Scholarships | Funding
Types of Funding CREEES Offers:
- Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Scholarships: Summer and Academic Year funding for language study taking place at UT or abroad
Applications open in November and close in February - Professional Development Award: For professional development activities or research related to the CREEES region (maximum award of $1,250)*
Please apply at least one month in advance of proposed activity - Czech Studies Award: For research, study or professional development in the Czech language or Czech culture (maximum award of $5,000)*
Please apply at least one month in advance of proposed activity - Polish Studies Award: For research, study or professional development in Poland (maximum award amount of $5,000)*
Please apply at least one month in advance of proposed activity - Romanian Studies Award: For research, study, or professional development related to Romania (maximum award amount of $1.500)*
Please apply at least one month in advance of proposed activity - McWilliams Scholarship: Awarded in the spring semester of each academic year for research, study or professional development related to Russia/the former Soviet Union (maximum award of $1,500)*
- Truitt Fellowship: For incoming and continuing CREEES MA students; awarded in the spring semester of each academic year
- ASEEES Graduate Student Essay Competition: for continuing CREEES MA students
*Requires 250 word statement outlining objectives and activities relating to language or area studies.
For questions, contact us at creees@austin.utexas.edu
Texas Exes Scholarships for Grad Students
Texas Exes scholarship staff have a whole host of scholarships including need-based and merit-based scholarships, specifically for graduate students. We encourage all students to apply. Please note that funding for these scholarships vary year to year.
The scholarship application is available at texasexes.academicworks.com. To apply, students should complete the Current UT Graduate Application, which will automatically match them to all Texas Exes scholarships for which they are qualified. Once students have submitted this portion of the application, they will then have the option to apply to any of our other scholarships that have additional requirements or qualifications. Current graduate students have until March 1 at 11:59 pm CST to submit their application for Texas Exes scholarships.
If you have questions, please review our FAQ or email scholarships@texasexes.org.
UT College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Scholarships
- Various awards are available for continuing graduate and undergraduate students
- Awards are administered by the COLA Dean's office; awards are for a semester, year, or summer
- A variety of awards for various purposes, awarded based on both financial need & merit
- Check back regularly, as it is updated by the Dean's office and new awards are posted all the time
CREEES Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
Other FLAS opportunities on campus:
Study Abroad Scholarship Portal "Global Assist"
- Available to both undergraduate and graduate students based on programs, countries, or other criteria
- More information available through UT
Texas Grants Resource Center (TGRC)
- Incredible resource for finding external funding sources, for education, internships, research, community projects, etc.
- Consider attending a regularly scheduled workshop on how to best utilize this resource
Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (OSFA)
- For information on financial aid at UT
University of Texas Scholarships
