The Tinker Field Research Grants competition was initiated in 1979 within the Foundation's institutional grants program. These awards are available to recognized Centers or Institutes of Ibero-American or Latin American Studies with graduate doctoral programs at accredited United States universities.
Awards are limited to graduate students conducting predissertation research.
These new funding options are offered on a trial basis and will be reviewed to determine whether they will be permanently instituted. Both awards must be matched by the university on a dollar for dollar basis. The university shall determine which dollar level of support it is seeking based on its capacity to expend the total amount of the Tinker Foundation grant and the matching funds in a given year. Applications must be received by the Foundation before October 1. Awards will be announced by the beginning of the following year.