Funding Opportunities

Stroum Center Opportunity Grants are separately offered in two cycles: grants for Winter/Spring experiences and grants for Summer/Autumn experiences.  The amount per grant is up to $1500. Multiple grants are available.

For undergraduate students, the primary goal of the Stroum Center Opportunity Grants is to support undergraduate experiences with Jewish Studies through UW-approved study abroad experiences. Accredited academic domestic opportunities will also be considered (e.g., Middlebury Language Schools). Students can also apply funding towards MODHEB 105: Intensive Elementary Modern Hebrew, taught at UW during the summer full-term.

For graduate students, Stroum Center Opportunity Grants are intended to help support research, conference attendance, and further study in topics related to Jewish Studies. This research and study can be done domestically or abroad.

Learn more about application requirements, the application process and deadlines, or read about past winners’ experiences.

The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies launched its Graduate Fellowship program in 2012. Thanks to the generosity of community supporters, every year a cohort of outstanding graduate students receives grants of $3,000 to support research projects related to Jewish Studies.

The goal of the Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship is to build an intellectual community around Jewish Studies. Fellows participate in a workshop series to foster professional development and advance their research agendas. All awardees present their work in public venues throughout the year. Learn more about the program and the current cohort of Graduate Fellows on the Graduate Fellows portal.

Please contact the Graduate Fellowship coordinator, Sarah Zaides Rosen, with any questions related to the application process, eligibility, or requirements.

The Hazel D. Cole Fellowship provides financial assistance to deserving doctoral or postdoctoral fellows in Jewish Studies. The fellowship may be used as a dissertation completion fellowship or for post-doctoral work in any field of Jewish Studies. It provides a stipend of $50,000, plus benefits for the academic year.

Since 2011-2012, the Fellowship has been offered every other year for a yearlong residency. The application deadline is generally in October, with finalists notified in mid to late November and the successful candidate notified in January or February. Learn more about the Fellowship on the Hazel D. Cole Fellowship page.

Looking for additional funding sources? Check out the Jackson School’s list of available scholarships and fellowships, its comprehensive database of international studies-related funding, or theWashBoard.org scholarship matching service.