The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center supports faculty and students through competitive funding awards to encourage the pursuit of independent research projects, language training or academic initiatives and collaborations.
Learn about funding opportunities to support research, language training and conference participation.
The Center is interested in partnerships that reveal new insight through collaborative exchange.
Explore funding to advance your study of Iran and the Persian Gulf region, from language study and summer research to conference attendance.
A fellowship will be given to a doctoral student whose research project addresses topics related to the history, society, arts, culture, economy, and/or politics of Iran and the Persian Gulf (with preference given to topics relating to the modern and contemporary periods).
Biennual award for the best scholarly monograph on topics in history, society, politics, economics, and cultures related to modern Iran and the Persian Gulf.