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Russian and East European Institute
Academic Year Awards
Indiana University provides many opportunities for graduate students to receive funding for their studies. Approximately one third of entering MA students receive support in their first year; half do so in their second year. REEI also offers awards to undergraduate students. We encourage students to apply for all sources of financial support for which they are eligible. Frequently asked questions about financial assistance are answered here. Click here for contact information for the offices mentioned. REEI Programs: Title VI Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships Undergraduate Funding Opportunities: Daniel Armstrong Memorial Scholarship Other IU Programs: Additional FLAS Awards External Sources: Graduate Foreign Affairs
Title VI Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships FLAS fellowships are awarded to universities to promote the graduate training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign cultures is a prerequisite for success. Each fellowship covers the academic year and carries a fixed stipend of $15,000. In addition, a fee scholarship covering 12 credits of course work each semester (a total of 24 credits) will be paid. Only US citizens and permanent residents are eligible for FLAS fellowships. Holders of FLAS fellowships must undertake full-time study during the period of the award and be enrolled in formal language instruction in the language of the award. REEI accepts applications for study of the following languages in the academic year: Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian (beyond second year), Serbian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish. Applicants interested in applying for a FLAS in a language or level of language not appearing in the IU Schedule of Classes for the following academic year should discuss their application with the REEI staff before submission. Applicants interested in applying for academic year dissertation research or language study abroad should also discuss their application with the staff prior to submission. These awards are contingent upon receipt of funds from the US Department of Education. The US Department of Education encourages applications from professional school students as well as students enrolled in departments of the College of Arts and Sciences. Applicants must submit the following:
Graduate Assistantships REEI offers funding for graduate assistants. Positions require a 20-hour per week employment commitment. In return, graduate assistants receive a stipend of $11,500 and fee remission for up to 30 credit hours per year. These awards are contingent upon receipt of funds from the US Department of Education. Applicants to the REEI master's program will automatically be considered for this award by checking the appropriate box on the graduate school application. New applicants are not as competitive for graduate assistantships as returning students unless they have had significant previous experience in newsletter publication or web design. Applications for the GAship should include:
GA applicants should describe their experiences with the following:
Robert F. Byrnes Memorial Fellowship in REEI Robert F. Byrnes was the founder and for many years director of REEI. The Fellowship Committee awards this two-year fellowship to an outstanding incoming graduate student in Russian and East European studies. There is no application for this award. REEI will provide a stipend of $15,000 and a fee remission to the recipient of the award. Romanian Studies Graduate Student Fellowship Indiana University is proud to announce the first Romanian Studies Graduate Fellowship in the United States. Prospective graduate students who are applying in any discipline with a research focus in Romania are encouraged to apply. The fellowship carries a two-year tuition and fee waver and a stipend of $10,000 per year. Applicants should be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and need to be applying to an MA program (though they are also eligible if they wish to continue into a Ph.D. program). Applicants need to have proficiency in Romanian or be committed to enroll in language classes at Indiana University in order to gain a proficiency in the language. No separate application is required. To notify REEI of your interest in being considered for this fellowship, please contact the Institute at reei@indiana.edu. This fellowship is awarded biennially. REEI will NOT award a Romanian Studies Fellowship for the 2009/2010 academic year. The next fellowship will be awarded for the 2010/2011 academic year.REEI Mellon Dissertation Write-Up Fellowship (One Semester) One award of $7,500 plus tuition fee remission for one academic semester will provide support to an Indiana University graduate student near the completion of his or her doctoral program in any field. The fellowship is intended for applicants who have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, received approval for their research proposal, and completed all formal components of their dissertation field research or data collection. The fellowship is intended to support one semester of full-time writing in which the recipient will not be engaged in other employment. The fellowship will be granted on the basis of the scholarly potential of the applicant, the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed work and its importance to the development of scholarship on the REEI region. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the recommendation of the applicant's dissertation advisor in regard to the prospects for the applicant to complete and defend the dissertation at the end of the one semester fellowship or soon thereafter. A completed application should include:
Daniel Armstrong Memorial Research Paper Award This competition is dedicated to the memory of IU Slavics alumnus, teacher, scholar, and administrator, Professor Daniel Armstrong (1942-1979). Awards are presented to students for papers written for a class in Russian, East European or Central Eurasian studies taken during the previous academic year. The first and second place winners will receive a monetary prize and framed certificate of recognition. The papers are read during the summer by a panel of REEI faculty. Faculty members whose students submitted papers are ineligible for judging the competition. The judges do not know the identities of the student writers. Papers are submitted directly by students. Students may submit only one entry per year. Papers must be submitted by the second Friday after the spring semester final exams week. Awards are presented to the authors of the winning papers in September at the annual REEI fall reception for faculty and students. Recent Armstrong award winners How to submit: Papers must be submitted in triplicate no later than two weeks
