Title VIII Graduate Funding

Department of State Title VIII Graduate Fellowships

Indiana University is proud to support the development of regional expertise in the states of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by offering Title VIII fellowships to graduate students pursuing summer language study.

The mission of the Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union -- administered by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research -- is to ensure that timely, independent, analysis informs foreign policy decisions of the U.S. Government.

Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. Priority goes to applicants who will further the program's mission to develop and maintain high-quality research and training programs critical to the foreign policy of the United States and to support and sustain American expertise on the countries of Eastern Europe and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

TITLE VIII SUPPORT AVAILABLE THROUGH IU

Indiana provides two types of Title VIII Fellowships. Most fellowships support participation in Indiana University summer intensive programs in: Azerbaijani, BCS, Estonian, Hungarian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian (3rd year and up), Turkmen, Ukrainian, and Uzbek. A smaller number of fellowships support overseas study in languages not available at Indiana and not already covered by another Title VIII program.

TITLE VIII FOR STUDY IN IU PROGRAMS
Title VIII funds summer language study in the following IU programs:
1. On-campus programs
  Residential programs conducted on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University.
2. Online programs
  Programs conducted fully online.
3. Online/Overseas hybrid programs
  Programs combining one month of intensive online study with one month of overseas study, in an integrated, accelerated, eight-week program of study.
  
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TITLE VIII FOR STUDY IN NON-IU PROGRAMS
A limited number of fellowships are available for summer language study in non-IU programs.

This program supports researchers and scholars requiring study that is not available at IU and that is not supported by another Title VIII program.

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RESEARCH SUPPORT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Research support is available to Indiana University Title VIII Fellows, including Fellows studying online or overseas, through the University of Illinois Slavic Reference Service and the University of Illinois Summer Research Laboratory.
Slavic Reference staff can provide online consultations and assistance with bibliographic and reference questions in subject areas connected to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. No special application is required. Any time during the period of their Title VIII Fellowship, students may schedule a consultation by visiting https://uiuc.libcal.com/appointments/srs and entering their Campus Affiliation as "Indiana University Title VIII program."
Students and researchers are also encouraged to apply for Title VIII funding through the University of Illinois to participate in their Summer Research Laboratory, either before or after their Language Workshop course.

Title VIII Graduate Funding

Department of State Title VIII Graduate Fellowships

TITLE VIII SUPPORT AVAILABLE THROUGH IU

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