Student Funding

The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University is privileged to receive funding from the the Lemann Foundation, The Tinker Foundation, and the US Department of Education to provide grants and fellowships to Columbia University undergraduate and graduate students. This Application Guide is meant to provide a brief overview of our different fellowship and travel grant program as well as information on eligibility and requirements, and submission deadlines and procedures.

The 2013-2014 Application Round covered the following programs open to students at Columbia:

• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) for Summer 2013 and Academic Year 2013-2014 (Application) (Guidelines) - Deadline is February 14, 2013
• Pre-Dissertation Field Research Travel Grant for Summer 2013 (Application) (Guidelines) - Deadline is March 1, 2013
• Graduate Internship Grant for Summer 2013 (Application) (Guidelines) - Deadline is April 1, 2013 - WE ARE CLOSED.  DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND ROUND
• Undergraduate Internship Grant for Summer 2013 (Application) (Guidelines) - Deadline is April 1, 2013 - WE ARE CLOSED. DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND ROUND
• Global Scholar Program Travel Grant 2013 (Application) (Guidelines) - Deadline EXTENDED TO  April 15, 2013

Remember: if you have any questions regarding these fellowship and travel grant programs, please contact Eliza Kwon-Ahn, Student Affairs Coordinator at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) 

NEW! 2013 Graduate Grants-Center for Urban and Territorial Studies, Talca, Chile

In early 2011 the Catholic University of Maule and NGO Sur Maule were awarded one of the new Millennium Initiatives in Social Sciences, which aims at the formation of the Center for Urban and Territorial Studies for intermediate cities in Chile. This initiative focuses its research on the social, cultural and economic conditions in the Maule region in recent years from an urban-territorial perspective, with special emphasis on processes developed from the earthquake of February 27, 2010.

Approved projects will be supported financially and methodologically. The maximum amount that can be accessed each investigation is of US $2,700, an amount that will be delivered according to the agreed protocol. Click here for more details.

Nominations will remain open throughout the year and will be evaluated and awarded to the extent that they are received by the center, reaching annual amounts for this purpose.

All applications and any questions regarding the application process should be sent to CEUT’s Deputy Director, Professor Tomas Errazuriz, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Below are links to external institutions that give grants and/or fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students:

• The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
• Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce (SIPA students)