The travel grants, the number of which is still to be determined (last year,
we gave out seven), and which will be awarded at the start of Fall 2011, are
worth $5,000 apiece and are intended for study abroad in Latin America.
Students must attend a degree-granting institution in Latin America and
bring back at least 12 hours of college credit.

Please be aware that, while preference is given to LAS majors, any Liberal
Arts major can apply.  Applications are due March 31, 2011.

Here is the link to the application site:

http://bit.ly/biBzfI

Yours,

Cynthia Gladstone, Ph.D.
Senior Academic Advisor
Latin American Studies, European Studies, Jewish Studies

Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Phone: 471-9419
Address:
SRH 1.340
1 University Station, D0800
Austin, Texas 78712

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Forty-five $1,000 grants are awarded each year. These awards are available to all University of Texas at Austin students, not just Phi Kappa Phi members. Students at The University of Texas at Austin are also eligible for a $500 chapter Study Abroad Grant. For complete instructions, eligibility requirements and application forms, please visit http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/pkp/study-abroad-grants. All applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact the chapter at PKP@austin.utexas.edu.

You do not need to be a Phi Kappa Phi member to apply for this grant!

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines. The University of Texas at Austin chapter was founded in 1962. The society gets its name from the initial letters of the Greek words forming its adopted motto: Philosophía Krateíto Photôn, “Let the love of learning rule humanity.” Phi Kappa Phi awards more than $800,000 annually through graduate and undergraduate scholarships, member and chapter awards, and grants for local and national literacy initiatives. Membership is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of second semester juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students with a 4.0 GPA. The student must have completed at least seventy-two semester hours of coursework at the University. New members are inducted in the spring semester. More information about the UT chapter is available at http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/pkp.