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Fellowships + Scholarships

Support for your graduate studies

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University offers numerous funding opportunities for graduate students in the form of fellowships, scholarships, prizes, and other forms of funding. When applying for a specific type of funding, please review the eligibility requirements for that particular fund. If you have questions, contact the Borns Jewish Studies Program at (812) 855-0453.

Graduate fellowships for incoming students

We offer fellowships up to $23,000 for students accepted into a graduate degree program at IU who show promise of dedicating themselves to scholarship in a core area of Jewish Studies.

Grants-in-Aid of Research for current graduate students

Current Indiana University Bloomington graduate students working on topics of relevance to Jewish Studies are invited to apply for The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program grants-in-aid of research.

Conference funding for graduate students

We provide conference funding on a competitive basis to help graduate students who specialize in Jewish Studies to present their research at major association meetings and conferences.

Sara and Albert Reuben Fellowships to support the study of the Holocaust

These scholarships are available to support funding to attend Holocaust-related conferences, conduct research in archives and libraries, to subsidize a Holocaust-related internship, or engage in research related to the Holocaust.

Erna B. Rosenfeld Scholarships for research on antisemitism

These scholarships provide funding for graduate students pursuing research or study of antisemitism.

George and Monique Stolnitz Annual Yiddish Prize

This annual prize is awarded in the spring to a student who shows the greatest promise in the study of Yiddish language, literature, and/or the history in which Yiddish culture took root and flourished.