Slavic Department Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunities

Daniel Armstrong Memorial Research Essay Award
This Memorial Research Essay competition is dedicated to the memory of IU Slavic department alumnus, teacher, scholar, and administrator, Professor Daniel Armstrong (1942-1979). One award is presented to an undergraduate student for a paper written for a class in Slavic studies taken during the previous academic year. Follow the link above for full contest details.

Social Science Research Council Scholarships
The IU Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL) offers instruction in advanced Russian and first- and second-year Georgian with Social Science Research Council (SSRC) scholarships available to undergraduate students. Please see the SWSEEL website for full information about the summer intensive program. SWSEEL requires a separate on-line application each year. That application will give undergraduate IU students the option of applying for SSRC awards. Three IU undergraduates won SSRC awards for study of advanced Russian in summer 2005.

Beck Award (formerly the Chair's Award)
William K. Beck died on Sunday, April 17, 2005, at the age of 62. Mr. Beck was a 1967 graduate with a Bachelors of Arts degree majoring in Slavic Languages and Literatures. He was retired from the Defense Intelligence Agency. Beck was well-known and respected among department faculty and students for his commitment to undergraduate study of the Russian language. As Henry Cooper remembers, “He had a clear sense of the importance of Russian and was committed to helping Americans learn the language well. Many people acknowledge the importance of knowing a foreign language, but all too few put their money where their mouth is, as Bill Beck did.” For the past decade, Beck annually donated funds to support a scholarship, first named the Chair's Award, more recently the Beck Award. The Beck scholarship honored the student with junior standing who had made the most progress in Russian. Ten students have been honored with this award since its inception. It is our hope that donors will step forward so that we can continue to offer this scholarship.

Armstrong Award
We are also pleased to announce a future endowment for support of students in the department at the undergraduate level. John and Elizabeth Armstrong have made an undergraduate scholarship endowment through the university’s charitable gift annuity program. This scholarship in memory of their son and our colleague, Dr. Daniel Armstrong, will support an entering freshman at Indiana University who plans to enroll in one of the department’s languages for all four years of undergraduate study. For more information click here.

Edward L. Hutton International Experiences Program (non-departmental)
The Hutton International Experiences Program is not affiliated with our department, but most of our students who study abroad apply for and receive some funds (up to $2,000) through this program. Interested students should see the URL above or contact the Office of Overseas Study for more information.

We encourage our students to explore all scholarship options through the College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate scholarship web page.