Curriculum Consultants Exchange Program

[KATE POLZIN]

Curriculum Development Exchange Opportunities in the Newly Independent
States

02/97

The International Research & Exchanges Board is accepting applications
for the United States Information Agency funded Curriculum Consultants
Exchange Program (CCEP).  Grants are provided to qualified US citizens
for the development and direction of teaching materials and curricula
in humanities and social science fields to be incorporated in the
post-secondary educational programs of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.  US participants will collaborate with NIS
faculty partners, serving as academic resources for their NIS host
institutions, colleagues and students, designing and teaching
methodology seminars, and advising their host departments on teaching
materials and course design.

Eligible candidates are affiliated with a college or university as a
faculty member or predoctoral candidate and have command of Russian or
other NIS country language sufficient for classroom teaching.
Candidates are not eligible if they have participated on a US
government funded exchange program since June 1, 1994.

CCEP grant provisions include round-trip travel to host institution in
the NIS, pre-arranged housing, supplemental medical insurance, living
stipend, and a modest allowance for teaching materials.

The application deadline for participation this fall is February 28,
1997.  Prospective applicants may request application materials from
IREX, or may download them from the IREX website at
<http://www.irex.org/grants/us/ccep.htm>.  The application consists of
application form; 5-7 page statement of purpose; applicant's
abbreviated curriculum vitae; language proficiency form; and three
letters of reference.  Notification of final award decisions is made
6-8 weeks after the application deadline.

For more information contact:

Kate Polzin
International Research & Exchanges Board
1616 H Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Telephone:  (202) 628-8188    Fax:  (202) 628-8189
e-mail: kpolzin at irex.org
web:  http://www.irex.org