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Einaudi Center for International Studies

Cornell University

Funding Opportunities for Students

The Einaudi Center sent more than 50 undergraduates around the world on summer internships and fieldwork, funded international research travel for 75 graduate students, and launched 10 Cornellians into Fulbright experiences in 2025.

We offer funding opportunities for undergraduates and graduates with deadlines throughout the academic year. Our support can help you engage with global cultures, advance your career goals, travel for international research projects, or host a campus event with your student organization. 

Featured Opportunities

Global Scholars

Global Scholar Mira DeGregory stands and talks with a student in front of her painting at the student showcase.

Lead the campus conversation on international aid

Travel Grants

Alonso Alegre-Bravo studied electricity access in Guatemala

Fund your international research travel

Global Internships

Radicalization Research in Spain

Advance your career with hands-on learning

Laidlaw Scholars Program: Research in Kenya

Laidlaw alum Eli Newell '24 reflects on his collaboration with researchers and educators to explore how human waste streams can benefit agricultural systems by creating fertilizers and feeds.

"Participating in the Laidlaw Scholars Program has been a great privilege of my time at Cornell. The two-year duration of the scholarship has allowed me to be intensely involved with my professor’s research program at Cornell and with her partner in Kenya, introducing me to the best colleagues and most rewarding experiences." —Eli Newell '24

All Funding Opportunities for Students

Funding Opportunities are sorted chronologically from oldest to newest by application deadline and timeframe.
Application Deadline
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Global Internships

Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
Our internships connect you with global practitioners, community NGOs, and faculty conducting international research. You'll meet mentors and colleagues working in the international arena, polish your real-world skills and language learning, and advance your career goals.
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Michael Latham Travel Grant

Timeframe: Fall
The Michael C. Latham Travel Award provides Cornell graduate students enrolled in a development-related field with travel support for conferences within the continental United States.
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The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program

Timeframe: Fall
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State that enables American students enrolled at U.S.
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Undergraduate Global Scholars

Timeframe: Fall
Contribute to the conversation about the future of international aid as a Global Scholar with the Einaudi Center!
Laidlaw scholar hands a clump of a soil to an Ecuadorian man.

Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program

Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
The Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership and Research Program promotes ethical leadership and international research around the world—starting with the passionate leaders and learners fou
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EAP Area Studies Fellowships

Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
EAP offers area studies fellowships to Cornell graduate students whose work has an East Asia focus.
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East Asian Language Study Grant

Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
The language study grant is open to Cornell graduate and undergraduate students. The EAP East Asian Language Study Grant can be used either at Cornell or another institution.
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Ware Rotary Award for International Graduate Professional Development

Deadline:
International students: Do you plan to travel to a U.S. conference or networking event related to your field of study?
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Migrations Creative Writing and Art Competition

Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
Submit your creative work to this year's creative writing and art competition.
Kamala Eyango MPS ’20 smiles with a group of people in India, seated in the back of an open car.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowships

Deadline:
Achieve fluency in a language of South Asia with the help of a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) summer fellowship.