Staff
Leah Marx
Administrative Assistant
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LACS Graduate Student Summer Research Grants
Details
LACS will offer up to three research grants to qualified graduate students who need to conduct field research over the summer of 2026.
Amount
Up to $1000 each.
Eligibility
Criteria for selection includes a substantive focus on Latin America or the Caribbean. Such grants are not intended to cover international travel costs (flights from the U.S. to the country of study). If you need a grant for the cost of international airfare to get to the country of your study site from the U.S., please apply for an Einaudi Center Travel Grant.
How to Apply
Click the apply button below to access the online funding application. Applicants are asked to provide:
- A proposal of the work to be undertaken, including a detailed budget.
- A tentative itinerary/schedule.
- A of list previous and current grant monies received.
- A faculty recommendation from within the applicant's area of study.
Notification of awardee selection will be sent by late March.
If your proposal includes travel to an elevated risk country, you will need to submit a request to ITART to travel. In the event that you receive Einaudi travel grant funds, the award will not be released until you complete the ITART application process. You are strongly encouraged to have a back-up plan for your project in the event that your ITART application is denied, or if the country to which you are traveling should become an elevated risk country subsequent to receiving your travel grant.
Questions
Contact the Program Manager (lacs@cornell.edu) if you have questions.
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Daniel Bass
Senior Program Manager
Daniel Bass is the senior program manager for the South Asia Program and the Southwest Asia and North Africa Program. He also serves as an adjunct assistant professor of anthropology and Asian studies.
Geographic Research Area: Sri Lanka, India, and South Asian diasporas
Research Interests: Ethnicity, citizenship, tea plantations, diaspora, and popular culture
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Gloria Lemus-Chavez
Program Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
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Sarah Grossman
Managing Editor, SEAP/CMIP Publications
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Thamora Fishel
Associate Director
Thamora Fishel is associate director of the Southeast Asia Program.
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Ava White
Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Ava oversees SEAP's outreach activities, both in the local community and in collaboration with national outreach partners. She also manages SEAP's communications portfolio, including the SEAP website, social media presence, and the biannual SEAP Bulletin. Ava is graduate of John Hopkins University SAIS, where she received an MA in international economics and Southeast Asian studies.
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Indira White
Administrative Coordinator
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Sheri Englund
Senior Associate Director of Communication
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Elizabeth Edmondson
Manager of Student Grants and Programs
Elizabeth Edmondson oversees all office functions at the Einaudi Center and administers the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program.
An avid gardener, she comes from Jamaica, where she taught high school Spanish and worked at the U.S. embassy in Kingston before moving to the United States. She joined the Einaudi Center in 2008.