{"id":2533,"date":"2022-11-29T19:46:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/?page_id=2533"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:55:05","slug":"funding-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/funding-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies offers funding opportunities for both <a href=\"#summer\">student research travel<\/a> and <a href=\"#speakers\">faculty speakers<\/a>, both of which increase knowledge and the breadth of research on the Homewood Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" id=\"summer\"><h2 id=\"at-25330\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Graduate Student Summer Research Travel Grant<\/h2><div id=\"ac-25330\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>LACLxS offers small grants to support summer research and travel in Latin America and the Caribbean. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis, and the competition is open to all graduate students of Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LACLxS supports projects from all&nbsp;disciplines. The primary purpose of the travel grant scheme is to enable students to pursue academic research on a topic related to Latin American, Caribbean, and\/or Latinx Studies. Applications are judged on the basis of the quality of the proposal submitted, the student\u2019s academic standing, and the relationship of the proposed travel and summer research to the student\u2019s long-term academic and professional goals. Grants generally range from $1,000 to $3,000 and are intended to contribute to the costs of airfare, lodging, and minimal research expenses. It is expected that successful applicants will spend at least three weeks in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon their return from research travel, all grantees will present their results in a one-day conference organized by LACLxS later in the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that all funded&nbsp;projects will have to comply with Homewood IRB regulations, and it may be necessary to obtain Institutional Review Board approval. For further information, please contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/homewoodirb.jhu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HIRB<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements and Deadlines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants are open to any student with a focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, and\/or Latinx Studies. Students requiring IRB clearance for human subjects\u2019 research must receive approval by June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deadline for applications: March 13, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decision notification: Mid-April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Required materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2-page double-space proposal research statement, which includes the applicant\u2019s name, title of the project, country, and a description of the research to be conducted and how it fits into a larger research project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budget proposal and budget justification statement. Proposed budget items should relate directly to research and travel, such as transportation, accommodations, conference fees, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>List any additional funding sources you may be applying for.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Letter of recommendation from your primary advisor. This must be submitted via email directly by the advisor to Program Director&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:acotler1@jhu.edu\">Angelina Cotler<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact <em>acotler1@jhu.edu <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/hhXCFuD60f\">Apply here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LACLxS Summer Research Grantees 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leana Mason<\/strong> (Sociology):&nbsp;\u201c<em>Embodied Resistance in the Wake of Commodified Blackness: Jab&nbsp;Jab&nbsp;in Grenada.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christian&nbsp;Giussepe&nbsp;Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> (MLL Spanish &amp; Portuguese):&nbsp;<em>\u201cLengua muerta: Po\u00e9ticas sobre Guaquer\u00eda, Arqueolog\u00eda y Arte Precolombino en el siglo XX en Colombia.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Laura Henao<\/strong> (Political Science):&nbsp;\u201c<em>Criminalized Politics: Ideology, Armed Coalitions, and the Varieties of State Repression.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hans Frex<\/strong> (MLL Spanish &amp; Portuguese):&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe Fight for Human Rights in the Black Pacific: Mery Cortez\u2019s Struggle for Justice in Chile.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrea Rodriguez Villafane<\/strong> (Population, Family and Reproductive Health):&nbsp;<em>\u201cAnalysis of the Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare Model in the Bolivian Amazon.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sophie D\u2019Anieri<\/strong> (Anthropology)&nbsp;<em>\u201cLanguage &amp;Crisis: Giving Voice to Violence in&nbsp;JaliscanLiterature and Everyday Life.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keely Kriho<\/strong> (Political Science):&nbsp;<em>\u201c(Re) conceptualizing Imperialism: Marxist&nbsp;Dependentistas\u2019 Contributions to Theories of Imperialism in the late 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Century.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Valeria S. Acevedo Arguelles<\/strong> (History of Medicine):&nbsp;<em>\u201cSmallpox, Great Violence: An Afrocentric Reevaluation of the&nbsp;Expedici\u00f3n&nbsp;Filantr\u00f3pica&nbsp;in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LACLxS Summer Research Grantees 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alicia Pi\u00f1ar D\u00edaz&nbsp;<\/strong>(Spanish and Portuguese):&nbsp;<em>Rethinking Colonial Memory in Manila<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alonso Burgos<\/strong>&nbsp;(Sociology): \u201c<em>Self-Identify with Pride\u201d: Neoliberalism, Recognition, and Population Politics in Peru<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ignacio Veraguas Caripan&nbsp;<\/strong>(Spanish and Portuguese):&nbsp;<em>Portentous Nature of Volcanoes: Image and Catastrophe in the Hist\u00f3rica relaci\u00f3n del reino de Chile (1646) by Alonso de Ovalle<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Julia Alves da Costa<\/strong>&nbsp;(Anthropology):&nbsp;<em>Freezing the ocean: cryopreservation of Brazilian corals in a climate change reality<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mateus Mendo\u00e7a<\/strong>&nbsp;(Sociology):&nbsp;<em>The Brazilian community of food delivery workers in the UK and their fight against the platforms<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Megan Niclay<\/strong>&nbsp;(School of Nursing): Biological citizenship and therapeutic markets: Chileans with rare diseases and their journeys towards claiming their right to health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Noah Nelson<\/strong>&nbsp;(School