Graduate Funding

We offer a combination of fellowship/scholarship support and teaching in the department, as well as opportunities for summer support (such as teaching and graduate student research mentorships). In addition,Fat  our students are very competitive for university-wide awards (such as the Dissertation-Year Fellowship and various travel-research awards). We also offer conference support. Please note that the majority of all graduate student funding is provided by the UCLA Graduate Division.

Student Travel Grants for Conferences, Professional Development, and Off-Campus Research (DTG): Each eligible new and continuing UCLA doctoral student will be provided up to $1,000 total reimbursement that can be used, in whole or in part, at any time through the student’s seventh year in the doctoral program, as long as the student and the activities meet the eligibility requirements.

To request conference support, please fill out the Conference Support Request Form and submit it, along with your letter of invitation and the conference program to the Chair of ELTS,  Todd Presner, for approval. Please follow all travel reimbursement guidelines (attached to the Conference Support Request Form). All receipts and accompanying documentation must be submitted to Chair’s Executive Assistant, Diana Alaberkyan, within 5 days of completing travel. Contact dalaberkyan@humnet.ucla.edu for any questions.

If you are a continuing graduate student and have already exhausted your Graduate Division Funding for travel reimbursement OR you are in your 8th year (and beyond), please contact the Department’s Student Affairs Officer, Deanna Finlay at deanna@humnet.ucla.edu, to be considered for conference support from the Department. If eligible, you will be asked to complete a request form and submit it to the department Chair at least two weeks prior to your travel date.

All graduate students should familiarize themselves with the descriptions of funding and fellowships as outlined in detail by the graduate student continuing support manual presented by the graduate division. Find it here. Fellowships, scholarships, and grants opportunities can be found here.

• Teaching Assistantship

Teaching Assistantships (T.A.) allow students to gain experience in teaching undergraduates under faculty supervision. TAship requirements vary for each Ph.D. program. To view, please click here.

• Research Assistantships

Research Assistantships (R.A.) provide experience working on faculty supervised research projects. They are employment positions geared towards the completion of faculty projects. Research Assistantships are also offered through the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies.

Note: additional assistantships may be available through other centers not listed here.

• Teaching positions

These are occasionally available for the UCLA Summer Sessions or for the Continuing Education Program of the UCLA Extension division. Interested students should contact the department Chair.

UCLA has a variety of grants and financial aid programs for new and continuing students, such as the Work Study Research Internship Program. Details can be obtained from the Financial Aid Office (A-129 Murphy), the Graduate Student Support Office (1228 Murphy), or the Special Fellowships Office (1252 Murphy) which keeps information on available funding from sources such as alumni organizations, women’s organizations, scholarly organizations, state and federal agencies, and private foundations.

GRAPES, an online database of scholarships, grants, and other forms of support maintained by the UCLA Graduate Division, is another excellent source of information.

UCLA has a limited number of fellowships and assistantships for which non-U.S. graduate students are eligible. These are awarded to students who have demonstrated high academic achievement in their studies on this campus. International students at UCLA are not eligible for support based solely on need (loans and work-study jobs). Therefore, international students are strongly advised to secure funds from their own sources.

General information on fellowships and other awards can be obtained from the Institute of International Education, or from the cultural affairs officer of the United States Information Agency Office nearest your residence. Depending on your home location, you should also explore opportunities through such agencies as the Africa-American Institute.

The Department actively assists students in seeking out non-departmental sources of financial aid by keeping on file up-to-date information concerning outside sources of support and fellowship opportunities from organizations including:

• Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies.
• UCLA Center for 17th- and18th-Century Studies.
• UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies.
• The Center for the Study of Women | Streisand Center.
• The Embassy of France in the United States.

In general, students should be aware that a number of funding sources within and outside the Department exist and that additional information is readily available on campus.

• Scholarships

• Year-Long or Summer Funding: To apply, find all the appropriate forms here.

• Albert & Elaine Borchard Foundation.
• Chateaubriand Fellowship Program.
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship.
• Graduate Student Association (GSA).
• Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program.
• International Institute Funding Opportunities.
• Lenart Graduate Travel Fellowship.