Why Do I Need to Know about Funding?
For better or for worse, outside funding (both for undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs) can substantially influence our educational choices and research paths. Below is an annotated list of links to funding sources and guides.
General Funding Sources or Lists
- American Council of Learned Societies
- College and University Rankings — Not exactly a funding source, but it can come in very handy in determining which school to attend if you get multiple offers. Created and updated by the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Community of Science Funding Opportunities — This is a subscription database which may or may not be available at your institution (check with your librarian). Contains more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion dollars.
- Financial Aid for Research and Creative Activities Abroad, 2002-2004 by Gail Schlachter and David Weber, 2002.
- Fulbright Awards — Information on Fulbright Scholarships, many of which are available for study in Russia and Eastern Europe. Because a limited number of Fulbrights are given each year for a particular country, applying for a grant to one of the lesser studied regions (Baltics, Albania, Caucuses, etc.)
- Grants, Fellowships & Prizes of Interest to Historians (serial). Washington: American Historical Association.
- The Grants Register (serial), Chicago: St James Press.
- Institute of International Education — Grant and fellowship information for study abroad.
- Money for Graduate Students in the Humanities, 2001-2003 by Gail Schlachter and David Weber, 2001.
- Money for Graduate Students in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2001-2003 by Gail Schlachter and David Weber, 2001.
- National Security Education Program Fellowships— These fellowships support U.S. students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security but are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students.
- Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2005. Lawrenceville, N.J. : Thomson/Peterson's.
- State Department Funding and Programs — Offer a number of programs that could be of interest to students in Russian and East European studies.
- White House Fellowships
- Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation — Offer a whole suite of fellowships and programs for students, teachers and scholars.
Slavic Specific Funding Sources or Lists
- AATSEEL's Grants & Fellowships page — Lists the major sources for grants and fellowships in Russian and East European studies.
- Foreign Language Area Studies fellowships [FLAS] — To be eligible for these fellowships, one must generally be associated with an institution that receives Title VI funding. Most of these institutions have federally funded Area Studies programs. For a list of institutions with these programs, see http://nflrc.msu.edu/
- Foreign Language Enhancement Program — This is a yearly program that provides 24 students from CIC member institutions with living expenses scholarships to attend intensive summer language programs offered by other member institutions. CIC members include University of Chicago, UIUC, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin (Madison).
- IREX [International Research and Exchanges Board] — offers numerous grants and fellowships for various levels of study.
- Kosciuszko Foundation — Grants and fellowships for research and study in Polish studies.
- SSRC [Social Sciences Research Council] Fellowships — These Title VIII scholarships provide for summer intensive language study. Institutions must individually apply for and be granted SSRC funding before awarding any scholarships, so check with your home institution to see if these scholarships are available.
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