanent residents of the United States who have a college degree and who plan to use an Asian language in their careers. Please refer to the language grant main page for grant guidelines and eligibility requirements. Please also visit the FAQ page, which has answers to many common questions. Application forms are available at http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/Application.htm.

Study must start between June 2007 and May 2008, and no grant deferrals will be permitted.

2007 Blakemore Refresher Grants: Short-Term Grants for Advanced Asian Language Study

Blakemore Refresher Grants are short-term grants available only to former Blakemore Fellows, professors who are teaching in an Asian field at a university or college in the United States whose degree is in an Asian field, post-doctoral professionals whose degree is in an Asian field, and graduates of the regular academic-year programs at IUC-Yokohama, IUP-Beijing, and the ICLP-Taipei. Please refer to the Refresher Grant page for further information. Application forms are available at http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/Application.htm.

Applications from former Blakemore Fellows may be submitted for consideration at any time. For all others, the next deadline for applications is December 30, 2006.

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Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) Nave Student Assistance

Nave Fellowships Program
A three-year fellowship package for prospective graduate students: one year support by University Fellowship or Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, one year support by Nave Fellowship, one year support by nominating department. By nomination of faculty/departments only. announcements and rules go out in late Fall/early Spring. Fellowships and Scholarships Committee decides.
More informantion can be found on the Nave Fellowships Program page.

Nave Supplemental Scholarships Program
Modest supplementary awards; top priorities are assistance to prospective Latin American graduate students who have received Fulbright or similar "partial funding" awards, and to LACIS M.A. students who have received University Fellowships or AOF awards. Also used to create an "extra" FLAS Title VI award if Title VI funds are insufficient. Automatic consideration of LACIS M.A. student applicants; all others are by faculty nomination. Faculty aware of Latin Americans who have received a Fulbright or similar award requiring partial/shared funding by UW should write the LACIS Director once the external award is near confirmation. Fellowships and Scholarships Committee decides.

Nave Short Term Field Research Grants
This grant is designed for graduate students who wish to pursue short-term periods of research in the Latin American & Caribbean countries, and in the Iberian Peninsula. Applications will be distributed in February. Open to graduate students in all departments. Students must be continuing in a degree program upon return from their field research. There are no citizenship restrictions. Grants fund field research for short periods (four to eight weeks). They primarily cover international travel and may include a modest stipend.
More information can be found on the Nave Short Term Field Research Grants page

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Global Studies Program

The Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant

Application deadline is 16 February 2007.

Amounts awarded to each scholar will depend on the proposed destination, but will most likely cover the cost of airfare. The program is open to students of any nationality who are enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and are planning to conduct preliminary dissertation field research related to social justice. Projects which are related to Global Studies themes will receive particular attention. Students are expected to spend approximately 10 weeks in the field.

Please note that because the UW's Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) offers pre-dissertation travel grants for doctoral students interested in conducting research in Spanish or Portuguese-speaking areas, Global Studies does not support students working on those parts of the world. Students of these areas are encouraged to apply to LACIS for travel support.

Application requirements:

  • An application form (available here in both pdf and Word)
  • Preliminary dissertation statement (no more than three pages, double-spaced)
  • Proposed itinerary
  • Graduate transcripts
  • Demonstration of language competency
  • Two letters of recommendation

Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Grant

Application deadline is 16 February 2007.

Amounts awarded to each scholar will depend on the proposed destination, but will most likely cover the cost of airfare. The program is open to students of any nationality who are enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and are planning to spend a summer working as an intern in an organization committed to international social justice. Projects which are related to Global Studies themes will receive particular attention. The institution or organization with which the student will work should be located outside of the United States. The student should spend a minimum of 10 weeks as an intern.

Application requirements:

  • An application form (available here in both pdf and Word)
  • A two- to three-page, double-spaced proposal detailing how an internship experience would fit with applicant's research agenda, future plans and social justice mission, the type of internship the applicant is pursuing (including an initial list of institutions or organizations that may serve as host), and a list of contributions the student plans to make to the organizations.
  • Graduate transcript
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • If necessary, a demonstration of language competency.

For more information, visit http://global.wisc.edu/skj/.

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CIBER Faculty and Ph.D. grants

CIBER awards funds to faculty and Ph.D. students through two separate programs:

  • Research and Curriculum Development
  • Applied Funds

Funding requests for the Global Research/Curriculum Development Program are accepted and reviewed twice a year: April 1 and October 1 (If these dates fall on the weekend, proposals are due the next business day). Funding requests for the Applied Funds Program are accepted and reviewed monthly.

Award Criteria: The grant programs are governed by the mandate under which CIBER receives its funding. Therefore, proposals must be connected to the CIBER mission in order to be considered.

For eligibility and application information, visit http://www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber/facphd/grants.asp.

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The Helen Firstbrook Franklin Scholarship Program

The Helen Firstbrook Franklin Scholarship Program (HFFS) enables top entering graduate students with Latin American, Caribbean, or Iberian commitments to focus on their academic studies during their first year at the University of Wisconsin. In addition, HFFS scholars would be eligible for second-year support from LACIS through a Nave Supplemental Scholarship.

"Latin American, Caribbean, or Iberian commitments" are understood to mean:

  • a primary commitment to area studies as such, or
  • a substantial research component or comparativist component within a curriculum that has professional goals outside area studies.

Applications are by departmental nomination and should include:

  • departmental letter of nomination signed by the Chair;
  • two outside letters of recommendation;
  • an updated c.v.;
  • a statement of purpose.

Please contact LACIS's Director at (608) 262-2811 or lacis@intl-institute.wisc.edu. For more information Visit: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lacis/firstbrook.html.

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VILAS FELLOWSHIPS

The 2006-2007 Vilas Travel Grant application deadline has passed. Applications are currently under review. Please consider applying in October 2007 for the 2007-2008 fellowships.

Graduate student dissertators and MFA students in their final year who are actively participating in an exhibition or conference (e.g., presenting a paper, work, or poster) or traveling for dissertation research purposes. Awards are for $600 for domestic or international travel and a few awards of $1500 for international travel research only. See their web page for more information. http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/gsc/vilasfellowshipsinactive.html.

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