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Instituto Franklin - UAH offers a program of fellowships and scholarships for students and professors in Spain as well as in the United States. The aim of this financial aids is to support academic institutional collaboration through concrete initiatives that allow Instituto Franklin’s development and as well as to encourage transatlantic exchanges with the Universidad de Alcalá.

Fellowship and scholarship application guidelines will be published on this website. 

Fellowships & scholarships Program:

- Fellowships. Instituto Franklin offers different financial aids for fellows:

• Travel aid for researching in USA universities: Benjamin Franklin Fellowship
• Visiting scholars at the Instituto Franklin: Visiting scholars

- Scholarships. Financial aids for young researchers who are writing their dissertations and want to stay at Instituto Franklin-UAH with the duration of 15 days. Scholarships in different study fields are offered:

• American Studies: Margaret Fuller Scholarship, Washington Irving Scholarship
• American Philosophy: Richard Rorty Scholarship
• American Economy: Kenneth Galbraith Scholarship
• Ecocriticism: Susan Fenimore Cooper Scholarship

- Exchange scholarships. Scholarships in American universities which have agreements with Instituto Franklin.

- Financial aids:

• Aid for covering PhD dissertation expeses: Eleanor Roosevelt Financial Aid
• Aid for attending conferences on American Studies: Harry Levin Financial Aid
• Aid for attending conferences organized by Instituto Franklin: Allan Poe Financial Aid