Fellowship Announcements

[Nurhan Kocaoglu]

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS announces the following fellowship programs:

National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship: Provides fellowships of up to $40,000 for four to nine months of research in East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Proposals must include plans to work with at least one collaborator in the field. The merit-based competition is open to all U.S. post-doctoral scholars in the humanities and most social sciences, including such disciplines as modern and classical languages, history, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, sociology and ethics. Application deadline: February 15.

Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include round-trip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access, research advising, and logistical support in the field. Total value of awards ranges from approximately $5,000 to $25,000. Open to graduate students, post-docs, and faculty. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Application deadlines: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs).

Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides full support for research and approximately ten hours per week of advanced language instruction for three to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include round-trip international travel, housing, tuition, living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access, research advising, and logistical support in the field. Open to graduate students, post-docs, and faculty. Total value of awards ranges from approximately $5,000 to $25,000. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Application deadlines: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs.)

Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship: Provides grants of up to $35,000 for field research on policy-relevant topics in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field, have held an academic research position for a least five years, and have sufficient language-ability to carry out proposed research. Scholars must conduct research for at least four months in the field. Application deadlines: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs.)

Title VIII Central Europe Research and Language Study Programs: Provides full support for three to nine months of research and/or language study in east-central Europe. Fellowships include round-trip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance, tuition, and affiliation fees.  Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Open to graduate students, post-docs, and faculty. Total value of awards ranges from approximately $5,000 to $25,000. Application deadline: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs).

Title VIII Central Europe Summer Language Program: Offers international airfare, tuition, insurance, and living stipends to graduate students for up to three months of intensive language study at major universities throughout east-central Europe and the Baltic states. Open to students at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post-docs. Total value of awards ranges from $3,000 to $8,000. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Application deadline: January 15.

Summer Russian Language Teachers Program: Provides full support for teachers of Russian at the university, high school, and secondary school level to study Russian literature, language, culture and second language pedagogy at Moscow State University for six weeks. Graduate students with a commitment to the teaching profession are also eligible to apply. Awards provide full round-trip international airfare from Washington, DC to Moscow, Russia; living stipends; full tuition; housing with Russian host families; pre-departure orientation; weekly cultural excursions; insurance; and visas.  Tentative program dates are June 19 to August 5.  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  Application deadline: March 1.

Scholarships for language study on American Councils programs overseas: Graduate students participating in the American Councils Russian Language and Area Studies program or the NIS Regional Language program are eligible for full or partial scholarships from the U.S. Department of State Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Undergraduates who intend a career in teaching are eligible for full or partial scholarships from the U.S. Department of Education for their participation in the Russian Language and Area Studies Program or the NIS Regional Language program. The American Councils Russian Language and Area Studies Program provides intensive Russian language instruction in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladimir, Russia. The NIS Regional Language program offers instruction in virtually any of the languages of the former Soviet Union at leading institutions throughout the region. Fellowship information and applications are included in regular application materials for both programs. Application deadlines: October 15 (spring semester programs); March 1 (summer programs); April 1 (fall semester and academic year programs). 

For more information, contact: Outbound Programs, American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 833-7522, outbound at americancouncils.org. 



Nurhan Kocaoglu
Program Officer
Russia and Eurasia Outbound Department
American Councils for International Education
1776 Massachussetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 833-7522  ext. 171
Fax: (202) 872-7523
www.americancouncils.org

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