IGI Area and Global Studies Fellowships and Scholarships

IGI centers and programs offer fellowships and scholarships specific to their areas of study.

Center for African Studies (CAS)

Bokamba Fund (for graduate students): Supported by a generous gift from the family of professor emeritus Eyamba Bokamba, CAS and the Department of Linguistics invite applications for a $2,500 award from graduate students completing their MA theses and or third year PhD graduate students completing their PhD dissertations. The award may be used for tuition, travel scholarships for conference expenses, or other professional development travel expenses. For more information and to apply, visit the CAS website.
Eric P. Whitaker Fund (for undergraduate scholarship in African studies): Applicants must be an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois enrolled full-time (graduating seniors are not eligible); enrolled in at least one African Studies course in any discipline and/or show evidence of previous Africa-related courses work, including African language courses; must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. or more information and to apply, visit the CAS website.

CLACS supports four graduate student research fellowships. These fellowships provide research support to MA and PhD students whose thesis projects focus on Latin America. For information on the Tinker Foundation Fellowship, Whitten Fellowship, Kilby Fellowship, and Love Fellowship, visit the CLACS website.

For more information about the Rita and Arnold Goodman Fellowship and the Barbara A. Yates International Fellowship, visit the CSGGE website.
Evelyne Accad and Paul Vieille International Research Award

Larry Neal Prize for Excellence in EU Scholarship
For additional external funding opportunities, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship Programme, Fulbright Schuman Program, Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies, and SAE-CES Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship, visit the EUC website.