For faculty and students working on European topics, sources of funding for research and travel are available from the Columbia community and from external sources. The list below contains descriptions of relevant funding opportunities that include application requirements and deadlines. For more information regarding a specific grant or scholarship, please use the link provided to the donor’s website.
External Funding
Faculty
American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS offers fellowships and grants in more than a dozen programs for research in the humanities and related social sciences. Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. Several fellowships are available for faculty members.
Social Science Research Council
Work at the SSRC is focused on four program areas: Global Security and Cooperation; Migration; Knowledge Institutions; and the Public Sphere. These program areas support working groups, conferences, and fellowships, and a wide range of other research activities. The SSRC provides fellowships to support young researchers, to conduct training programs, and to strengthen the institutions within which knowledge is produced and communicated.
School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
The School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, offers a program to assistant professors to spend one year at the Institute devoted to scholarly research and writing. To be considered, assistant professors must be working on projects in areas represented in the School of Historical Studies, and should preferably have gone beyond revising the dissertation. The School is interested in all fields of historical research, but is concerned principally with the history of Western, Near Eastern and Far Eastern civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, the history of art, the history of science, and modern international relations.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Because democracy demands wisdom, the National Endowment for the Humanities serves and strengthens our Republic by promoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history to all Americans. The Endowment accomplishes this mission by providing grants for high-quality humanities projects in four funding areas: preserving and providing access to cultural resources, education, research, and public programs. NEH provides grants to individual scholars.
Russell Sage Foundation
The Russell Sage Foundation is the principal American Foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. Located in New York City, it is a research center, a funding source for studies by scholars at other academic and research institutions, and an active member of the nation's social science community. The Russell Sage Foundation has established a center where Visiting Scholars can pursue their writing and research. Each year, the Russell Sage Foundation invites a number of scholars to its New York headquarters to investigate topics in social and behavioral sciences. The Foundation particularly welcomes groups of scholars who wish to collaborate on a specific project during their residence at Russell Sage. While Visiting Scholars typically work on projects related to the Foundation's current programs, a number of scholars whose research falls outside the Foundation's active programs also participate.
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
The cornerstone of the Center is our residential fellows program which awards academic year residential fellowships to about 45 scholars who form a cohesive and diverse intellectual community. Fellows enjoy time and freedom to pursue their priority research, and more importantly, to expand their horizons in active engagement with their Center colleagues. Through its rigorous application-based selection system, the Center identifies and selects top scholars from disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, the natural sciences, and the humanities, as well as interdisciplinary areas. By awarding residential fellowships to these scholars, freeing them from the demands of normal academic life, the Center serves as an incubator of innovative contributions to academe and society. The result is a track record of influential, groundbreaking work, significant scholarly transformation, and major short- and long-term achievements of Center Fellows.
Studienforum Berlin, Faculty Seminar 2010
This eleven-day seminar is hosted by Studienforum Berlin, an independent, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit organization. Participants should be faculty and/or administrators at two- or four-year institutions of higher education as well as experts from private and public think tanks and governmental institutions. In order to facilitate an interdisciplinary exploration of seminar themes, individuals from all academic concentrations are encouraged to apply. Participants need not to be experts on the seminar topic or region. Full details may be found here.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
ACLS Southeast European Studies Fellowship
Support will be available for research on Southeastern Europe or for developing expertise on the area to add a comparative perspective to their work on another world region:
• Research Fellowships are for scholars with area expertise in Southeastern Europe for six to twelve months of research and writing.
• Developmental Fellowships are for scholars with primary area expertise in a region of the world outside Southeastern Europe for six to twelve months to acquire expertise in Southeastern Europe, including language skills, in order to add a SEE comparative perspective to their current or proposed research.
Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research Fellowship
The program of fellowships enables Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak scholars in the humanities and allied social sciences to carry out research at institutes of advanced study in other countries. Each cycle funds short-term residencies for up to three Mellon Research Fellows at each of the seventeen designated institutes in Austria, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, and Yemen.
The fellowships are intended to serve younger scholars who have already obtained a Ph.D. or have equivalent experience and who wish to undertake a specific research project at one of the participating institutes. Each institute issues its own announcement and will handle all matters concerning application and selection. Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak scholars who wish to apply should contact the participating institute directly for an application.
