Fellowships & Grants

Open to third year undergraduate students only, the Bildner Prize supports travel to Latin America or the Caribbean for summer research related to the undergraduate senior essay.

The Committee on Canadian Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies announces the availability of a limited amount of summer funding to support undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students to conduct research overseas or in the US on topics pertaining to the study of Canada. Research across all disciplines will be considered, provided that the focus is on Canada.

The Charles Kao Fund Research Grants at The MacMillan Center provide support for summer research in East and Southeast Asia.

The Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale provides summer travel grants for graduate and professional student projects involving applied research or internships overseas. Projects must focus clearly on the intersection of at least two of the following fields: international law, international business or management, or international affairs and public policy.

CAS Graduate Student Conference/Research Awards are available to Yale Graduate and Professional School students to help defray travel costs for research trips or trips to conferences to present papers in or about Africa.

The Council on East Asian Studies Field Research Grants provide funding for Yale University graduate students in the Arts & Sciences who expect to be engaged in research on their doctoral dissertations during the summer and/or next academic year. Grants are for research generally outside the United States and are available to registered Yale graduate students who have completed, or will complete, all pre-dissertation work before the next academic year. The approved dissertation research must focus primarily on China, Japan, and/or Korea.

The Council on East Asian Studies at The MacMillan Center offers CEAS Senior Essay Research Grants to support Yale University undergraduate student research in preparation for their senior essays. The senior essay must have a focus on the East Asia region (primarily China, Japan, and Korea). The research can be performed during the summer or the academic year.

The Council on East Asian Studies Summer Travel and Research Grants at The MacMillan Center support graduate student summer field research or other forms of pre-dissertation preparation in East Asia (primarily China, Japan and Korea).

The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) - Fall Semester, Winter and Spring Break Travel/Conference Awards are available to Yale Graduate and Professional School students and undergraduate students to help defray travel costs for short-term research trips or trips to present at conferences in or about Latin America, Spain, and Portugal during the academic year. This award aims to complement other funding sources.

European Studies Council’s Fall Semester/Winter/Spring Semester Travel Awards are available to Yale Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional School students who are members of the European Studies Student Affiliates Network to help defray travel costs for short-term research trips or trips for conferences relating to Europe, Russia, or Eurasia. This is a supplemental award and awards will only be up to $500 per student.