American Center for Mongolian Studies
American Center for Mongolian Studies offers a variety of fellowship opportunities. The Field Research Fellowship supports short-
term student, post-doctoral, or faculty summer field research in Mongolia. Applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled full-time as students or employed at least part time as a post-doc or faculty member at a college or university. Applications submitted jointly by a students, post-doc, or faculty member are strongly encouraged. ACMS also provides a limited number of Language Program Fellowships to its Intensive Summer Language Program. Awards are given to applicants based on need or merit. ACMS Library Fellowships assist U.S. graduate students, faculty members, or professionals in library and information sciences with short-term library projects or research designed to help develop the ACMS research library and build stronger connections between local Mongolian libraries.
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia provides scholarships to U.S. undergraduate students with documented financial need wishing to study in East or Southeast Asia, including Mongolia. U.S. citizens and permanent residents enrolled at a two- or four-year college seeking support for study abroad expenses such as airfare, living costs, local transportation, books, and related costs are encouraged to apply.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program — sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs — offers teaching and research grants of between four and ten months to academics and appropriately qualified professionals outside of academia interested in teaching undergraduate courses and/or conducting specialized research at an appropriate institution in Mongolia. Fulbright Scholars are also asked to give public talks, aid with curriculum and program development, mentor students, and engage their host community in other ways.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants open student/research awards and English teaching assistant awards in Mongolia. The open study/research award offers ten months of support for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degree students seeking to conduct independent study. Applicants must identify an appropriate host institution for their project and plan to study the Mongolian language along with their research project, if they lack the requisite language skills. The English teaching assistant award accepts applications from native English-speakers studying at the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree level. Teaching assistants are generally placed at universities, institutes, or vocational training colleges in Ulaanbaatar for a ten-month period but may be placed in a rural setting in some circumstances.
Mongolia Foundation
Mongolia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco that supports education about Mongolia and Mongolian Studies in the U.S. The foundation offers scholarships and fellowships to Mongolians and American students of Mongolian heritage enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities.