ALI Graduate Student Research Grants
The Advanced Language Institute (ALI), funded by the Loann Crane Endowment will award research grants for graduate students.
Applications are open on Scholarship Universe until October 14, 2026
Please ask your referral to email the recommendation letter to both yourself for the application, and CLLCscholarships@osu.edu for verification by the deadline. Use this fillable guide to help you ask for a letter of recommendation.
Apply for CLLC Scholarships Through Scholarship Universe
CLLC scholarships are administered through Ohio State's Scholarship Universe platform. To apply, log in to Scholarship Universe using your Ohio State username (lastname.#) and password. After completing your profile, you'll be matched with scholarships for which you may be eligible. You can also search for specific CLLC scholarship names using the search bar within Scholarship Universe. Be sure to complete all required application steps before the scholarship deadline.
For questions, please email CLLCScholarships@osu.edu.
These funds are available to Graduate students in CLLC Consortium member departments below:
American Sign Language Program
Department of African American and African Studies
Department of Classics
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Department of French and Italian
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Department of Linguistics
Department of Comparative Studies
Note: Applicants may apply for multiple different grants (through the CLLC website) for the same research project/program/conference. However, please note that if an applicant receives a grant (with the earlier deadline), the second award will be given to the same applicant only if funds are available after the award decisions have been made, and provided the applicant has not exceeded their requested budget with all funding sources.