The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies (CLACLS) is accepting proposals for the 2014 Summer Research Travel Fellowship. CLACLS will award fellowships of up to $1,000 to full-time students currently enrolled in one of the Doctoral programs at the Graduate Center who are interested in travelling to Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain or Portugal to conduct research during the Summer 2014.

Eligible expenses will include travel and accommodation costs incurred to examine archival and other primary source material and/or to interview relevant informants. Partial awards to cover the eligible expenses may be made. Expenses attendant to travel to scholarly conferences, classes, or seminars are not eligible for support.

Interested students should submit an application including:

• Name
• Email address and phone number
• Address
• Doctoral program and field of study
• One (1) copy of Graduate Center transcript (a student copy is acceptable)
• One-page essay describing their research project including an explanation of the relevance of that travel for their research
• Detailed budget

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until April 7, 2013 by 5:00PM. Decisions will be made by May 1, 2013.

Applicants may submit applications electronically to CLACLS@gc.cuny.edu

For additional information please contact CLACLS at 212-817-8438

Website: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/lastudies/