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Einaudi Center for International Studies

Cornell University

Funding Opportunities

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies is a place to find resources and make connections with others interested in similar international issues—on campus, in our region, and around the world. No matter where you are in your academic career, Einaudi offers opportunities that will spur new ideas and give you the support you need.

Students

The Einaudi Center offers a range of funding opportunities for undergraduates and graduates. Our support can help you understand people and places around the world, travel for international research projects, advance your career goals, and more.

Featured Opportunity: Laidlaw Scholars Program for Undergraduates

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Faculty

Einaudi offers two cycles of seed funding annually, with awards up to $25,000. We also consider cosponsorship funding requests. If you're a tenured or tenure-track faculty member from any program, college, or school, you may be eligible for an award.

Featured Opportunity: Seed Grants

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All Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities are sorted chronologically from oldest to newest by application deadline and timeframe.
Application Deadline
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LACS Graduate Student Summer Research Grants

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Timeframe: Spring
LACS will offer up to three research grants to qualified graduate students who need to conduct field research over the summer of 2026.
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Lourdes Benería Award

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Timeframe: Spring
The Lourdes Benería Award for summer field research supports students studying gender and planning in Latin America or the Caribbean.
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Abraham and Henrietta Brettschneider Oxford Exchange Fund

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Timeframe: Spring
The Brettschneider Oxford Exchange funds academic exchanges for Cornell faculty and students with colleges of Oxford University (UK).
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Frederic Conger Wood Research Fellowship

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Undergraduates from all colleges are invited to apply for this fellowship supporting research in Europe.
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Graduate Fellowships

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Timeframe: Spring
These fellowships from the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies support graduate students during a semester of international fieldwork.
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Harrop and Ruth Freeman Prize and Fellowship in Peace Studies

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Timeframe: Spring
The Freeman Prize is awarded annually to a Cornell graduating senior and/or a graduating Master's student.
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IES Graduate Research Grant

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Timeframe: Spring
This award is available to graduate students in any field of study whose research is focused on the study of Europe.
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Luigi Einaudi Graduate Dissertation Fellowship

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Timeframe: Spring
The award provides a semester or year of funding to graduate students in modern European government, history, economics, and related social science fields. 
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Manon Michels Einaudi Grant

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Timeframe: Spring
The award supports graduate research in these fields: European art and architecture, art history, literature, philosophy, and culture.
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Michael J. Harum Memorial Award for Students of Slavic Languages

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Timeframe: Spring
The award supports Cornell undergraduates while they continue their language studies in countries where a Slavic language is spoken.