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; email awards@iris.wisc.edu with questions.
Latest Awards Office News & Announcements
IRIS Welcomes New Cohort of Incoming Graduate Student Award Recipients
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is proud to announce the six scholars receiving an IRIS Area and International Studies Award for Incoming Graduate Students. The selected scholars will receive $5,000 each to …
January 21, 2026Congratulations Academic Year 2025-2026 FLAS Fellows!
The Institute for Regional and International Studies and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s National Resource Centers (NRCs) congratulate our Academic Year 2025-2026 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows! FLAS fellowships, funded by the U.S. Department of …
July 15, 2025Meet Our 2025 International Division Pre-Dissertation Scholars
The International Division Pre-Dissertation Travel Scholarships support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral students. The impact of these scholarships is significant, enabling groundbreaking research and fostering global leadership. This year, the International …
June 18, 2025- Catch up on all the news & announcements from the IRIS Awards office here