All graduate student applications for grants and fellowships from CILAS must include:

1. Cover sheet. Click here and then click on "application cover sheet".
2. An itinerary for all awards except the AY-FLAS award. S-FLAS recipients must fly on an American carrier.
3. One-page outline of a budget and a timetable.
4. A two-three page proposal typed and double-spaced. Do not include additional materials.
5. Curriculum vitae.
6. List awards and fellowships received in previous two years, and awards and fellowships applied for in the last six months. CILAS will notify the awardees' home department graduate coordinator of any awards granted by CILAS.
7. Transcripts covering academic work undertaken at UCSD. A list of courses taken during the current quarter should also be submitted if transcripts are not yet available for that period. Transcripts can be obtained from Tritonlink in Academic History and official copies are not necessary.
8. Two letters of recommendation from UCSD professors. Letters must be included in the complete application by the due date. The CILAS Grants Coordinator will accept mailed, faxed or emailed letters of recommendation.
9. Submit one copy of your application to your home department graduate coordinator. If you are applying for an academic year FLAS fellowship, the department may be asked to contribute a portion of your fees, if awarded.
10. Note: do not use staples or binding, as CILAS staff may make multiple copies for committee members.
11. Submit your complete application in a manila envelope with your name, departmental affiliation, departmental mail code, and intended award.
12. Submit a PDF version of your application packet to the Erin Burgoon, Cilas Grants Coordinator via email: eburgoon@ucsd.edu . If your word processing application does not already convert documents to PDF, you can download one at http://freepdfconvert.com .
13. All these materials must be received in the Office of Latin American Studies by Friday March 6, 2009 , no later than 4:00 pm . There will be no exceptions to this deadline.

• *Note: Please submit a separate application and PDF for each award you are applying for.

The address for on-campus mail is:

CILAS, Attn: Grant Competition, Mail Code 0528

The address for mailing from off-campus is:

CILAS Grant Competition
Latin American Studies, 0528
UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0528

Drop off at:

Latin American Studies
Gildred Latin American Studies Building Room #1
Institute of the Americas Complex

DEADLINE
All these materials must be received in the Office of Latin American Studies by March 10th at 4:00pm. There will be no exceptions to this deadline. Letters of recommendation will absoutely not be accepted via email. Applications will absolutely not be considered if they are incomplete.

For more information contact Erin Burgoon, Student Affairs Officer and Grants Coordinator. CILAS will send award notifications in early April. Awards will be posted on the CILAS webpage: http://cilas.ucsd.edu/fellowships_grants/grant_competition.php