Funding
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.
Click here to join the IRIS Awards monthly email list for updates about funding competitions and professional development opportunities!
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
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International Division Announces Summer 2026 Graduate Summer Fieldwork Awardees
The International Division is proud to announce the 12 recipients of the Summer 2026 Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Awards. These $4,000 grants enable UW–Madison graduate students to conduct at least six weeks of…
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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…
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Congratulations 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…