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Funding opportunities through Medieval Studies

The Medieval Studies Institute offers financial assistance for graduate students studying at Indiana University. Please click on the links below to learn more about specific funding amounts and supported research endeavors. Applications go through the IU Scholarships system. To keep up-to-date with award announcements and deadlines, sign up for the MEST graduate listserv by emailing mest@iu.edu.

The C. Clifford Flanigan Fund

provides travel assistance for graduate students studying the Middle Ages to attend conferences.

The Andrea McRobbie Award

supports an advanced graduate student engaged in scholarship in medieval history, specifically some aspect of its social history or some theme in medieval social history related to its art, philosophy or literature.

The Medieval Studies Institute First-Year Fellowship

provides a full year of funding to a first-year graduate student studying the Middle Ages in any department affiliated with the institute. Incoming students are nominated for this award by their departments.

Graduate Research and Professionalization Grants

assist graduate students working in medieval studies by providing funding for research projects, programs, travel, internships, and other research endeavors.

2023 Graduate Student Award Recipients

Learn about some of the research our graduate student awardees have been doing with their MEST funding.

2022 Graduate Student Award Recipients

Learn about some of the research our graduate student awardees have been doing with their MEST funding.

Graduate funding at Indiana University

Graduate fellowship packages of various kinds are offered by IU departments. For a full list of fellowship opportunities, see the financial support page of the Office of Research and University Graduate School.

In addition, the University Graduate School Office of Fellowship and Support Programs has a very accessible listing of awards, grants, and other miscellaneous funding information and opportunities.

Helpful tips

Experienced staff at the GradGrants Center will also meet with you, one-on-one, to help you find resources in your academic area.

With an Indiana University login, you can get directly onto the IRIS grants database. You can setup a grant search profile and IRIS will email you the results of your specific grant search at regular intervals.

Visit the GradGrants website

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