The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) announces the competition for Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowships (LASPPFs). These fellowships are designed to assist students interested in various dimensions of social and public policy in Latin America to pursue graduate studies in a department or professional school of the University of Pittsburgh.

Specific areas of specialization in social and public policy include: environmental management, democratization, economic restructuring, governmental decentralization, educational or judicial reform, public health and/or nutrition policy, social security systems, social welfare reform, ethnic and/or racial justice, and technology and social change. These are meant to serve as examples and do not cover the complete range of topics and subjects that can be included as aspects of social and public policy.

Two categories of students are considered under the fellowship competition: (1) newly entering students and (2) students at the dissertation-writing stage. Priority for the fellowships is given to newly entering students. Fellowships for students at the dissertation-writing stage will be considered only if funds remain after the category 1 competition is complete. Candidates for the fellowships in both categories must be nominated by the department or school in which they are enrolled.