External Funding Opportunities for Students

Fellowships and scholarships are available for the study of Middle East and North African topics across a wide range of disciplines.

American Institute for Maghrib Studies  travel award
Deadline: Various

American Institute for Yemeni Studies
Deadline: February

American Institute of Iranian Studies
Deadline: Various

American Research Center in Egypt
Deadline: Various

American Research Institute in Turkey
Deadline: Various

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
Deadline: late January

Center for Arabic Study Abroad
Deadline: January

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
Year round

Critical Language Scholarship Program
Deadline: mid-November

Fulbright Programs
Deadline: October

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
Deadline: July

Middle East Studies Association
Deadlines: Various

Multi-Country Research Fellowship
Deadline: January

Palestinian American Research Center
Deadline: December

Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Research Fellowship Program
Deadlines: Various

Wenner-Gren Foundation (Anthropology)
Deadline: Various

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Deadline: Various