Donate to ASEEES
For over 75 years, ASEEES has been the leading organization for scholarly work on Eurasia and Eastern Europe. By donating to ASEEES, you are supporting research in the region, inclusion and collaboration at the annual convention, and mentorship and support for new scholars.
ASEEES Giving
Your gifts allow ASEEES to continue to make an impact on the field.
In 2025, ASEEES awarded:
108 travel grants for a total of $67,540:
- 53 Graduate Student Travel Grants
- 33 Regional Scholar Travel Grants;
- 15 Convention Opportunity Travel Grants;
- 7 Convention Inclusion Travel Grants;
29 Childcare Grants for a total of $7,025;
46 fellowships and grants for a total of $380,000:
- 12 Dissertation Research Grants;
- 14 Summer Dissertation Writing Grants;
- 4 Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships;
- 2 Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellowships;
- 9 Internship Grants;
- 5 First Book Subvention.
Please consider supporting ASEEES by making a contribution.
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ASEEES is a private not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization; your contribution may be tax deductible as a charitable contribution. All gifts are subject to the ASEEES Gift Acceptance Policy.
Giving Opportunities
Next Generation Emergency Research Support Fund
Addresses the urgent need for support for graduate students amidst federal and university funding cuts.
Next Gen Emergency research Fund Donor
Adele Lindenmeyr
villanova university
“I did not hesitate for a minute when asked to donate to the ASEEES Next Generation Emergency Research Support Fund. Academic research is under threat and young scholars are being deprived of the kind of support that I benefited from at the start of my career.”
ASEEES Fund
Supports areas of greatest need to advance the future of the field.
ASEEES Fund Donor
Patricia Polansky
Hamilton Library, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
“As we see fewer dollars from the federal government targeted for our field, it seems a duty of members to support our professional home. I am honored to be a regular donor to the ASEEES Fund, after all I have received from our association.”
Research Grant Funds
ASEEES GENERAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH FUND
Supports the Dissertation Research and Summer Dissertation Writing grant programs.
Named Non-Endowed Dissertation Research Fund
Establish a named research fund, contributing $6,000 per year for 3 years, to support research in a particular field.
NAMED Dissertation Research Endowment
Establish a $150,000 endowed research fund to support research in a particular field.
2023 Dissertation Research Grant Recipient
Zora Piskačová
History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“The generous funding from ASEEES allowed me to complete on-site dissertation research and consequently ensured a steady progress of my dissertation writing…By enabling me to explore the archival holdings in Prague and Warsaw, the grant was crucial for adding a national level to an otherwise local story and consequently, explor[ing] the power dynamics between the two municipalities and their respective nation-states, thus facilitating the final step in telling the so far neglected story of reconstruction and stabilization of civic life in a torn city.”
Convention Grant Funds
REGIONAL SCHOLAR TRAVEL GRANT FUND
Supports scholars traveling from Eastern Europe and Eurasia to present at the Annual Convention.
CONVENTION OPPORTUNITY TRAVEL GRANT FUND
Supports diverse representation at the Annual Convention.
GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FUND
Supports graduate students traveling to present their research at the Annual Convention.
CATHARINE NEPOMNYASHCHY GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FUND
Supports graduate students traveling to present research on literature at the Annual Convention.
Convention INCLUSION TRAVEL GRANT FUND
Supports inclusion at the Annual Convention.
Convention Registration FUND
Supports scholars with demonstrated need to present at the Annual Convention.
2023 Regional Scholar Travel Grant Recipient
Petru Negură
Institute for Legal, Political and Sociological Studies, Moldova State University
“As a scholar from Moldova, I rarely have the opportunity to attend the ASEEES Convention. Thanks to a Regional Scholar Travel Grant, I was able to attend in 2023. This experience provided me with an invaluable opportunity to share my research with colleagues from the U.S. and around the world, as well as to engage with a wealth of research in my areas of interest. Travel Grants play a crucial role in making it possible for researchers from Eastern Europe to participate in this important academic event—an opportunity that would otherwise be out of reach for many.”
Planned Giving
The ASEEES Legacy Society honors those who have made plans to support the future of the field with a gift through their will or estate planning.
Why I donate to ASEEES
“For someone like me whose research has never fully fit into any one discipline, ASEEES is the pinnacle of “area studies” and “regional studies” for our world area. And it is an impressively and economically run organization. Year after year, our ASEEES administration and members have organized outstanding conferences with a wide thematic array of important and interesting panels. I come to our conferences not just to speak, hobnob, and hang out, but to listen, ask questions, and learn.
It is crucial for the future of our various fields and our interdisciplinary research that we fill the gap in funding for our talented next generation of area specialists.
— Edith Clowes
Why WE Give to ASEEES
“The field is so different now from what it was when we entered graduate school…
The memories of our entry into the field remind us that travel for dissertation research is essential. After a period of mostly open access, restrictions have now been reintroduced…while there is little we can do to remove those restrictions, we can help with the financial constraints that graduate students face, especially at a time when government and university sources have been reduced. Therefore, we donate to ASEEES so that young scholars will have the same, if not greater, opportunities that we enjoyed to enter what remains a critically important field at a critical time.”
— Joseph Bradley and Christine Ruane
Why I donate to ASEEES
“I benefited from generous faculty members who went beyond the convention halls to help me publish my work and to write letters of recommendation. And, of course, I met countless people over the years who enriched and continue to enrich my life with friendship and support…
The traumas of the COVID years have only reminded us of how much we appreciate the ASEEES community. And now the stakes could not be higher as we continue to help refugee scholars and students displaced by Russia’s ghastly and unconscionable war. I have donated to funds about which I feel passionate and to memorialize scholars who have departed this world knowing that they are dispersed to talented individuals who represent the future of our field.”
— Christine D. Worobec
Matching Gifts
Many corporate employers will match employee donations to organizations like ASEEES.
Contact your Human Resources department for information about Matching Gift options.