Tuesday, January 27, 2009

CILAS 2009 Grant Competition – Applications due March 6

CILAS 2009 Grant Competition

The Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the 2009 CILAS Grant Competition. Awards range from academic year and summer language fellowships to travel grants for pre-dissertation and dissertation research. A brief description of each grant can be found below. More detailed information and application instruction are available on the CILAS Fellowship and Grants website.

Academic Year Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship: AY-FLAS is an award offered to students that wish to improve their language skills in Brazilian Portuguese, Zapotec or advanced Spanish at UCSD. The award pays resident or non-resident fees, plus a $15,000 stipend to be paid in ten $1,500 installments throughout the academic year. Eligibility: All graduate students who are accepted for enrollment or who are enrolled in a program that requires modern foreign language training.

Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship: This fellowship is for students who wish to enroll in intensive language programs at the beginning, intermediate, or advanced level. S-FLAS fellowships are broken down into two awards. The first award is a stipend in the amount of $2500. This can be used for any expenses incurred during the language program. The second award is paid directly to the sponsoring institution which covers tuition. This award is up to $4,000. Eligibility: All graduate students who are accepted for enrollment or who are enrolled in a program that requires modern foreign language training.

CILAS Dissertation Field Research Grants: The CILAS Dissertation Grants are for field research between June 2008 and May 2009. Awards range from $500 to $2000. The awards may be used for travel and research in Latin America or the Iberian Peninsula. Eligibility: All UCSD PhD graduate students in good standing are welcome to apply. Past recipients of CILAS field research grants are not eligible for this competition.

Tinker Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Grant: The Tinker Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant awards are for pre-dissertation field research for travel outside the United States (i.e. to Spain, Portugal, Brazil or Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America), for a minimum of 4 weeks and a maximum of 4 months between June 2009 and May 2010. Awards range from $500 to $1,500.

Eligibility: All UCSD graduate students conducting pre-dissertation research.

There will be a mandatory informational session on Friday, February 13 at 2:00 pm in the Deutz Room in the Institute of the Americas Complex.

**Applications are due no later than Friday, March 6 by 4:00 pm.**
Please contact Erin Burgoon CILAS Grants Coordinator, with any questions.

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