CRIF Program grants are awarded to students in REES-related undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the University of Michigan for summer or semester-long research projects or internships at institutions and businesses in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union.
2019
Suzanna Duba, BS Information/International Studies (Russia)
Rachel London, BA Art & Design (Russia)
Grace Mahoney, PhD Slavic (Ukraine)
Genta Nishku, PhD Comparative Literature (Albania/Kosovo)
Gyorgi Parditka, PhD Anthropology (Hungary)
James Torpy, PhD Anthropology (Albania/Cyprus/Greece/Kosovo)
Mariya Zilberman, MFA Creative Writing (Belarus)
Marjorie and Maxwell Reade Graduate Fellowship
Erina Baci, PhD Anthropology (Albania/Greece/Kosovo/Montenegro/North Macedonia)
Jeffrey Bilik, PhD Sociology (Russia)
Czech Studies Award
Zhehao Tong, BA Spanish (Czech Republic)
Southeast European Studies Award
McKenna Marko, PhD Slavic (Croatia/Israel/Serbia)
Nissa Thodesen-Kasparian, BA History/International Studies (Albania)
2018
Jeffrey Bilik, PhD Political Science (Russia)
Adrian Deoanca, PhD Anthropology (Romania)
Mark Dovich, BA Political Science/REES (Georgia)
Suzanna Duba, BA International Studies (Ukraine)
Kaitlyn Haines, MSI Information (Czech Republic)
James Meador, PhD Anthropology (Russia)
Mariya Nakonechna, BS Biology, Cognition, & Neuroscience (Ukraine)
Mario Sanchez Gumiel, PhD Romance Languages & Literatures (Romania)
Allegra Ward, BA Anthropology (Bulgaria)
Ron and Eileen Weiser Slovak Award
Brooke Lennox, BA International Studies/Psychology (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Southeast European Studies Award
Patricia Angus, BA International Studies/Political Science (Kosovo)
2017
Diarra Brooks, BA Psychology (Macedonia)
Vedran Catovic, PhD Comparative Literature (Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/Russia/Serbia)
Elizabeth Ditullio, BA LSA (Croatia)
Christopher Fort, PhD Slavic (Uzbekistan)
Casey Haggerty, BS Environment (Albania)
Sean Heyneman, MS Natural Resources & Environment (Kyrgyzstan)
Carrie Ann Morgan, PhD Anthropology (Albania/Kosovo)
Gyorgyi Parditka, PhD Anthropology (Hungary/Serbia)
Ryan Schaller, BA International Studies/Romance Languages & Literatures (Kosovo)
Kristefer Stojanovski, PhD Health Behavior & Health Education (Macedonia)
Kimberly Truong, BA Sociology (Croatia)
Alexander Tye, PhD Earth & Environmental Science (Azerbaijan)
Amanda West, BA LSA (Albania)
