Program Fellowships Application procedures for all Program fellowships and grants are announced in the Spring. During the fall semester, the Executive Director will holds a meeting to explain the BPS fellowship competition, presents information about outside funding sources, provides helpful hints from previous recipients of outside funding, and suggests strategies for grant applications. To cover part of the cost of studying Russian or the other languages of the former Soviet Union, either in the U.S. or abroad, during the summer. Students studying an East European language in connection with research that also embraces the former USSR are also eligible. On occasion, they are also used for smaller projects deemed worthy and feasible by the Fellowship Committee.
Priority is given to graduate students who are near completion of their dissertations.
To apply, students must submit a 2-3 page prospectus of the paper they wish to deliver or a brief description of the panel they will serve on, a copy of the invitation, and a conference schedule. Students are limited to one such grant per year. Go to the top of this page Go back to the Table of Contents 6. All rights reserved.