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies was established in 1986 at the Freie Universität Berlin to support and promote a new generation of young North American scholars with specialized knowledge of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. The Program supports anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists, and all scholars in germane social science and cultural studies fields, including historians researching the period after the mid-19th century. Fellowships are awarded for doctoral dissertation research as well as postdoctoral research that leads to completion of a monograph. Funds from the Volkswagen Stiftung created the Program in 1986. Since 1993, the Freie Universität Berlin has funded the program with additional support from the German Marshall Fund, the Halle Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Berlin Program is administered in partnership with the German Studies Association (GSA) which supports the Program’s North American promotion and transatlantic selection processes.
Committee on Global Thought
These fellowships give emerging scholars the opportunity to work with distinguished faculty and provide a space for collaborative research and publication. Scholars from any discipline may apply, provided that they successfully indicate how their work will contribute to Global Thought's research themes.
Applications may be found here.
DAAD Research Grant
The DAAD Research Grant is awarded to highly-qualified doctoral degree students, post-docs, and individuals wishing to earn a doctoral degree in Germany. This grant is open to applicants in all fields. However, there are restrictions for those in healthcare related fields, including dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine; please contact the DAAD New York office if your academic pursuits are in these fields.
Fulbright Europe and Eurasia Program
Applicants, including graduating seniors, are encouraged to consider opportunities in countries that traditionally do not attract large numbers of applicants: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
Grants are not available to Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Kosovo, or Serbia.
English Teaching Assistantships: Available in Andorra*, Belgium*, Bosnia/ Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic*, France*, Germany*, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal*, Romania, Russia*, Slovak Republic, Spain*, and Turkey.
* Language proficiency is preferred or required.
NOTE: Applicants for English Teaching Assistantships can apply to only one country. Multi-country ETA projects will not be considered.
Multi-country proposals (2 or 3 countries): Only considered for the countries listed in either Eastern Europe or Eurasia Regions:
Eastern Europe Multi-country Region includes: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia.
Eurasia Multi-country Region includes:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova.
Eurasia Regional Program: Selection for countries* will be made based on the quality of the applications, rather than per-country quotas. Distribution of awards will vary annually according to the caliber of the applicants.
*Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova.
Dependents: The basic amount of the Fulbright grant is increased by US$100 per month for grantees with one accompanying dependent, and by US$200 for two or more accompanying dependents for selected countries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. See countries summaries for details. Individual Country Summaries are not available for all countries listed within regional programs. The countries listed are those in which it is anticipated that grants will be available for the 2008-2009 academic year. If the country in which you are interested does not appear, please check with IIE before filing an application.
Harvard University Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral fellows at Harvard play a critical role in research activities across the entire academic landscape, including departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Medical School, School of Dental Medicine, the School of Public Health, the professional schools, and affiliated laboratories and hospitals. This website dedicated to prospective and current fellows throughout the Harvard universe has been designed to offer a distinct portal for a wide range of resource information that will be of value during your postdoctoral experience. We invite you, as a member of the larger Harvard community, to take advantage of these resources to both help ease your transition to postdoc life and to provide for your continual well being during your time here.
Leo Baeck-DAAD Fellowship
The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study, and lecture center whose library and archives offer comprehensive documentation for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry.
Fellowships are awarded for research in New York or Germany on the social, communal, and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. Financial assistance is provided to doctoral students for dissertation research and to young academics for the preparation of a scholarly essay or book.
LMU Academic Career Program
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is one of the leading research universities in Europe, with a more than a five century tradition. It places particular emphasis on promoting the next generation of academics. As of 1 July 2009, through the LMU Academic Career Program, LMU Munich will be awarding 20 research fellowships to excellent young academics. Qualified applicants must have completed their doctoral studies in any field, having graduated no more than three years ago with outstanding results. Candidates must be able to design and successfully carry out a research project supported by a professor of LMU Munich. The fellows will also be associated with the Center for Advanced Studies and be able to make use of its services. Fellowships come with an award (of up to € 60,000 per year). For carrying out a research project at LMU Munich, an additional €25,000 may be requested as start-up funding, as well as up to €10,000 per year as material and travel expenses. The fellowships are initially limited to two years, but an extension of two years may be granted upon a positive academic evaluation. The closing date for applications is April 15th. More information can be found on the LMU page.
Princeton Society of Fellows
The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, comprised of recent PhD recipients in the humanities, and in selected social and natural sciences, seeks to promote innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral (Cotsen) Fellows are appointed for three-year terms to pursue research and teach half-time in their academic department, in the Program in Humanistic Studies, or in other university programs. The generosity of Charter Trustee Lloyd E. Cotsen, an alumnus and long-time supporter of Princeton, made possible the creation of this program in fall 2000.
