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A rare opportunity has emerged for graduate students conducting research on Caribbean topics. As part of ongoing efforts to promote Caribbean Studies at Cornell, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is offering funding to conduct research that requires students to travel to the Caribbean or to libraries, archives, or other sites outside the Caribbean that hold collections or resources for the study of the Caribbean and its diasporas. Cornell graduate students in all disciplines are eligible to apply. The research should be conducted during Summer 2025 or Academic Year 2025-2026 and grantees are expected to submit a brief report (500 words) of what they accomplished with the funding.

Applications must include a brief description of the research topic, including information about the proposed research sites, a budget, and a research schedule. This description should not exceed 500 words. Requested funds should not exceed $2,000.

Please submit applications as a Word or PDF file to Ernesto Bassi (eb577@cornell.edu) and Judith Byfield (jab632@cornell.edu). If you have any questions, please email professors Bassi and Byfield.

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Purpose

SEAP offers research funding to PhD candidates who applied for and did not receive major external research awards.* 

This grant is only available to SEAP PhD candidates who have completed their A-Exams, with preference given to those in the fourth and fifth years of their programs. To apply, students must submit a revised version of a rejected research proposal addressing feedback from committee members and/or external reviewers. The student's Committee Chair must also provide a brief statement of justification for this research proposal, focusing on degree progress and efforts to secure funding. Students may also submit proposals that are pending review.

*Examples of major external awards: Fulbright US Student Program; Fulbright-Hays Program; Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships; Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grants; Wenner-Gren Engaged Research Grants; NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP); NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIG)

Amount

Up to $10,000

Eligibility

This grant is only available to SEAP PhD candidates who have completed their A-Exams, with preference given to those in the fourth and fifth years of their programs. To apply, students must submit a revised version of a rejected research proposal addressing feedback from committee members and/or external reviewers.

Applicants must be core members of SEAP, which is determined at the discretion of SEAP core faculty based on a student’s commitment to Southeast Asian scholarship as demonstrated through factors such as: whether a SEAP core faculty member is on a student's academic committee; the active participation of a student in SEAP programming and events; research focus; language learning; and coursework.

Timeline

Applications due April 15

Questions?

Please direct any questions to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson (crp88@cornell.edu).

How to Apply

Please use the “Apply” button below to create and submit an application using the Einaudi Center Funding Application website (Cornell NetID login required). Required materials include:

• A revised version of your original research proposal. The document should include an addendum that describes the feedback you received on the original research proposal from your committee members and/or external reviewers, and how you have incorporated the feedback. Proposals pending review are also acceptable.
• Budget using THIS TEMPLATE
• Other sources of funding
• Letter of recommendation
• Statement of justification from your committee chair for this research proposal, focusing on your degree progress and efforts to secure funding