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Graduate Funding

CREES offers the following awards for students whose work focuses on Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia and who are currently enrolled in or applying to U-M graduate or professional school programs :

• Academic Year and Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships (deadline: February 1 at 5:00 PM)
  • Recent Awardees
• CREES Research, Internship, and Fellowship (CRIF) Program Grants* (deadline: March 15 at 5:00 PM)
  • Required form: Summer Funding Application
  • Recent Awardees
• Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) positions (deadline TBA)
  • Recent Awardees
• Conference Travel Grants* (rolling applications)
  • Required form: CREES Student Conference Travel Funding Application Form 

*Available only to current students

Calls for nominations for graduate fellowships for incoming students (deadline: February 15):

• Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowships for Incoming Graduate Students
  • Recent Awardees
• Copernicus Fellowship for Incoming Graduate Students in Polish Studies
  • Recent Awardees

Interested students should contact crees.fellowships@umich.edu with any questions about these funding opportunities. Awards are contingent on the availability of funds.

The Armenian Studies Program offers fellowships for applicants to REES M.A. and selected other U-M graduate programs focusing on Armenian studies:

• Armenian Studies Fellowships for Graduate Students