The Program in Jewish Culture & Society announces a call for applications for the Gendell/Shiner Family Fellowship, the Karasik Scholarship, and the Dick Abrams Scholarship. Applicants must be degree-seeking students in good academic standing enrolled at the University of Illinois.

1. The Gendell/Shiner Family Fellowship provides a stipend of $14,000 and a waiver of tuition and some fees for AY 2025-2026. Preference will be given to students at the ABD level in either Jewish Studies or HGMS who have not yet received an award from the program.
2. The Karasik Scholarship provides a stipend of $4,500 for language study or dissertation/pre-dissertation research. Preference will be given to graduate students in either Jewish Studies or HGMS who have not yet received an award from the program. Up to three scholarships will be awarded.
3. The Richard Abrams Scholarship provides a stipend of $1,000. The scholarship will be awarded to a full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate student. The scholarship is open to students taking Jewish Studies courses, with a preference for the Program’s minors and majors. 

Application Materials

All applicants must submit the following to: as261@illinois.edu

• Project statement of no more than two pages 
• CV
• One letter of recommendation e-mailed to as261@illinois.edu

Applications are due by Monday, February 3, 2025, at 5 pm. 

Contacts

Program in Jewish Culture & Society: Associate Director, Anastasiia Strakhova (as261@illinois.edu)

The Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies: Director, Brett Ashley Kaplan (bakaplan@illinois.edu)