PhD Fellowships
The LAII is part of a wide reaching scholarly community at The University of New Mexico. Graduate students in departments across campus engage in dynamic research that spans disciplines and reaches across geographic boundaries. To support their efforts, the LAII offers competitive PhD Fellowship awards to doctoral students to support dissertation research and writing related to Latin America and Iberia.
The LAII will offer an information session on Thursday, November 12, 2026, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in person at the LAII offices located at 801 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 (building 165 on the campus map).
The LAII awards up to eight fellowships annually. The fellowship provides a stipend, 6 CH of dissertation (699) tuition and fees, and health insurance.
The call for nominations is sent to department chairs each October. The LAII deadline is February 17, 2027 at 5:00PM (departmental deadlines will be earlier).
In order to be considered for the LAII PhD Fellowship, students must be nominated or re-nominated by the chairperson of their department; no self-nominations will be accepted. Students who seek nomination or re-nomination are encouraged to contact either the chairperson or graduate advisor of the nominating department. LAII PhD application forms are distributed by the nominating department and are not available directly from the LAII. Students who are nominated by their department should submit their application materials directly to their department in electronic PDF format and according to its internal procedures. The call for nominations is sent to department chairs each October. The deadline is February 17, 2027 at 5:00PM. If you have any questions, please contact laiibusiness@unm.edu.
The LAII asks that funding recipients formally acknowledge the Institute's role in supporting their scholarship. Please review our complete Expectations for Acknowledgement for more details.
