The Center receives extramural funding from several federal programs and private foundations. Current grants are funded by the US Department of Education Title VI Program, the Tinker Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and USAID, among others.
Center for Latin American Studies’ Extramural Grants
An Evidence-Based Policy Project on the Distribution of Assets Across Gender
Funder: UN Women
Dates: 2013 - 2014
Amount: $640,000
PI: Carmen Diana Deere
Building Human Rights Capacity Among Law Schools in the Colombian Caribbean
Funder: HED-USAID
Dates: 2012 - 2015
Amount: $757,179
PIs: Jon Mills, Tim McClendon, Pilar Mendoza, Philip Williams
Strengthening Higher Ed Capacity for Environmental Monitoring and Forest Biodiversity Conservation in the Bolivian Amazon
Funder: HED-USAID
Dates: 2012 - 2015
Amount: $749,880
PIs: Stephen Perz, Kaoru Kitajima, Bette Loiselle
Consolidating Regional Environment Management Capacity in Madre de Dios for the 21st Century
Funder: USAID
Dates: 2011–16
Amount: $6,602,033
PI: Stephen Perz
Program for Immigration, Religion, and Social Change (PIRSC)
Funder: Ford Foundation
Date: 2012 - 2014
Amount: $400,000
PIs: Manuel Vásquez, Philip Williams
Latin American Studies Field Research Grants
Funder: Tinker Foundation
Dates: 2012–14
Amount: $45,000
PI: Philip Williams
Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security
Funder: CIAT
Dates: 2012 - 2014
Amount: $120,000
PI: Carmen Diana Deere
Basic Analysis from Ecuador Data
Funder: Yale Univeristy
Dates: 2011–2013
Amount: $36,000
PI: Carmen Diana Deere
Masters in Sustainable Development Pracitces
Funder: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Dates: 2009 - 2013
Amount: $410,530
PIs: Brian Child, Grenville Barnes
U.S.–Brazil Higher Education Consortium
Funder: FIPSE, U.S. Department of Education
Focus: Multiculturalism in Brazil and the United States
Dates: 2010–14
Amount: $118,411
UF PIs: Robin Wright, Aimee Green
Partners: Vanderbilt University, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Federal University of Pernambuco
Latin American Studies National Resource Center
Funder: U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program
Dates: 2010–14
Amount: $1,018,120
PIs: Philip Williams, Hannah Covert
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
Funder: U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program
Dates: 2010–14
Amount: $768,000