IGI's centers and programs offer a variety of research support to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. 

African Studies

Brazilian Studies

The Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies offers both faculty and graduate student research grants.

  • The Collaborative Research Grant supports team research including faculty from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and institutions in Brazil.
  • The Faculty Research Grant supports individual faculty research in Brazil.
  • The Lemann/FAPESP Research Grant provides funding for the initial phase of research collaboration between University of Illinois faculty and faculty from universities and public research institutions in São Paulo, jointly funded by the Lemann Center and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
  • The Lemann Center Graduate Fellowship supports research in Brazil, in any discipline, during the academic year or summer.
  • The Werner Baer Doctoral Fellowship supports research on Brazil in the social sciences. 

East Asian and Pacific Studies

  • The CEAPS Faculty Conference Travel Grant is open to affiliated faculty to conduct either conference or research travel in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the greater Pacific region. 
  • The CEAPS Graduate Student Travel Grant provides travel awards for graduate students to present papers at professional conferences or to conduct dissertation research in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the greater Pacific region. 

Global Studies

  • The Center for Global Studies offers the Global Intersections grant to support multicultural, international, transnational, and global perspectives in student research.
  • CGS also hosts the International Studies Research Lab, which supports research using U of I International and Area Studies Libraries by faculty, staff, librarians, and administrators at a two-year college or four-year university designated as a minority-serving institution.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The University of Illinois System and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México have established a joint seed research grants program for one year, starting with the academic year 2024-2025. 

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

  • The Open Research Laboratory provides research support for graduate and post-graduate level research on Central and East Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
  • REEEC and Summer Research Laboratory will work to support scholars this summer through both in-person and virtual programming, research assistance, professional development opportunities, and collections and database access.