Linguistics Student Fellowship Fund:

To provide a base for supporting graduate students.  In the shorter term, this fund has enabled via summer fellowships to attend institutes and other training venues pertinent to their research development.  In the long run, we hope to have sufficient resources to endow a fellowship for a student, specifically to enable them to complete critical periods of their doctoral research.  The current balance is roughly 25% of what is necessary for this purpose.

Steven B. Chin Scholarship/Fellowship for Linguistics:

To support undergraduate scholarships and/or graduate fellowships for students pursuing any degree in the Department of Linguistics within the College of Arts and Sciences.  This fund was established in 2022 in memory of Prof. Steven B. Chin, student, scholar and faculty in the speech sciences at Indiana University who, for over 40 years demonstrated his life-long commitment to research, serving, empowering, and advocating for students who share his deep conviction to life-long learning.

Linguistics Student Support Fund:

To provide support, especially, for undergraduate research, including research grants and short-term fellowships.  There is a good base for smaller grants of this type currently, and support for this fund will enable this program to continue and to grow, as more and more undergraduates are finding their way into research projects.

Fred W. Householder Memorial Fund:

To provide support for graduate student research expenses.  This fund has been providing for a large number of Householder Grants to individual graduate students who are in the process of conducting larger-scale research projects which require financial outlays.  Support this fund will enable this very active program to continue. Fred Householder was a long term faculty member in the department who is known for his dedication to graduate student development and research.

Student Conference Travel Fund:

To provide support grants for students to attend conferences related to their areas of research.  Each year, as many as 10 awards are made to graduate students for this purpose, as conference participation is a crucial element in their developing their awareness of the larger discipline and in networking with eminent scholars in their field of research.

Daniel Dinnsen Excellence in Teaching Fund:

To provide support for an annual award for teaching excellence among our graduate students.  Each year, a financial award is given to graduate teachers nominated by supervising faculty.  Over the past years, student awards have recognized innovations in service learning, and the development of new classes by our graduate students.

Chin Languages Resource Fund:

This fund supports efforts in the Indiana Linguistics community to work with and support the Chin communities, many of which are found in Indiana, in documenting, researching, and otherwise supporting their numerous languages.

Linguistics Enrichment Fund:

The linguistics enrichment fund is the longest-running fund, supporting a variety of departmental activities, as well as underwriting the other funds in cases where they are drawn down.