Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies

Student Funding - E.D. Farmer Fellowship


Required Information


Letters of recommendation and/or references need to be uploaded with your application.


In order to submit, you must have (and be able to upload) the following required information: name, EID, biographical and contact information, classification at UT-Austin, academic information, travel proposal, budget, and letters of recommendation.


Thank you for applying for graduate student funding through the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. We welcome applications for funding from students across UT Austin. This application allows students to apply for the E.D. Farmer Fellowship. Details about available funding and eligibility may be found on this page: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/llilas/student-programs/graduate-program/graduate-funding.html.


The deadline for all applications is February 15th.


Awardees will be notified on March 15th and award disbursement is on May 15th.


It is the student's responsibility to ensure their application is complete; incomplete applications will not be considered. Read all descriptions and instructions carefully.


The estimated time to complete the application is 30 minutes. Please submit a separate survey for each funding request.



Notes

LLILAS will not be responsible for files that are not identifiable to an applicant. Please make sure to save the files using the following format: "LastName_EID_Document Type". Example: Longhorn_abc1234_Resume.


If you experience technical difficulties or have questions, please contact llilas.grad@austin.utexas.edu

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The Texas Legislature created the E.D. Farmer International Fellowship with the purpose of building friendship and fostering goodwill between Texas and Mexico. This fellowship provides financial support to conduct research or fieldwork in Mexico or to undertake undergraduate or graduate studies or research activities at the University of Texas at Austin.


This fellowship can only be used to support summer research conducted in Mexico. The award amount varies according to the research budget.


Eligibility: Applicants must have completed at least two years at an accredited college of university, and must demonstrate academic excellence


Applicants should submit:


(1) 1–2 page personal statement describing how the funds will assist in accomplishing educational goals at UT Austin. (to be uploaded with this application)

(2) Current CV including foreign language proficiency (to be uploaded with this application)

(3) 2 letters of recommendation (to be uploaded with this application)

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Proposed Travel and Fieldwork.

In this section, enter information about your proposed travel and fieldwork. The committee recognizes that some details are subject to change.

Please enter whole dollar amounts only. Ex. $1,000, $4,500



If none, enter N/A

If none, enter N/A

Include funding type and amount.

Ex. Scholarship: $1,500; Fellowship: $12,000; UT Employment (GRA/TA/AI): $10,739; etc.

If none, enter N/A


File Uploads


Upload all required documents here:

CVs

Proposal

Budget

Letters of Recommendation

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