Fellowships for graduate language study in the NIS

[Margaret Stephenson]

Application Deadline Reminder: April 1 for Fall and Academic-Year Programs

Fellowships for Language Study in Central Asia, South Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. 

Graduate students are eligible for Title VIII funding to study languages in leading universities throughout the NIS, including progams in Almaty, Kazakhstan; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;  Baku, Azerbaijan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Chisinau, Moldova;  Kiev and Lviv, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus;  Samarkand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Tbilisi, Georgia; Yerevan, Armenia, and in Russian cities other than Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladimir.

Academic programs are tailored to the individual student's language level, and provide approximately 20 hours per week of in-class instruction in the target language.  Courses in history, literature, and politics are also available for advanced speakers.  

Participants are registered for credit at Bryn Mawr College. Graduate students receive the equivalent of 15 academic hours for one semester; 30 for the academic year, and 10 for the summer program. Undergraduate students receive the equivalent of 16 academic hours for one semester, 32 for the academic year, and 8 for the summer program.

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: 
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1 
Spring Semester: October 15
Summer Program: March 1

For more information and an application, please contact:

Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-7522
outbound at actr.org

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