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Undergraduate Funding

PIIRS Undergraduate Fellowships

PIIRS Undergraduate Fellowships are aimed at aiding and facilitating summer international research for the senior thesis. The fellowships are available to students working in any discipline who are about to begin the second semester of their junior year on campus and are interested in conducting summer research abroad for their senior thesis.

Ten juniors will be selected through a competitive application process. Those accepted into the program will work with a PIIRS-appointed academic advisor during the spring semester of their junior year to develop a proposal for summer senior thesis research abroad (including a budget). These students are also required to attend presentations on the challenges of engaging in international research.

Upon approval of the research proposal by the PIIRS director, a PIIRS Undergraduate Fellow will be eligible for $3,000–$5,000 in funding for travel and other expenses related to summer research abroad. The PIIRS Undergraduate Fellows are obligated, in the spring of their senior year, to give a short presentation on their field-work experiences to the incoming junior cohort.

The application (.docx) deadline is December 14, 2012.

To apply, students must submit an application that includes a short statement outlining their senior thesis research interests; a statement of relevant course work, international experiences, or skills for carrying out research (for instance, foreign language skills); a copy of the most recent transcript; and one letter of recommendation from a professor or instructor familiar with the student’s work. All materials should be sent via email to Carole Frantzen.

Michael Laffan, professor of history, is the fellowship advisor.

For more information contact Carole Frantzen.

Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize Fellowship

The Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize Fellowship, in the amount of $30,000, is awarded annually to a graduating Princeton senior who wishes to work or study abroad on matters in keeping with the spirit of Labouisse’s life, broadly conceived. Full information on the award and an application (.pdf) may be found on the website of the Office of International Programs. PIIRS Contact: Rebecca Aguas, 609-258-9400.

Past Prizewinners

2013 Shirley Gao, Raphael Frankfurter, and Courtney Crumpler
2012 Brittany Cesarini and Sandra Mukasa (.pdf)
2011 Alissa Escarce and Leá Steinacker (.pdf)
2010 Ruth Metzel (.pdf)

Monty Raiser ’92 Fund

Through the Monty Raiser ’92 Fund, the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies supports the study of third- and fourth-year Russian abroad over a summer. The fund was established in 1993 in memory of R. Montgomery Raiser III, a Princeton student who had a strong interest in Russian affairs. PIIRS Contact: Kathleen Allen, 609-258-5978.

PIIRS Undergraduate Fellows

Class of 2014

2012–13 Application Deadlines

PIIRS Undergraduate Fellowships

December 14, 2012
Application (.docx)

Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize
January 3, 2013
Application (.pdf)

Monty Raiser ’92 Fund
Contact Kathleen Allen

Meetings

Class '15 UG Fellows
TBA

2014 Labouisse Prize
TBA