MESP & IRIS Funding Opportunities
New Graduate Student Lecture Prize!
The Middle East Studies Program is pleased to announce a new competitive award for a graduate student lecture. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
Boren Awards
Campus deadline is December 1, 2023
Funding Opportunity: IRIS Summer Fieldwork Award
For graduate students planning to conduct 6+weeks of fieldwork outside the US.
Grad Student at UW Madison? Hoping to conduct research abroad Summer 2022?
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) & IRIS NRC have two funding opportunities: Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award and the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship Online Information Session on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 1 pm via Zoom
The FLAS application for summer 2022 and academic year 2022-2023 awards is now open
The FLAS application for summer 2022 and academic year 2022-2023 awards is now open! The deadline to submit for both competitions is 11:59pm, Monday, February 14, 2022.
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UW Funding
IRIS Graduate Summer Fieldwork Awards
Any continuing UW-Madison graduate student is eligible to apply.
International Division Pre-Dissertation Travel Scholarships
The application deadline is February 14.
Study Abroad Fair
This event features over 90 exhibits highlighting 260+ programs, including faculty- led programs, exchanges, international internships, research opportunities & much more.
Students: Now Recruiting for Interfaith Fellows
Students can apply for one of the ten fellowships of $1,500, or one of the two of $3,000. The deadline is April 26.
Boren Awards
Campus deadline is December 1, 2023
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External Funding
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program
The campus deadline is Monday, January 6, 2025.
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
Applications are due by February 14.
Boren Graduate Fellowships
This fellowship for graduate students provides funding opportunities to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests.
2025-2026 F-H Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad application is now open
ONLINE information session Monday, November 11, 2024 @ 7pm
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad information session
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 @ 4pm
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UW-Madison Scholarships and Funding Resources
UW-Madison Scholarships
IRIS Funding Resources
Resources Outside UW-Madison
- America-Mideast Educational and Training Services
- Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship Awards
- American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
- Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP)
- Ford Foundation
- Middle East Institute (MEI)
- Fulbright US Student Program
- Middle East Studies Association
- Humanity in Action
- Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation
- Council on Middle East Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowship in North African Studies, 2020-2021
- Iran Front Page