Funding Resources
Jobs & Funding Site
Please visit our Jobs and Funding Site! This site, serves as a resource for students, alumni, community members, and others who are seeking jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities, scholarships and fellowships, as well as professional development resources relating to Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and Central Asia.
In contrast to our main funding page, the CREECA Jobs and Funding Resources Blog is where timely announcements with upcoming deadlines are posted, categorized, and archived.
Please Visit: CREECA JOBS & FUNDING
Scholarships & Fellowships
A great source for individual funding (undergraduates and graduates) can be found at Funding Sources for Individuals at UW-Madison's libraries.
UW-Madison also sponsors a campus-wide career services Web site for students, employers, and alumni at www.careers.wisc.edu.
For a complete list of fellowships and other funding opportunities for graduate students, check out the Graduate School's Student Funding page. In addition, the Graduate School Office of Fellowships and Funding Resources (OFFR) acts as a clearinghouse of graduate student funding information and offers graduate student funding advising.
Those interesting in funding opportunites for graduate students should also view this handout from a CREECA information session held on November 3, 2009 (prospective applicants should check agencies' Web sites for up-to-date information).
On-Campus Scholarships & Fellowships
For more information about these funding opportunities, please check out each link.
| Funding Opportunity | Eligibility | Period & Deadline for Application |
|---|---|---|
| Alice D. Mortenson Undergraduate Award in Russian History | Undergraduate | Year-long, summer Deadline: April 15 |
| FLAS | Graduate and Post-Doc | Year-long, summer Deadline: mid-February |
| Global Studies Program | Graduate | Period and deadline vary depending on which Fellowship is sought. |
| Graduate Student International Field Research Awards | Graduate | Spring and summer Deadline: October |
| Lapinski Scholarship | Undergraduate and Graduate | Year-long Deadline: March 1 |
| NSEP Boren Scholarship/Fellowship | Undergraduate and Graduate | Year-long, semester, summer (up to two years for the Fellowship) Scholarship Deadline: Early February Fellowship Deadline: Late January |
| Russian Flagship Center | Undergraduate | Period depends on a student's background and participation, but a student with no prior knowledge of Russian can complete the program in 5 years. Deadline: October 15 (spring admission), March 15 (fall admission) |
Off-campus Scholarships & Fellowships
For more information about these funding opportunities, please check out each link.
| Funding Opportunity | Eligibility | Period & Deadline for Application |
|---|---|---|
| Gilman Scholarship | Undergraduate | Fall, spring, academic year terms including winter inter-sessions and some summer programs Deadline: Early April for fall programs, early October for spring and summer programs |
| Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace | Undergraduate and Graduate | Summer Deadline: |
| Kosciuszko Foundation Year Abroad Program | Undergraduate and Graduate | Year-long Deadline: mid-January |
| National Research Council: Office for Central Europe and Eurasia | Varies | Varies |
| Central European University | Varies | Varies |
| Central European Teaching Program | Graduate | September through June Deadline: varies |
| Javits Fellowships | Graduate | Up to two years Deadline: early October |
| SSRC (Social Science Research Council) | Graduate | Varies |
| Kennan Institute Fellowships | Graduate | Varies |
| Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships from the U.S. Institute of Peace | Graduate | Varies |
| University of Indiana Language Fellowships for SWSEEL | Graduate | Varies |
| Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) | Graduate | Varies |
| Council of the American Overseas Research Centers | Graduate | Varies |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Graduate | Year-long Deadline: early October |
| Kohn Doctoral Scholarships at Masaryk University | Graduate | From 3 to 10 months Deadline: no fixed deadline |
| ACLS (American Council of Learned Studies) | Graduate and Post-Doc | Period and deadline vary depending on which Fellowship is sought. |
| American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) | Graduate and Post-Doc | Summer Deadline: early March |
| Fulbright Fellowships | Graduate and Post-Doc | Period varies Deadline: mid-October |
| Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies | Graduate and Post-Doc | Year-long Deadline: early October |
| Michigan Society of Fellows | Post-Doc | Three years
Deadline: late September |
| IREX | Graduate and Post-Doc | Varies |
| NFLI (National Language Flagship Initiative) | Post-Doc | Varies |
| Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship | Post-Doc | Varies |
Jobs
Go Global!, the international careers Web site coordinated by Global Studies, includes many resources on securing an international job, including links to job sites, information on preparing resumes for the international job search, and helpful hints on researching and targeting firms in seeking international employment. Go Global! also offers drop-in advising for students seeking international internships and other overseas opportunities.
You can view the Go Global! website at go.global.wisc.edu. To directly view job resources from Go Global!, check out go.global.wisc.edu/jobs.
Internships
UW-Madison undergraduate students may wish to pursue a semester-long internship in Washington, D.C. to further their international studies credentials. The Washington D.C. Semester in International Affairs (organized by the Division of International Studies) is intended to provide an opportunity for eligible students to 
intern in an agency, corporation, non-profit or embassy with an international affairs focus and to receive university course credit. This program combines an internship (20 hours per week) with a regular seminar with speakers who are experts and prominent UW-Madison alumni working in professional, academic and diplomatic fields related to international affairs.
Applications and information about the Undergraduate Washington, D.C. Semester in International Affairs is available at www.international.wisc.edu/WashingtonDC.