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Russian and East European Institute
Funding for Doctoral Students
Indiana University provides many opportunities for doctoral students to receive funding for their studies. 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 Funding for Prospective Students: Title VI Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships REEI Funding for Current Students:
Other IU Funding Programs: Additional FLAS Awards Summer Only Funding: REEI/Mellon Summer Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants External Sources of Student Funding: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Fellowships REEI Funding for Prospective Students 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, 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:
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:
REEI Funding for Current Students 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, 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:
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:
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: Administrative Secretary Small grants are available to help graduate students who require modest support (up to $700/year) for research-related travel (domestic or international), travel for participation in a structured internship program, or travel for advanced language study in the Russian East European region. Grants may also be used for expenses related to publication of completed research. Students applying under this program may also be eligible for support under Office of International Programs, International Enhancement Grants (see page 8). Please discuss your plans with the REEI staff before submitting an application. Deadlines: January 15, April 1 (if funds available), October 1 Application Materials Needed:
REEI provides grants to help graduate students who specialize in the Russian East European region present their research at major association meetings and conferences. Student travel reimbursement is limited to minimum airfare or mileage (per IU guidelines), one night lodging, and conference registration fee. Students may also be eligible for conference travel support from the College of Arts and Sciences. Please check with your home department graduate advisor to see if you can be nominated. REEI domestic conference travel grants will not exceed $400 and international grants will not exceed $600. Deadlines: January 15, April 1 (if funds available), October 1 Application Materials Needed:
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 of the Russian East European region 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:
Other IU Funding Programs 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. College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships Each year the Graduate Division of the College of Arts and Sciences invites departments to nominate by March 1st their most outstanding M.F.A. or Ph.D. candidates for the College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships. Stipends for the dissertation year fellowships are $15,000 each. These fellowships enable advanced students to engage in focused work leading to the completion of their dissertations or thesis projects. These fellowships do not include fee scholarships; fellowship winners are expected to devote full time to research. Selection criteria include demonstrated academic excellence, proposed use of fellowship funds, and potential for significant research contributions. The nomination form can be found here. Award recipients are notified in April. If you have questions concerning the fellowships or the competition, please contact Assistant Dean Mitchell Byler in Kirkwood Hall 014 (855-4871 or mbyler@indiana.edu) Graduate Student Exchange Programs The Office of International Programs maintains exchange agreements which provide opportunities for IU graduate students to conduct research, study, and teach at selected partner institutions abroad. Interested individuals should contact Christy Borders, Office of International Programs, Bryan Hall 104, Bloomington, phone: (812) 856-9024, e-mail: cborders@indiana.edu. Application deadline is mid-January for the upcoming academic year. Applicants may be students from any discipline, department, or campus. Each applicant must submit a proposal for a program that would constitute an integral part of a well-conceived graduate degree program at Indiana University. Unless specifically indicated, it is important that applicants demonstrate strong language skills. Download application and guidelines here. Summer Only Funding REEI/Mellon Summer Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants REEI offers two grants to support research-related
travel for preliminary dissertation field activities such
as exploring potential research sites, archives, and other
research resources, establishing institutional affiliations, Office of International Programs Summer Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants To support research-related summer travel abroad a full
year prior to conducting dissertation research abroad. Students should use the OIP forms available here to apply for both pre-dissertation competitions. Submit the original to Rose Vondrasek at the Office of International Programs and submit one complete copy to Mark Trotter at the Russian and East European Institute. External Sources of Student Funding Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Fellowships SSRC fellowship funds are available on a competitive basis for both graduates and undergraduates to study Russian and the following languages of the former Soviet Union and Central Asia: Azeri, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek, and Georgian. To be eligible for an SSRC award you must:
SSRC fellowships have ranged from $2,500 to $3,100. The application deadline for Fellowships is March 23. Decisions on SSRC fellowships are made in late-April. PLEASE NOTE: to minimize paperwork, only recipients of fellowships and alternates will receive formal notification. Fellowship assistance is available only to students in the 8-week session. The Social Science Research Council is clear in its insistence that SSRC fellowships be granted only to students in third year Russian (levels 5-9) or above. National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarships Additional scholarships for language training are offered to undergraduate students through the National Security Education Program. You are eligible for a David L. Boren Scholarship or Fellowship if you are an undergraduate student who is:
