Funding & Fellowships

The department offers several Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) positions in the Fall and Winter semesters. Slavic graduate students are first considered for these positions and are contacted by the Graduate Program Coordinator about preferences and assignments in February/March (for Fall term) and in October/November (for Winter term).

The remaining positions are then posted on careers.umich.edu for two weeks in April (for the Fall term) and November (for the Winter term) for graduate students from outside of the department to apply. In addition to the online application, applicants will be asked to upload a cover letter, which should address the graduate student’s specific interest in the position and outline skills and experiences that directly relate to the position and their curriculum vitae. Postings can be found on careers.umich.edu under "Graduate Student Appointments."

Decisions will made by the faculty member teaching the course after review of applications and possible interviews.

• Emergency Funding is primarily intended to assist departmental graduate students with unexpected/emergency medical expenses, but secondarily, to supplement funding, if needed, provided by the Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Fund. Current graduate students please see the department's intranet for details on how to request funding.
• Travel Funding Requests are available for graduates students to attend academic conferences. Requests are due by October 1 for anytime in the fall term and February 1 for anytime in the winter term. Funding must be requested prior to travel. 

The Rackham Graduate School also has a significant amount of funding available for students at each level of the program, by application. Information about all Rackham administered fellowships and grants can be found at Rackham's website  

Funding from the International Institute:

• FLAS: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies.
• II Student Fellowships: The International Institute Student Fellowships are designed to support University of Michigan students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research abroad.
  
• Rackham International Research Award (RIRA): RIRA) supports terminal master's and doctoral candidates conducting degree-related research outside the United States and Puerto Rico.
  

Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)

• Weiser Emerging Democracies Fellowship for incoming graduate students

Funding from the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies:

• Copernicus Fellowship for incoming graduate students
• Ukrainian Research Grant
• CREES Research, Internship, and Fellowship (CRIF) Program Grant