Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, is pleased to announce its graduate research grant program for summer 2026 and academic year 2026-27. An eligible graduate student who is an active member of Sigma Delta Pi may apply for one grant of up to $2000 to support travel ABROAD to Spain, Spanish America or another region outside the U.S. where Spanish is spoken, and for the sole purpose of research related to Hispanic Studies. No more than three (3) total grants may be awarded in 2026 based upon the quality and depth of the pool of applications.

Awardee Presentations

Idania Cater, Lamar University, SPAIN 2025

Eliot Westdorp, University of Georgia, SPAIN 2025

María González-Ferrer, Ph.D. Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, MEXICO 2024

Graduate Research Grant Symposium, 2020

RULES GOVERNING THE RESEARCH GRANT COMPETITION

CRITERIA

To be eligible to receive one of the research grants, a graduate student must (minimal requirements):

request support for research involving learning or teaching of Spanish language, linguistics, and/or Hispanic literature,



culture, film or media.
be an active (elected) member of Sigma Delta Pi.
have a superior academic record.
be enrolled on March 1, 2026 as a full-time graduate student.
have earned grades in at least 6 semester or 9 quarter hours of graduate Spanish courses.
be nominated in writing by the chapter adviser(s) of an active chapter of the institution where the applicant is currently enrolled.
submit the completed official application form and all required documentation by the stipulated deadline.

Ineligible

Undergraduate students.
Previous winners, regardless of whether they accepted or declined a graduate research grant.
Proposals to travel to a country that is listed as either Level 3 or 4 by the U.S. Department of State (click here) may be permitted depending upon the warnings issued for the specific region/city proposed. The applicant must address these levels in their “Work Plan” of the “Res

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