Deadline for this program is January 28th for the AED (Graduate portion). Graduates submit the application to: NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships For more information visit: www.worldstudy.gov/overview.html Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) Scholarships Offered through the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), FLEP provides scholarships of up to $2,000 to help graduate students from CIC schools (University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana University, Northwestern University, University of Minnesota, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University and University of Wisconsin-Madison) take advantage of language offerings not available at their home university. For eligibility and application information visit: www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/flep. IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development. IREX programs have advanced the education and expertise of over 20,000 scholars, professionals, and students for nearly 35 years. For a current list of IREX grant opporunities, as well as a description of the application process, please click here. American Council of Learned Societies The American Council of Learned Societies is a private non-profit federation of sixty-eight national scholarly organizations. The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its Constitution, is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." ACLS offers fellowships and grants in over one dozen programs, for research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Particularly relevant to students associated with REEI are the Southeast European Studies Program and the ACLS Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. US Fulbright and Related Grants The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries." It is administered by the US Department of State and is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. For more information click here. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad This US Department of Education program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. Projects deepen research knowledge on and help the nation develop capability in areas of the world not generally included in U.S. curricula. For more information, including eligibility and application procedure, click here. ACTR/ACCELS Research Scholar Program Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII), the American Councils Research Scholar Program provides full support for graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars seeking to conduct in-country, independent research for three months to nine months in Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more information click here. Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program This program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability—selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise—to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences. For more information about this program click here. The Kosciuszko Foundation Grants and Scholarships The Kosciuszko Foundation is dedicated to promoting educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and Poland and to increasing American understanding of Polish culture and history. Descriptions of and application procedures for grants and scholarshipsmay be found here. 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. American Association of University Women (AAUW) Grants and Fellowships One of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented. For more information please visit the website. American Educational Research Association (AERA) The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and, by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. Its members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists. The broad range of disciplines represented by the membership includes education, psychology, statistics, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, anthropology, and political science. For information about AERA's fellowship and grant competitions please visit the website. American Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) Scholarships The American Council for Polish Culture, Inc. is a national non-profit, charitable, cultural and educational organization that serves as a network and body of national leadership among affiliated Polish-American cultural organizations throughout the United States. The ACPC offers various scholarships for students interested in Poland and Polish, including the Pulaski Scholarship: $5,000 for graduate students of Polish descent enrolled at an accredited university in the United States, who have completed at least one year of studies at the graduate level; the Skalny Scholarship for Polish Studies: $1,000 for students pursuing some Polish studies (major may be in other fields) at universities in the United States, who have completed at least two years of college or university work at an accredited institution; the ACPC Summer Study Scholarship: $1,500 for American students of Polish descent to participate in a SUMMER STUDY program at any one of Poland's fine universities that offer such programs; and the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia scholarship: For students accepted to or already enrolled at a college or university, either of Polish descent or pursuing courses in Polish or Slavic language, history or culture. The Rotary International Foundation Educational Fellowships The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty. Through its Educational Programs, the Foundation provides funding for some 1,200 students to study abroad each year. Grants are also awarded to university teachers to teach in developing countries and for exchanges of business and professional people. For more information about these fellowships click here. The Smithsonian's Office of Research Training and Services (ORTS) has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution's programs of research grants, fellowships, and other scholarly appointments. One of its primary objectives is the facilitation of the Smithsonian's scholarly interactions with students and scholars at universities, museums, and other research institutions around the world. The Office administers Institution-wide research support programs, and encourages and assists other Smithsonian museums, research institutes and research offices in the development of additional fellowships and visiting appointments. Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution provide students and scholars with opportunities to pursue independent research projects in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Click here for information on and applications for the Smithsonian's Graduate student, Pre-doctoral, and Doctoral Fellowships.
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