Fellowships and Scholarships

Graduate Fellowships for Incoming Students

LLILAS offers a number of fellowships and awards for incoming graduate students. All applicants who are considered for admission will also be considered for these fellowships.  No separate applications are required, unless noted.

LLILAS Graduate Fellowship

A fellowship application for current LAS students to apply for available funding.

Eligibility: Open to current LAS graduate students.

Application deadline: January 30, 2013
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Professional Development Travel Award

Eligibility: Available to current LLILAS students who are presenting a paper at a conference. You must attach proof that your paper has been accepted as well as an abstract of the paper that you will present.

Application deadline: April 15, 2013

The Mellon Fellowship in Sociology

The Mellon Fellowships in Latin American Sociology is a program administered through the sociology departments at three U.S. universities: the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles. This program provides fellowships to Ph.D. students in Sociology specializing in Latin America. While the individual programs at each university are different, the overall goal is to provide support for promising graduate students committed to a career in teaching and research in Latin American sociology.

Applications and further information:
Department of Sociology
Burdine Hall 230
University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712-1088
512.471.1122