Undergraduate Grants

Deadline: March 16, 2009

REEES Summer Language Study for Stanford Undergraduates (sponsored by CREEES, the Special Languages Program, the Division of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, and the Slavic Department)

$2,000 grants are available toward the cost of a continuing Stanford Undergraduate's summer language study of Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, or Kazakh in an accredited intensive language program in the US, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, or Kazakhstan.

Applicants must be Stanford freshmen, sophomores, or juniors who will continue their study of Russian or other grant language at Stanford in 2009-2010. Application requirements:

1) A completed application Form Download REEES Summer language application (MS Word 6.0 for the Macintosh) Please email CREEES to request a copy of the application if you cannot download it here. Funding is contingent on your admission to an accredited language program for the summer of 2008. Programs can be in the US, the Russian Federation, or Ukraine.  You may seek multiple sources of funding, in addition to this grant, toward the costs of your summer Russian or Ukrainian language study.

2) A one-page CV detailing your academic and other interests and activities.

3) An unofficial copy of your Stanford undergraduate transcript (available on AXESS).

Applications should be submitted electronically by Monday, March 16, 2009 to: khaley@stanford.edu
Karen Haley, CREEES, Encina West 217, MC 6045 Stanford, CA 94305

Prospective Russian Language candidates wishing to discuss their specific options should see the Slavic Department's Language coordinator, Rima Greenhill (rima@stanford.edu) or the Department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Gregory Freidin (gfreidin@stanford.edu)

Prospective candidates in Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, and Kazakh may discuss their options with the Special Languages Program Program Director Eva Prionas (eprionas@stanford.edu) and their Special Languages instructor in the target language.