Grant Opportunities for Italian Studies

Albert Ravarino Italian Studies Travel Scholarship

The Italian section holds a yearly competition for the Ravarino Scholarship.

Deadline: Friday, February 18, 2005

Eligibility: Students must be undergraduate or graduate students from Notre Dame. Students must also be returning to Notre Dame for at least one more year of study.

Stipend: Up to $3,000

Description: Support of summer research and foreign study in Italy. Grants will be made in amounts not to exceed $3,000, and will not normally cover all expenses. Notre Dame graduate and undergraduate students who are planning to pursue research or a formal program of summer study in Italy are invited to apply.

Students must have completed at least one year of Italian language. Coursework will normally be in Italian; will involve the study of Italian language, literature, and culture; and must be applicable to a student's degree program at the University of Notre Dame.

Recommended programs for foreign study include, but are not limited to: Loyola University in Rome, Boston University in Padua, UCLA in Pisa, Miami University in Urbino, Columbia University in Scandiano.

Interested students are encouraged to consult the materials on Italian foreign study in the Department of Romance Languages, 343 O'Shaughnessy Hall.

Application: Students are invited to submit a letter which should include:
1) an explanation of how the proposed research or foreign study will enhance their degree program at Notre Dame
2) a personal statement indicating their background, interests, and long-term goals
3) a description of the research project or the program they intend to follow
4) a budget indicating the costs involved
5) the names of two references.

The letter should be addressed to the Albert Ravarino Italian Studies Travel Scholarship, Program in Italian Studies, 343 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. For more information please write to the above or call 631-6886.

The Devers Program

The William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies at the University of Notre Dame was established in 1995 to support rare book acquisitions in the John A. Zahm Dante collection, to fund an annual lecture series and visiting professorship in Dante studies, and to support electronic and print publication of scholarly research in the field.

For more information about the Devers Program click here: Devers Program

Graduate Student Travel-Research Grant

Deadline: None; applications are considered upon submission

Eligibility: Notre Dame graduate students

Stipend: Up to $750

Description: Support for graduate students engage in research related to Dante Studies broadly conceived as well as related areas in Italian Studies. Funding for domestic and international travel to visit library and archival collections, to attend conferences and seminars, and to deliver academic papers.

Application: Send a single-page statement of purpose to the Devers Program in Dante Studies, 102 Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, or an e-mail message to devers@nd.edu (no attachments please). Grant will be awarded in the form of reimbursement for applicable expenses upon presentation of receipts. For more information please write to the above or call 631-5610.

For more information please contact Professor Ted Cachey at Cachey.1@nd.edu or Professor Christian Moevs at Moevs.1@nd.edu