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Funding: Title VIII Fellowships

Deadline: December 5, 2025

Title VIII Fellowships fund the study of:

  1. Intensive online Elementary Azerbaijani, BCS, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek
  2. Intensive online Advanced Russian (5th and 6th years)
  3. Intensive in-person, on-campus Russian (3rd and 4th years) in Indiana
  4. Intensive study-abroad (3rd – 5th year Russian) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Title VIII Fellowships provide full funding for graduate students, researchers, and professionals seeking to strengthen their language proficiency for advanced study or field research. U.S. citizenship is required. Participants receive rigorous, immersive training from expert faculty and join a vibrant academic community dedicated to the study of Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

Applications for are due December 5.

For details and application materials, please visit the Language Workshop website, write to languageworkshop@iu.edu, or come to virtual office hours .

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Wayne Vucinich Fellowship 2026 (Stanford University)

Deadline:  November 15, 2025 

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford University invites applications for the Wayne Vucinich Fellowship. 

This is a three-month residential fellowship to be offered in the period between April-June, 2026. The fellowship is open to scholars in any discipline whose research focuses on historical or contemporary topics in Russia, East Europe, the Caucasus, or Central Asia.  Scholars who have received the PhD within the past five years are eligible to apply. (A PhD in hand is required at the time the residency begins.) Preference will be given to scholars who are residents of countries that fall under the direct purview of the Center: Russia, East Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. 

During the fellowship period, the Vucinich Fellow is expected to pursue independent research in residence and to participate actively in the scholarly activities of the Center. The fellow will hold a lecture, seminar, or workshop on their research. The fellow will have access to Stanford University Libraries and the use of a shared workspace at the Center. 

The fellowship award funds international travel, health insurance, and a visa, in addition to a $15,000 stipend for living expenses. 

A complete application consists of an online application form, a letter of application (including a research project description), a Curriculum Vitae, a writing sample (book chapter or article length, in English), two letters of recommendation, and a short proposal for a public lecture and/or workshop. Applications will be accepted until November 15, 2025. 

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WGCTV Graduate Student Travel Grant for ASEEES 2025

Deadline: October 10, 2025

In 2025, the Working Group on Cinema and Television (WGCTV) is committed to subsidizing graduate students working in film and media studies who are attending the ASEEES convention for the first time or who have no local institutional resources for travel support. We anticipate that we will be able to fund, on a competitive basis, 3 awards of $300 each.

Eligibility

  • MA and PhD students from all backgrounds working in film and media studies at any college or university
  • Applicants must be session participants (panel, roundtable, or lightning round) in the convention program to apply.
  • Recipients of a Graduate Student Travel Grant cannot receive the WGCTV grant for the same convention.
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WGCTV Funding Opportunity for Graduate Students

Deadline: October 10, 2025

In 2025, the Working Group on Cinema and Television (WGCTV) is committed to subsidizing graduate students working in film and media studies who are attending the ASEEES convention for the first time or who have no local institutional resources for travel support. We anticipate that we will be able to fund, on a competitive basis, 3 awards of $300 each.

Eligibility

All applicants must be:

  1. Students working at either master’s or doctoral level in film and media studies within Slavic, East European, or Eurasian Studies departments.
  2. Presenting a paper on a panel at the ASEEES Annual Convention.

*Recipients of the ASEEES Graduate Student Travel Grant cannot receive the WGCTV grant for the same convention.

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Sonja Luehrmann Article Prize for Graduate Students and Untenured Faculty

Deadline: September 15, 2025

Soyuz: The Research Network for Postsocialist Cultural Studies is accepting submissions for the 2025 Sonja Luehrmann Article Prize for the best published peer-reviewed article related to the culture, history, or politics of (post)socialism, broadly defined. Although we encourage submissions that contribute to the advancement and nuancing of contemporary scholarly understandings of (post)socialism, (post)communism, and decolonization, submitted entries may be on any topic that falls within the broad scope of interest represented by Soyuz. Submissions from any discipline are welcome.

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Research Grants (American Philosophical Society)

Deadline: October 1; December 1, 2025

Franklin Research Grants

October 1, 2025, and December 1, 2025

Since 1933 the APS has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2024–2025 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded nearly $675,000 to more than 100 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition.

https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/research

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American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

Deadline: September 25, 2025

Fellowship Details

  • Maximum award: $60,000
  • Tenure: six to twelve months devoted to full-time research and/or writing, to be initiated between July 1, 2026 and July 1, 2027, and to be completed by December 31, 2027. Six months of the fellowship tenure must be consecutive, but any remainder of the fellow’s award term can be taken separately at a later date within the eligible award window. (See FAQ for more information.)
  • The fellowship is open to scholars at all postdoctoral career stages, working on or off the tenure track, who have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences by the application deadline. For established scholars without a PhD, please see the FAQ for further information about eligibility for this program.
  • ACLS will begin accepting applications in July 2025. Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS online fellowship and grant administration system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, September 25, 2025.
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Funding: Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

Deadline: September 15, 2025

This program supports doctoral research focusing on building dynamic language infrastructure (DLI). Developing language infrastructure includes the documentation and preservation of languages in ways that articulate or advance linguistic theory, as well as the use of digitization techniques and novel computational methods that support and advance the study of language. Special emphasis is given to languages that are endangered, i.e., understudied and at risk of falling out of use. The program supports the development of the next generation of researchers that contribute to language data management and archiving and to the analysis of these archives to advance language infrastructure. Funding can support fieldwork and other activities relevant to the digital recording, documenting and archiving of endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples and databases. Funding in this solicitation is in the form of doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIs) for up to 24 months and this solicitation addresses the preparation and evaluation of proposals for DDRI proposals.

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International Fellowships (American Association of University Women)

Deadline: September 30, 2025

For women pursuing full-time graduate or postgraduate study outside their home country.
$20k stipend (Master’s) | $25k stipend (Doctorate)
Apply between August 1 and September 30

AAUW’s International Fellowships promotes education for women by investing in international applicants who will be pursuing postgraduate studies or research in the U.S., with the intention of applying their expertise, professional skills, and leadership in the context of their home countries. In addition, up to 5 awards are available to Graduate Women International (see the list of GWI affiliates) members for study in any country other than their own. International Fellowships are specifically designed for women who are non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with a track record of academic excellence and empowering other women and girls. The Program has been supporting international women pursuing full-time postgraduate studies in the United States since 1917.

Award Details

International Fellowships carry a stipend of $20,000 for a master’s degree and $25,000 for a doctorate degree. Stipends are payable to fellows only and are disbursed in two equal payments at the beginning and the midpoint of the fellowship term.

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