Lifecycle: { "status": "closed_completed_or_active", "edition": "2026", "cadence": "annual", "duration": "up to 9 onsite nights", "renewable": null, "dates": { "deadline": "2026-03-16" } } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "stipend": 1250, "travel_reimbursement_max": 800, "currency": "USD" }, "award_count": null, "total_pool": null, "benefits": [ "stipend", "up to nine dorm nights", "travel reimbursement", "library access", "workshops", "bibliographic support" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "Title VIII awards require US citizenship; unfunded Associates may be any researcher", "residence": null, "age": null, "applicant_type": [ "graduate student", "postdoc", "early-career scholar", "researcher" ], "education": null, "experience": "policy-relevant research for Title VIII", "fields": [ "Russia", "Eastern Europe", "Eurasia" ], "institution": null, "language": "English", "location": "Champaign–Urbana, USA", "remote": false, "route": "SRL application", "exclusions": [ "non-US citizens for Title VIII funding" ] } Application: { "opens": null, "deadline": "2026-03-16", "decision": null, "start": null, "end": null, "url": "https://arisc.org/?p=12785", "materials": [ "research application", "funding eligibility information" ], "selection_stages": [ "associate review", "competitive Title VIII/named fellowship review" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "No complete named-recipient roster was public in the reviewed official source." }, "history": { "launched": null, "editions": [ { "year": "2026" } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "award count", "2026 recipients", "exact lab dates" ] Source conflicts: []