Funding for Graduate Students to Study Central Asia, South Caucasus, Eurasia

[Graham Hettlinger]

** Financial Support for Graduate Students to Study the Languages of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova **

Graduate students are eligible to receive Title VIII funding to participate in the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS NIS Regional Language Program.

The NIS Regional Language Program offers undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars the opportunity to study on site the languages of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova for a semester, summer or academic year.  Programs are currently available at leading universities in Almaty, Kazakhstan; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;  Baku, Azerbaijan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Chisinau, Moldova;  Kiev and Lviv, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus;  Samarkand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Tblisi, Georgia; and Yerevan, Armenia. 

Academic programs are tailored to the individual student's language level; courses in history, literature, and politics are also available for advanced speakers.

Students with at least two years of college-level instruction in Russian or the host-country language are eligible to apply.  Graduate students may apply for program funding from the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on East-Central Europe and the Former Republics of the Soviet Union (Title VIII).  Financial Aid awards range from $500 to $7,000.

NIS Regional Language Program costs include:

*Full Tuition at NIS university
*Round trip international airfare from Washington, D.C. to host-city
*Housing with a host family or in a university dormitory
*Health insurance
*Visa processing
*Pre-departure and in-country Orientation
*Logistical support from American Councils regional offices

Application deadlines: 
Summer Program: March 1, 2002
Fall Semester: April 1, 2002 
Academic Year program: April 1, 2002.

For more information and an application, please contact:

Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 700
Washington, DC 20036

(202) 833-7522
outbound at actr.org

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