SSRC Eurasia Fellowship Program
The Eurasia Program is pleased to announce a fellowship program for research on the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the New States of Eurasia. Research related to the non-Russian states, regions, and peoples is particularly encouraged. Funding for this program is provided by the US Department of State under the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). All fellowships awarded under this program are contingent upon the receipt of funding from the US Department of State. Regions and countries currently supported by the program include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Funding is not presently available for research on the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellowships
This website provides an introduction to postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford University as well as support toward career progress through professional development and skill-building programs.
Graduate Student Fellowships
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: German Chancellor Fellowships
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation annually awards ten German Chancellor Fellowships to young professionals in the private, public, not-for-profit, cultural and academic sectors who are citizens of the United States,
the Russian Federation or the People's Republic of China. A bachelor's degree is required and candidates must have received their degree after September 1, 1998. Prior knowledge of German is not a prerequisite. Applications and additional information are available on the Alexander von Humboldt webpage.
Alliance Doctoral Mobility Grants
The Alliance Program funds Columbia’s doctoral candidates for one to three months of research at one of three French universities, Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po and Universite Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne. The deadline for submissions is October 30.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program assists graduate students in preparing dissertation and funding proposals for research that will contribute to the development of interdisciplinary fields in the humanities and social sciences. Student fellows will participate in two workshops and can apply for up to $5,000 to support summer research.
Jerrold Seigel Summer Fellowships in Intellectual and Cultural History
Every year it is active the New York-area Consortium for Intellectual and Cultural History will award up to two summer fellowships, named in honor of Professor Jerrold Seigel, recently retired from New York University, where he is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus. The awards are open to students at any graduate level of training, in any department, and studying any geographical field or time period, but are currently limited to students enrolled at Consortium funding institutions (currently Columbia and New York Universities). The amount of these fellowships is $3,000.
Competition for 2008-9 Academic Year:
Application: There is no application form. To apply for a fellowship, please send a two-page personal statement stating how you will make use of the fellowship, along with a curriculum vitae, to the address below and ask one of your doctoral advisors to send a letter on your behalf. This year, all materials are due by March 15, 2009.
Jerrold Seigel Fellowship Competition
c/o Najila Naderi
Department of History
Columbia University
611 Fayerweather MC 2527
New York, NY 10027
ACLS Southeast European Studies Fellowship
Funding is offered for three types of support:
• Developmental Fellowships are for use at a location in the United States other than the home university in preparation for fieldwork or archival research in Southeastern Europe. Applicants may propose intensive language training, acquisition of methodological or other specialized skills, or preliminary work in archives located in the United States.
• Research Fellowships for use in Southeastern Europe to conduct fieldwork or archival investigations.
• Writing Fellowships for use in the United States, after all research is complete, to write the dissertation.
Fellowships 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 Southeastern Europe. Funds awarded may not be used in Western Europe.
The stipend will be up to $17,000. As a condition of the award, the applicant's home university will be required (consistent with its policies and regulations) to provide or to waive normal academic year tuition payments or to provide alternative cost-sharing support.
Developmental, Research, and Writing Fellowships are intended as sequenced support for completion of a dissertation. Recipients are therefore invited to apply the following year for the next level of funding.
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies was established in 1986 at the Freie Universität Berlin to support and promote a new generation of young North American scholars with specialized knowledge of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. The Program supports anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists, and all scholars in germane social science and cultural studies fields, including historians researching the period after the mid-19th century. Fellowships are awarded for doctoral dissertation research as well as postdoctoral research which leads to completion of a monograph. Funds from the Volkswagen Stiftung created the Program in 1986. Since 1993, the Freie Universität Berlin has funded the program with additional support from the German Marshall Fund, the Halle Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Berlin Program is administered in partnership with the German Studies Association (GSA) which supports the Program’s North American promotion and transatlantic selection processes.
DAAD German Studies Research Grant
This specialized DAAD program offers up to five German Studies Research Grants to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department/program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in either North America or Germany.
DAAD Research Grant
The DAAD Research Grant is awarded to highly qualified doctoral degree students, post-docs, and individuals wishing to earn a doctoral degree in Germany.
This grant is open to applicants in all fields. However, there are restrictions for those in healthcare related fields, including dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine; please contact the DAAD New York office if your academic pursuits are in these fields.
