Fellowships

The LSA provides dedicated funds to assist LSA Student Members in attending the Linguistic Institute.

Applications are now open and will be accepted until midnight of December 9, 2024 (anywhere on Earth).

Linguistic Institute Fellowships offered in 2025*

1. General Institute Fellowship – 12 awards of $2,500

Provides tuition support for LSA student members to attend the Institute.

2. Charles Fillmore Student Fellowship – one award of up to $2,500

Provides tuition support for a graduate student to attend the Institute. This fellowship is named in honor of the late Charles Fillmore, a former President of the LSA.

3. Yuki Kuroda Fellowship – one award of up to $4,500

Established in honor of an LSA member and pre-eminent scholar of Japanese linguistics, Yuki Kuroda, this student fellowship is reserved for linguistics students from Japan to attend the LSA's biennial summer Linguistic Institute.

4. Bernard and Julia Bloch Fellowship – one award of up to $3,500

Established from the Julia Bloch Memorial Fund, the Bernard and Julia Bloch fellowship was first awarded in the summer of 1970. This is the most prestigious award offered to graduate students planning to attend the institute, awarded to the "most promising applicant."

5. Ivan Sag Linguistic Institute Fellowship – one award of up to $2,500

Established in 2014 in honor of our late colleague Ivan Sag, by contributions from LSA members, colleagues, and friends, the Ivan Sag Linguistic Institute Fellowship provides tuition, room and board, and travel for a student at the Linguistic Institute. The Sag Fellowship was awarded for the first time at the 2015 Linguistic Institute. The Ivan A. Sag Institute Fellowship is for an exceptionally promising linguist, and with the expectation that the Sag Fellow will go beyond the regular Institute participation, exercising the kind of inclusiveness, generosity and energy that made Ivan who he was.

6. James McCawley Fellowship – one award of up to $2,500

The James McCawley Fellowship is made possible through contributions to the James McCawley Memorial Fund, established in 1999. One Fellowship is available for either 1) a graduate from the University of Chicago, where McCawley attended, or 2) a graduate student from an Asian country.

7. Ken Hale Student Fellowship – one award of up to $3,200

The Ken Hale Student Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student who is pursuing a course of study to document endangered languages and work with communities toward their preservation. The first Hale student fellowship was awarded at the 2017 Linguistic Institute at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

8. Warren Cowgill Fellowship – one award of up to $2,500

The Warren Cowgill Fellowship is designed to support an underrepresented minority undergraduate to attend the Institute. The fellowship will be awarded to a student from a racial or ethnic background that has traditionally been under-represented in the field of linguistics, including African-Americans, Latinx/Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islanders and those of mixed heritage.

*The numbers and amounts listed here are based on what was given at the last Linguistic Institute. The numbers and amounts may vary from year to year depending on the return on investments.