The IRIS Awards Office manages its own funding opportunities, coordinates the campus component of a number of external programs, assists students, faculty, and staff in exploring funding options, and much more.
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UW-Madison students can set up an advising appointment with Sarah Linkert, the IRIS Assistant Director for Awards, via Starfish or email awards@iris.wisc.edu with questions.
Latest Awards Office News & Announcements
Welcome the newest cohort of IRIS Incoming Graduate Students Awardees
The Institute for Regional and International Studies is pleased to announce the six newest recipients of the IRIS Area and International Studies Awards for Incoming Graduate Students. Each recipient receives $5,000 to support international fieldwork …
September 23, 2024Congratulations Academic Year 2024-2025 FLAS Fellows!
The Institute for Regional and International Studies and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s National Resource Centers (NRCs) congratulate our Academic Year 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows! FLAS fellowships, funded by the U.S. Department of …
September 11, 2024FLAS Fellow Feature: Ashley Whitaker
Through our FLAS Fellow Features, get to know some of the students who have recently received awards from UW-Madison’s FLAS-granting centers. Read about their experiences on the fellowship, their diverse areas of study, and how …
September 11, 2024- Catch up on all the news & announcements from the IRIS Awards office here