Fellowship

The Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the Humanities for Latvia

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Original Source
Award

$22,000 - $22,000

Deadline

Feb 01, 2026

Deadline passed
Location

International

Applicants

individual

About This Opportunity

The Aina Birnitis Scholarship supports a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. The fellowship provides a $21,000 stipend for one year plus $1,000 for university fees. The program encourages timely completion of the Ph.D., with applicants expected to complete their dissertation within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than fifteen months following the initial disbursement of funds unless an extension has been granted. The fellowship is supported by a bequest of Aina Birnitis, a librarian by profession living in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Proposed projects must be in the humanities and related to Latvia or the Latvians, including Latvian language and history, anthropology, archaeology, ethnography, fine and performing arts, folklore, gender studies, linguistics, literature, philosophy, and religion.

Duration 12 - 16 mo
1 award
Decision 2 months

Who Can Apply

Region
International
Citizenship
Latvia
Residency
Latvia
Project in
Latvia
Applicants
individual
Organizations
academic

Application Details

Stages

  1. 1 single_stage

Required documents

research_proposal cv transcripts writing_sample letters_of_recommendation

Review process

Applications are evaluated by the AABS Grants Committee consisting of the VP for Professional Development, President, and Director-at-Large.

Restrictions

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Post-award obligations

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