Fulbright Europe and Eurasia Program
Applicants, including graduating seniors, are encouraged to consider opportunities in countries that traditionally do not attract large numbers of applicants: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
Grants are not available to Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Kosovo, or Serbia.
English Teaching Assistantships: Available in Andorra*, Belgium*, Bosnia/ Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic*, France*, Germany*, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal*, Romania, Russia*, Slovak Republic, Spain*, and Turkey.
* Language proficiency is preferred or required.
NOTE: Applicants for English Teaching Assistantships can apply to only one country. Multi-country ETA projects will not be considered.
Multi-country proposals (2 or 3 countries): Only considered for the countries listed in either Eastern Europe or Eurasia Regions:
Eastern Europe Multi-country Region includes: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia.
Eurasia Multi-country Region includes:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova.
Eurasia Regional Program: Selection for countries* will be made based on the quality of the applications, rather than per-country quotas. Distribution of awards will vary annually according to the caliber of the applicants.*Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova.
Dependents: The basic amount of the Fulbright grant is increased by US$100 per month for grantees with one accompanying dependent, and by US$200 for two or more accompanying dependents for selected countries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. See countries summaries for details. Individual Country Summaries are not available for all countries listed within regional programs. The countries listed are those in which it is anticipated that grants will be available for the 2008-2009 academic year. If the country in which you are interested does not appear, please check with IIE before filing an application.
German Bundestag International Parliamentary Scholarship Internship Program
IPS enables politically engaged young college graduates to get to know the German parliamentary system through a five-month stay in Germany (March 1 through July 31, 2010). IPS is offered in 25 countries and includes a 15-week internship in the office of a member of the German parliament combined with a supplementary academic program organized by Berlin’s three universities. Qualified candidates exhibit the following criteria: interest in politics; excellent knowledge of German; college degree (B.A., B.S.); U.S. citizenship; born after March 1, 1980. Participants will receive: monthly grant of €450.00; free accommodations; health, accident, and liability insurance; reimbursement of travel expenses to and from Berlin. Interested candidates should see the Bundestag’s homepage and send their applications by June 30th to: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cultural Affairs Department, 4645 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007
Leo Baeck-DAAD Fellowship
The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study, and lecture center whose library and archives offer comprehensive documentation for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Fellowships are awarded for research in New York or Germany on the social, communal, and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. Financial assistance is provided to doctoral students for dissertation research and to young academics for the preparation of a scholarly essay or book.
SSRC Eurasia Fellowship Program
The Eurasia Program is pleased to announce a fellowship program for research on the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the New States of Eurasia. Research related to the non-Russian states, regions, and peoples is particularly encouraged. Funding for this program is provided by the US Department of State under the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). All fellowships awarded under this program are contingent upon the receipt of funding from the US Department of State. Regions and countries currently supported by the program include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Funding is not presently available for research on the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
Internal Funding
Faculty
Alliance Program: Sciences Po - Columbia Faculty Exchange
Columbia University and Sciences Po have expanded their long-term academic collaboration with the launch of a yearly transatlantic exchange of faculty in the areas of international affairs and public policy. This activity is another in the array of collaborations that already exist within the Alliance Program, an endeavor that links Columbia University, Sciences Po, Ecole Polytechnique and Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. The goal of the visiting faculty exchange is to foster transatlantic linkages and to increase the range of educational experiences available to students in the participating institutions.
The Global Public Policy Network: Collaborative Research Grants
Created in 2006, the GPPN is a non-profit international joint venture of Columbia University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore, and Sciences Po in Paris. The GPPN is aimed at fostering globally-oriented research and education in the field of public affairs. Each member of the GPPN has developed an innovative MPA program and has organized a set of Dual Degrees with other member institutions. The Collaborative Research Grant Program is intended to promote collaborative research projects of the highest quality, with a specific focus on policy making and governance in the context of globalization. Projects examining some dimension of a contemporary policy debate of global relevance and addressing an urgent social issue are strongly encouraged.
ISERP Seed Grant Program
ISERP’s seed grant program supports proposal development, pilot research, and other activities that advance research projects to the point where they can attract external funding. The program rewards high-risk, high-return research proposals, including work that develops new methods, applies theories or methods to new substantive areas, or translates among previously unrelated theoretical perspectives. Grants are awarded both for basic social science research and for policy related research. Projects in the latter category are specifically oriented toward pressing social issues in the domestic or international arena.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities
The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2009-2010. We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2005 and 1 July 2009. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $55,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $4,000 per annum.
Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies announces the establishment of a full-year post-doctoral fellowship. The stipend will be $50,000 per annum, plus a $10,000 subsidy which can be used for airfare and/or housing. This fellowship is open to scholars in all fields of Jewish Studies and Israel Studies; we will give preference to those fields not currently taught by our permanent or visiting faculty.
Requirements are a PhD granted between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, and an excellent command of Hebrew. Fellows will be expected to be in residence at Columbia; to teach one undergraduate seminar per semester; and to give one public lecture during their fellowship period.
Please send a letter of application, a c.v., a syllabus for the proposed course, and the names of three references online only to Ms. Malka Gold, mg27@columbia.edu. If the PhD has not yet been granted, please also include a letter from the academic sponsor attesting to the fact it that it will be granted. (Please do not send any references or any other written materials or attachments.) Columbia University is an equal opportunity employer and encourages the applications of women and minorities.
This fellowship has been made possible by the Stanley A. and Barbara B. Rabin Postdoctoral Fellowship Fund and by Lauren and J. Ezra Merkin.
Graduate Fellowships
The Harriman Institute
The Harriman Institute awards a variety of student fellowships every year. The Institute's Fellowship Committee makes all fellowship decisions.
Please note the following restrictions:
• Only Institute certificate candidates qualify for Junior and named fellowships.
• All Columbia students may apply for travel support and postdoctoral fellowships.
• Applicants for Junior and named fellowships must either have completed the Core Colloquium with a grade of B or better or must enroll in that course at the earliest opportunity.
Students specializing in East Central Europe may substitute the interdisciplinary Colloquium “Politics and Societies in Post Revolutionary East Central Europe.” Otherwise, they risk losing the fellowship.
Candidates may apply for more than one fellowship. For information regarding fellowships and application procedures, please contact Barbara Singleton, 1215A IAB (854 6219).
Junior Fellowships
The Institute's Junior Fellowships are awarded annually for a period of one year to qualified Certificate candidates enrolled in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) who have passed their comprehensive exams by the time the fellowship takes effect (usually at the start of the following academic year), to candidates enrolled in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) who are entering their third semester, and to candidates from other graduate divisions and professional schools at Columbia. Awards may pay part of tuition and/or living expenses. Applications are available during spring semester registration and are due by February 28th. Awards are announced in April.
Volodymyr and Lydia Z. Bazarko Fellowship
Dr. Volodymyr Bazarko and his wife Mrs. Lydia Z. Bazarko have established an endowment fund for the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute. The Bazarko Fellowship is awarded annually to a student whose research focuses on Ukraine, its culture, politics, economics or history.
John N. Hazard Fellowship
The Hazard Fellowship is awarded to graduate students who have shown excellence in the study of the rule of law in Russia. It was established by the students and friends of legal scholar John Hazard, one of the founders of the Russian Institute and, indeed, of Soviet Studies in the United States.
Isaac Henry Ergas Fellowship
The Ergas Memorial Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students conducting research in Turkic and Central Asian Studies. Candidates for this fellowship must share Isaac Henry Ergas’ enduring commitment to promote economic development and social justice and to overcome ethnic strife. They must apply for it specifically, are required to inform the Ergas family of their research plans and progress, and must acknowledge receipt of the Fellowship in any written work produced with the aid of such funding, copies of which must be deposited with the Harriman Institute.
Jaan Pennar Fellowship Fund for Baltic Studies
The Pennar Fund was established as a permanent endowment of the Harriman Institute by family and friends of the late Jaan Pennar, author and scholar, to commemorate his life by promoting understanding and appreciation of the politics, economics, culture, and history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Pepsico Junior Fellowship
The PepsiCo Junior Fellowship is awarded for a period of one academic year to outstanding Certificate candidates. Candidates should have completed two years of graduate studies by the time the fellowship period begins and should be in good standing with their departments or schools. The Fellowship supports one year of course work.
Pepsico Fellowships for Research Travel / Study
PepsiCo Fellowships are awarded annually to support semester and summer travel to and research in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Open to all Columbia faculty and students. To apply, submit a written proposal that outlines a program of study or research. Applicants should also include a detailed budget for the fellowship period. Application deadlines are: November 15th for spring awards, February 15th for summer awards, and March 15th for fall awards.