after graduation (in May) to: Daniel Armstrong Memorial Scholarship The Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington is pleased to announce the Daniel Armstrong Memorial Scholarship competition for incoming freshmen. One Armstrong Scholarship of $2,000 will be awarded to an incoming freshman committed to pursue study of Russian or an East European language throughout his or her undergraduate career, and who has a record of academic excellence. The scholarship recipient must be a full-time student at Indiana University in Bloomington during the 2009-2010 year and maintain a good academic standing, including enrollment in formal instruction in Russian or an East European language through the funded year. Eligible languages taught in IU's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures include Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Serbian and Croatian. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years, though the amount of the award may change in subsequent years. This award may be combined with most other IU scholarships to cover the costs of attendance at IU in Bloomington. It may not be combined with the Wells Scholarship. The Russian and East European Institute (REEI) at Indiana University is one of the oldest and most vibrant Russian and East European programs in the nation. REEI was founded in 1958. Its mission is to train future scholars and professionals in advanced, interdisciplinary language and area studies; support the activities of Indiana University faculty and students who study the languages and peoples of our region, and furnish accurate and timely information to K-12 teachers, postsecondary faculty, government, media, and the general public. REEI has long been a federally funded National Resource Center for Russian and East European studies. Selection Criteria: Candidates will be considered on the basis of outstanding academic and personal achievement. Students should have a GPA of 3.2 or above on a 4-point scale and have a record of academic and extracurricular accomplishment. Preference will be given to applicants who plan their studies with the intent of spending at least one full semester (junior or senior year) of study abroad in a program approved by IU Office of Overseas Study in the foreign language of study. Application Procedure: Please submit a cover letter providing name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if available), and IU student ID number; a personal statement that addresses plans for academic work at Indiana University and the specific way that the study of Russian or an East European language will figure in the applicant's undergraduate education and career plans; a resume detailing extracurricular activities, awards, and honors; and one letter of recommendation. For applicants who have had the opportunity to study a foreign language in high school or have otherwise had some connection to the Russian and East European region, a letter from a high school foreign language teacher or adult leader of an internationally-focused extracurricular activity would be most appropriate. The letter should focus on both the student's academic strengths and demonstrated interest in and commitment to study of this world region. We will also accept the IU Selective Scholarship Application in place of a direct application to us, but we encourage you to send us an e-mail identifying yourself as an Armstrong Scholarship candidate to guarantee consideration. Application Deadline: February 1, 2009. Applications received after that date will be waitlisted. Announcements of Scholarship: The scholarship winner will be announced before March 15, 2009 After you have completed your IU freshman admissions application (www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit ), mail, fax, or e-mail completed Armstrong Scholarship applications to: Russian and East European Institute For more information about the Daniel Armstrong Memorial Scholarship at Indiana University visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb, e-mail reei@indiana.edu, or call us at 812-855-7309.
A number of other departments on campus offer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, including the Center for the Study of Global Change, the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC) , and the West European Studies Program. Students applying for Hungarian or Estonian language study will be automatically considered by REEI and IAUNRC. IAUNRC also offers fellowships for study of Azeri, Finnish, Kazak, Mongolian, Persian/Tajik, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen and Uzbek. To apply for the Global Center FLAS, check the appropriate box in the online application or send a copy of your completed REEI FLAS application to them. Additional Graduate Assistantship Opportunities Graduate Assistantships and Research Assistantships are available in some departments affiliated with REEI. These include Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS), the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC), the Polish Studies Center, West European Studies, the and the International Resource Center. GradGrants also posts announcements for various assistantships. For more details and application information contact each department directly. Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship The Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, administers this fellowship for the US Department of State. The goal is to attract outstanding students who represent all ethnic and social backgrounds and who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the US Department of State. The program is designed to train in academic disciplines representing the skill needs of the department men and women, who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad. For more details and application information contact The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
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