The Illinois Global Institute, a unit within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has selected four students from Education Policy, Organization & Leadership for awards and fellowships.
Aidana Sirgebayeva received a Graduate Summer Research Award for her research “Mixed Methods Study of Faculty Research Experiences: Case of Kazakhstan.” Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Center. Summer research awards provide Illinois graduate students with up to $3,500 to support travel outside the United States, thereby contributing to the development of a dissertation or thesis project that draws on international research.
Three EPOL students will participate in the Graduate Language Fellowship. This program provides support for language training needed to conduct research or to meet other professional development needs. The fellowship offers a $22,000 stipend for the 2026-2027 academic year to support graduate students at the MA or Ph.D. level.
Recipients, the language they will be studying, and the center or program that is providing support, are:
- Asmaa Elsayed. Arabic. Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
- Mar Roig Ripoll. Portuguese. Center for Global Studies
- Jordan Troisi. Chinese-Mandarin. Center for Global Studies
