The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University is privileged to receive funding from The Leitner Family Foundation, The Tinker Foundation, and the US Department of Education to provide grants and fellowships to Columbia University undergraduate and graduate students and junior faculty. This Application Guide is meant to provide a brief overview of our different fellowship and travel grant program as well as information on eligibility and requirements, and submission deadlines and procedures.

The 2007 Application Round will cover the following programs open to students at Columbia:
.1 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) for Academic
Year 2008-2009
2. Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) for Summer 2008
3. Pre-Dissertation Field Research Travel Grant for Summer 2008
4. Graduate Internship Grant for Spring or Summer 2008
5. Undergraduate Internship Grant for Spring or Summer 2008

Remember: if you have any questions regarding these fellowship and travel grant programs, call Eliza Kwon-Ahn at 212-854-5468 or e-mail ek2159@columbia.edu