The 2026 application cycle for the Fund for Latino Scholarship opens on May 1, 2026 and closes June 15, 2026.

The Fund’s primary goal is to encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political science students and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics.(especially students and tenure track junior faculty). Grants will be made to individuals, institutions, and projects whose purposes most clearly match the goals of the Fund, and whose proposals most persuasively demonstrate capacity for successful completion.

The fund will award grants to initiatives that:

1. provide professional opportunities and financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students and Scholars who study and research on political science topics related to Latina/o politics;
2. support the teaching, research and publishing activities of contingent, junior-level, tenure track, and other political science faculty whose main area of academic focus is Latina/o politics; and
3. support research projects on Latino/a politics.

The Fund for Latino Scholarship is an APSA Centennial Center Research Grant.

• View the Guidelines for Grants here
• View Current FLS Recipients
• View Previous FLS Recipients

Gifts from members and friends like you to the Fund for Latino Scholarship are always appreciated and help APSA promote opportunity and achievement in political science. Contribute Now!

Questions about the application process or program can be directed to the APSA Diversity & Inclusion Programs team, at diversityprograms@apsanet.org or latinofund@apsanet.org.

Participation in APSA Diversity and Inclusion Programs is open to all interested individuals without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.  Applicants must satisfy any relevant program-specific criteria.