Funding For Students

Academic year East Asia FLAS fellowship

US Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide $10,000 in tuition and a $5,000 stipend for undergraduate students in any discipline for intensive language study at Stanford during the academic year.

Academic Year FLAS Fellowship in Latin American studies

Academic Year FLAS Fellowships provide a $5,000 stipend and up to $10,000 tuition for one academic year of intensive language training to undergraduate  students. Priority to students in the Global Studies minor- with concentration in Latin American Studies.Academic Year FLAS Fellowships provide a $5,000 stipend and up to $10,000 tuition for one academic year of intensive language training to undergraduate  students. Priority is given to students enrolled in the global studies minor, with a concentration in Latin American Studies.

Academic year Japanese language study fellowship

CEAS has secured special funding to provide academic-year fellowships (program tuition plus stipend) to attend the academic-year program at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama. Both U.S. Citizens and international students are eligible to apply. This funding application is separate from application to the IUC program—students must still apply for admission to IUC according to their posted deadlines.

Austria visitor program

Support for Stanford graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program in one of Stanford's seven schools, with special emphasis on the Social Sciences and Humanities.  The scholarships are especially appropriate for graduate students who have reached the advanced stages of their doctoral research.

CREEES summer language fellowship

$2,000 in support for intensive summer language study in the US or abroad.

CREEES Tuition Fellowship

CREEES offers a number of full- and partial-tuition scholarships to incoming CREEES M.A. students. These awards are made for one year of full-time study on the basis of merit. All applicants to the CREEES M.A. program automatically are considered for a tuition award, and successful applicants are notified of their aid awards simultaneously with their admissions offers.

Dr. Bernard Kaufman Award

This award of $1,000 will be given to an undergraduate student engaged in research on Jews in modernity, with a preference for research focusing on contemporary Jewish life.

East Asian studies continuing student academic year fellowship

CEAS M.A. Continuing Student Academic-Year Fellowships allocates a small amount of funding for continuing M.A. students in the form of tuition-only fellowships, or in some cases tuition plus small stipend for up to three quarters.

East Asian Studies FLAS fellowships for incoming M.A. students

For CEAS MA Students only: Tuition-only fellowships, or in some cases tuition plus small stipend for up to three quarters

Europe Center graduate student grant competition

Funds are available for Ph.D. candidates across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to prepare for dissertation research and to conduct research on approved dissertation projects. The Europe Center also supports early graduate students who wish to determine the feasibility of a dissertation topic or acquire training relevant for that topic.

France-Stanford undergraduate fellowship

Funding for Stanford undergrads interested in undertaking research or pursuing an internship at a French institution (public and private universities, public technical universities, institutes of technologies and autonomous scientific higher education institutes, grandes écoles, government agencies and organizations, non-governmental organizations, public and private companies).

Global Perspectives Award

Funding through the Global Perspectives Awards supports short-term research abroad, language training, or paper presentations at appropriate conferences. The goal of the award is to support the focus on global concerns in our SGS graduate students' research.

Globalizing Eurasia Grant

Globalizing Eurasia Grant for multi-country summer research in two or more countries in Russia, Central and East Europe, the Caucasus, or Central Asia or in this region and another. Projects might involve, for example, travel in Russia and China, the Caucasus and Turkey, or some other combination of countries. Up to $7,000 in funding.

Graduate research fellowships in Africa

Graduate Student Research Fellowships of up to $5,000 will be awarded for expenses related to summer research in Africa.

Iranian studies language and research grants

Intensive language study: The proposed course of language study must be integral to the applicant’s academic or professional development. Priority will be given to those minoring in Iranian Studies.  

Fieldwork or Advanced Research Projects: Priority will be given to those minoring in Iranian Studies.

Community service internships in the U.S. or abroad.

Korean studies prize for writing

The Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean recognizes outstanding examples of writing in an essay, term paper, or thesis produced during the current academic year in any discipline within the area of Korean Studies. The first place winner will receive $1,000 and the winning essay will be published in the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs.

Latin American studies conference travel grants

The Center for Latin American Studies invites proposals for Stanford graduate students to attend and present on topics related to Latin America at academic conferences. Grants of up to $500.

Latin American studies summer language fellowship

Summer fellowships provide tuition up to $5,000 and a $2,500 stipend for a FLAS-approved intensive language course to be taken in the US (preferred) or abroad.

Monica Miller Walsh Internship

The Monica Miller Walsh summer internship grants award up to $4,000 to Stanford undergraduate students interested in completing an independent internship in Latin America.

Parveen Hassan and Ritva Heikkila Fund for International Research

This fund supports research opportunities during winter, spring, or summer breaks for currently enrolled master’s students in Stanford Global Studies M.A. programs, with a preference for cross-cultural research. Students may also request funds in order to present a research paper at an appropriate conference.

South Asia graduate student research fellowship

Open to Stanford University doctoral students in humanities and sciences, and graduate students in Stanford's Schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Law, Earth Sciences and Medicine. Five fellowships of up to $4000 will be awarded for expenses related to summer research in South Asia. All research proposals must be for research that will be carried out in South Asia.

Summer Research College

Undergraduates have the opportunity to participate in the 10-week Summer Research College (SRC). SRC is designed to foster close intellectual exchange by engaging students in research with a faculty member on a new or ongoing research project. Participants will receive a $7,500 stipend.

Susan Ford Dorsey Fellowship in African Studies

The Susan Ford Dorsey Fellowship provides financial support for Ph.D. candidates to undertake field research in Africa in support of their dissertation projects.

Tinker Summer Graduate Field Research in Latin America

Tinker Summer Graduate Field Research Grant awards up to $2,500 for graduate student-led preliminary research in Latin America.