The Organization of American States offers graduate and research fellowships to citizens or permanent residents of OAS countries. Fellowships are for advanced study in any field except the medical sciences. Candidates must secure acceptance at a university, study center or research site in the chosen country before applying. Graduate students at Kansas Regents institutions, working in fields related to foreign affairs who plan study or research abroad, are invited to compete for the James B. Pearson Fellowships for Graduate Studies Abroad. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute offers several fellowship programs to support research activities at the STRI in Panama.
Fellowships are available at the graduate, predoctoral, postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral levels.
Contact the Office of Fellowships and Grants, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560. Proposals that require no field research outside the United States are not eligible. Graduate International Fellowships make it possible for 90-100 graduate students to pursue the study of languages and cultures. Applicants select from a list that includes more than 75 countries and 40 languages and a diverse range of fields of study. Applications are open to U.S. citizens enrolled in or applying to a graduate degree program in an accredited U.S. college or university located within the United States.