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 18 Cornellians into Fulbright experiences in 2026.
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
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.
All Funding Opportunities for Students
Funding Opportunities are sorted chronologically from oldest to newest by application deadline and timeframe.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
Timeframe: Fall
The Migrations Program invites applications from graduate students interested in deepening their engagement with interdisciplinary migration-related research and programming.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
Timeframe: Fall
The Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program promotes ethical leadership and international research around the world—starting with the passionate leaders and learners found on campuses like Cornell.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
Timeframe: Fall
EAP offers area studies fellowships to Cornell graduate students whose work has an East Asia focus.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Fall
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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Do you need to travel internationally for your graduate research or field work? If you’re traveling between the United States and a host country for your dissertation or thesis research—or for other academic experiences in the international arena—Einaudi can help you get there.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Spring
Timeframe: Spring
Studying Malaysia? Apply for funding now.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Spring
Timeframe: Spring
SEAP offers funding for graduate students to intensively study a Southeast Asian language during the summer.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Spring
Timeframe: Spring
IAD offers research grants to enrolled Cornell PhD students to conduct field research in Africa.
Deadline:
Timeframe: Spring
Timeframe: Spring
Receive a full scholarship to study a Southeast Asian language for eight weeks this summer!
Deadline:
Timeframe: Spring
Timeframe: Spring
PurposeSEAP offers research funding to PhD candidates who applied for and did not receive major external research awards.*