Summer Language Study
The Institute provides funding for intensive study of the languages of East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union during the summer in either the region or the U.S. Open to all Columbia University students. To apply, please contact Barbara Singleton (1215 IAB, 854 6219). Deadline: February 28.
Foreign Language and Area Studies
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships are awarded to qualified graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents who are not native speakers of the language of application. Applicants are expected to enroll in an eligible modern foreign language course and related area courses in preparation for future service to the US either in college teaching or in other non-profit, non-sectarian public service. The highest priority is given to students learning less- and least-commonly taught languages. At Columbia, FLAS fellows are selected upon 5 criteria: compliance with the U.S. Department of Education priorities, academic transcripts, letters of recommendation, written work, and interviews (when feasible). Successful candidates must be specialists in business, banking, history, journalism, security studies, Slavic literatures, comparative politics, economic development, and the like, who wish to acquire language skills for professional careers.
Incoming students apply by means of a form included with admissions materials for the graduate schools, due in January. Between December and February, all continuing graduate students are notified of the availability of applications for FLAS awards through an omnibus request for submission of applications for financial aid, due in the respective graduate financial aid offices by early March. FLAS applications are then considered by an inter-school, interdepartmental faculty committee. The FLAS committee meets to rank applicants, based on overall academic achievement as well as merit within the regional area of application. In mid-April, students are notified in writing of the committee’s decisions. FLAS fellowships are contingent upon authorization of funding from the Federal government.
Lowest consideration in the selection of candidates is assigned to students already possessing fluency; those with little or no proficiency in Polish, Czech, and Hungarian are also assigned low priority. Generally, only those applicants with at least some training in Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek are given precedence. Four years of Russian are generally required of candidates applying for an award in that language. Summer awards are also available to study these languages at US institutions at the elementary level, or abroad at the intermediate and advanced levels. For more information, please visit http://www.ais.columbia.edu/sws/gsas/list.php or contact John Micgiel, jsm6@columbia.edu.
Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies fellowships are awarded to students pursuing graduate degrees in any of the four departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offering Jewish studies (History, Religion, Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures) as well as to students within the Columbia community who are writing dissertations on Jewish topics. Applications are to be completed and submitted to the institute office by April 15 each year.
Bloom Fellowship
The Bloom Fellowship was established in 1998 with the generous gift of Bernard (of blessed memory) and his lovely wife Muriel Bloom to provide financial assistance to a graduate student in Jewish history. The recipient is chosen from the applicants to the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies fellowship program.
Hoffman Fellowship
The Hoffman Fellowship was established in 1993 with a gift from Mary Franklin in memory of her sister Louise Hoffman. This fellowship provides financial aid to a deserving graduate student pursuing a degree in the study of Jewish history, Hebrew language and literature, Yiddish studies, or Judaism. The recipient is chosen from the applicants to the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies fellowship program.
Fromer Fellowship
The Fromer Fellowship was established in 1994 with a gift from Dr. Carl Fromer in memory of his mother Irene C. Fromer, and is to be given to a deserving graduate student in Jewish studies researching ancient Jewish history. The recipient is chosen from the applicants to the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies fellowship program.
Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
The ISERP Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellows Program brings together advanced, talented graduate students from the humanities and social sciences at Columbia University to foster their capacity for incorporating the methods, approaches, and knowledge of the different social sciences into their research.
Mellon Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows Program
The Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellows Program brings together advanced, talented graduate students from the humanities and social sciences at Columbia University to foster their capacity for incorporating the methods, approaches and knowledge of the different social sciences into their research. Established in 1999-2000, the program provides an intellectual and material environment for completing high-quality dissertations. In the past, students have come from humanities departments, such as history and anthropology, and the social sciences as well as Comparative Literature, English, Law, Public Health, and Social Work. We continue to solicit applications from Communications, Religion, and other departments.
Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life
The Institute offers up to five fellowships to doctoral students who are preparing dissertation proposals for research related to the Institute's broad intellectual mission. The fellowship provides each student $4000 to cover expenses directly related to the development of his/her dissertation prospectus. Applications are welcome from any student in a Ph.D. program in the Arts and Sciences or in the law school's J.S.D. program, who has completed his/her exams and needs to conduct preliminary research to formulate a dissertation prospectus. Preference will be given to students who are doing international research and need to travel abroad. In compelling cases, travel within the U.S. to consult archives or conduct research in particular communities will be considered. For more information, see ircpl.org.