of Education): To the Left: The Makings of a Black Radical Pedagogy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ver\u00f3nica R\u00edos Saavedra<\/strong>&nbsp;(Spanish and Portuguese):&nbsp;<em>Production of \u201cLa hermana Mariana\u201d when they film in Pucallpa (Peru)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LACLxS Summer Research Grantees 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rhiannon Clarke<\/strong>, Spanish &amp; Portuguese, Mexico: \u201c<em>Poet in&nbsp;<\/em>[<em>Mexico<\/em>]: Spanish Networks of Exile and the Reception of Lorca in Mexico\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jaclyn Dyson<\/strong>, International Health, Guatemala: \u201cProcess Evaluation of Maternal-Child Health Interventions in Guatemala\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elena Garcia Fari\u00f1a<\/strong>, Public Health, Bolivia: \u201cExemplars in Global Health: Bolivia \u2013 Exemplar in Family Planning\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maria Haro<\/strong>, Sociology, Argentina and Brazil: \u201cThe Political Economy of Chinese Investments in Argentina and Brazil: The Energy Sector\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leana Mason<\/strong>, Sociology, Grenada: \u201cJab Jab in Grenada: A Cultural Production of Anti-Colonial Resistance\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alicia Pi\u00f1ar D\u00edaz<\/strong>, Spanish &amp; Portuguese, Spain: \u201cRepresenting Caribbean Alterity in Contemporary Spain\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Isabel Plakas<\/strong>, School of Nursing, Mexico: \u201cLa Sala: Mexicali, Mexico. Experience with a Safe Consumption Site among Women Who Use Drugs\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marco Pomini<\/strong>, History of Art, Peru: \u201cImagining Mediterranean Conflicts from the Colonial Andes\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grant Tore<\/strong>, Environmental Health and Engineering, Chile: \u201cThe METALES Study: Measuring Exposures To Agrochemicals and their Link to Renal Disease: Fostering Informed Decision-Making through the Report Back of Environmental Exposures\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alfredo Walls<\/strong>, Spanish &amp; Portuguese, Mexico: \u201cQueering the Archive: Neobaroque and Queer Mexican Literature\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LACLxS Summer Research Grantees 2023&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maximiliano Vejares<\/strong>, Political Science: \u201cThe Origins of State Authority: Theory and Evidence from Chile.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Miranda Bain<\/strong>, International Health: \u201cWhy does abortion access vary so greatly between Jujuy and La Rioja provinces, Argentina, despite similarly anti-abortion politics?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sophie D\u2019Anieri<\/strong>, Anthropology: \u201cGrowing with Toxicity: Nourishing Agricultural Lives and Livelihoods along a Polluted River in El Salto, Mexico\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Melissa DeSantiago<\/strong>, Environmental Health and Engineering: \u201cThe METALES Study:<br>Measuring Exposures To Agrochemicals and their Link to rEnal diSease: Using a novel method to assess exposures to chemicals in agricultural work and their role in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, Chile\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joao Gabriel<\/strong>, History: \u201cBetween the State and Capital: prison reform, the abolition of slavery and the French imperial nation-state (1830-1851) Martinique and Guadeloupe\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fernando L\u00f3pez Vega<\/strong>, Anthropology: \u201cYouth dreamworlds in the Orinoco River. Education, energy, and plantations in rural Colombia.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Halle Mackenzie-Ashby<\/strong>, History: \u201cBound by the Womb: Reproduction, Kinship &amp; Freedom in Barbados\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arman Majidulla<\/strong>, International Health: \u201cWhat about the community? Examining clean cookstove research among Indigenous communities in the rural Peruvian Andes\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pyar Seth<\/strong>, Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies Program: \u201cDiagnosing Dreadlocks: Rastafarianism and Medicalization, Jamaica\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" id=\"speakers\"><h2 id=\"at-25331\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies External Speaker Series<\/h2><div id=\"ac-25331\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLxS) External Speaker Series<\/strong>&nbsp;provides support for faculty and departments across Johns Hopkins to bring guest speakers to campus whose work engages with Latin American, Caribbean, or Latinx themes. Whether through a public lecture, conference, classroom visit, workshop, or other format, these events are meant to enrich the academic environment at JHU by creating opportunities for meaningful exchange between our community and scholars, artists, or practitioners from across the hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Johns Hopkins faculty are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to proposals that demonstrate a clear connection to&nbsp;LACLxS&nbsp;content areas and actively involve students or intersect with course offerings. Events may also be co-sponsored with other departments or programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline to apply for funding for events in the Fall of 2026 is&nbsp;<strong>June 30, 2026 at 5 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The online&nbsp;application&nbsp;for this grant will ask you for:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name, email and department of organizer(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Name and affiliation of invitee(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proposed date(s)<\/strong>&nbsp;(estimated)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type of event<\/strong>&nbsp;(lecture, workshop, book presentation, film screening, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Event description<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proposed budget<\/strong>&nbsp;(including travel, lodging, honorarium, meals, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Co-sponsored departments or programs<\/strong>&nbsp;(if any)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Potential audiences<\/strong>&nbsp;(courses, student groups, broader campus\/community) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact&nbsp;<em><a href=\"mailto:acotler1@jh.edu\">acotler1@jhu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/DAFxghD7Mn\">Apply here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies offers funding opportunities for both student research travel and faculty speakers, both of which increase knowledge and the breadth of research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2533","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4368,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2533\/revisions\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}