2025 ILAS Summer Field Research Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant

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About Your Research

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Duration of Research (in weeks; note that travel must be a minimum of 4 weeks to be eligible)

Other Grants To Which You Have Applied for this Project (if any):

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Letter of Recommendation

One letter of recommendation from advising faculty is requested in support of the application. Faculty should submit the letter as a PDF document directly to Eliza Kwon-Ahn, Senior Manager of Business & Students Affairs, at [email protected]. It is the responsibility of the applicant to reach out and request a letter of recommendation to the faculty advisor at least 2 weeks prior to the deadline.

Proposal Checklist & Submission

Please make sure that all the items below are attached as one PDF form on the following order:

Proposal abstract (see guideline for more explanation)

5-page proposal (formatted as outlined on the guideline)

1-page budget (see guideline for more explanation), indicating foreign transportation expenses

CV or Resume

Graduate transcripts

Proof of language competence (letter, test results, transcripts, etc)

Please upload all your application materials as ONE PDF document in the order found of "proposal checklist" above.

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Statement of Qualification

By checking the box, I agree that I meet the following qualifications for this travel grant application:

I am a graduate student at Columbia University and I will graduate after summer of 2024.

My research will take place in one of eligible Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in Latin America and Caribbean: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Or non Spanish and Speaking countries: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Saint Martin, St. Vincent and theGrenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands

I am applying for a field research and not a job or internship.

2025 ILAS Summer Field Research Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant

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