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Funding Opportunities

Conference Travel Grants of up to $500 are available, from The Graduate School, annually to graduate students who have completed their first year. The grants are to enable students to travel to conferences to present scholarly work. Grants are also available from the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and from the Department of Political Science.

Graduate Research Grants of up to $3,000 are available quarterly to fund research travel and materials deemed essential to students' work. The Graduate Research Grant may be awarded only once in a student's academic career.

Summer Language Grants of up to $2,000 are available to students in their first three years to fund travel, during the summer quarter, to obtain language skills not otherwise obtainable in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Graduate Student Research Travel Grants of up to $2,500 are available from the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs to fund travel for research purposes during summer.

Crown Family Middle East Research Travel Award - for research travel to the Middle East by Northwestern faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates

Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Research Grant - for research in modern Turkish studies by Northwestern faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate.

For more detailed information, visit the Graduate School's financial aid page.