Undergraduate students
- Sigmund Scholars Award
Summer travel grants for first and second year students.
- Senior thesis travel grants
Summer travel grants for rising seniors. PLAS provides funds for senior thesis research and travel. Applications must be made through the Dean of the College.
Graduate students
- Summer research grants
Grants to graduate students for pre-dissertation and dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Faculty
- Summer Research Funding
Summer Travel Grants: PLAS offers travel grants for research on Latin American and Caribbean topics.
- Conference Travel Grants
PLAS will underwrite travel to one conference per academic year.
- Translation Grants
PLAS entertains proposals to subsidize the translation of faculty publications.
- Guest Speakers in Courses & Course-Related Field Trips
PLAS entertains proposals from faculty members who are teaching sponsored or cross-listed LAS courses, to cover travel expenses and honoraria for in-class guest speakers.
- Lectures & Conferences
PLAS entertains individual or joint proposals to support public programming (e.g., seminars, workshops, conferences) organized by PLAS faculty, including course-related public events.
- Reading Groups, Faculty-Student Research Initiatives, & Interdisciplinary Faculty Collaboration
In order to foster joint work and to advance the Program’s core undergraduate mission, PLAS invites its faculty to propose collaborative scholarly projects that involve graduate and undergraduate students.
- Grants for "Enhanced Courses"
PLAS will provide up to $10,000 for new courses that include a travel component, a guest speaker series, or a conference.
