East European Studies Grant Opportunities

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East European Studies Grant Opportunities

The East European Studies (EES) Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center would
like to bring your attention to two grant opportunities:  Short-Term
scholar grants and the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar.  Please pass this
announcement on to those who are eligible and might be interested in
applying.

SHORT-TERM SCHOLAR GRANTS

The next deadline for receipt of Short-Term Scholar applications and
supporting materials: March 1, 2004.  Applicants will be notified
approximately one month later.  For more details, please read below or look
at our website:  www.wilsoncenter.org/ees.  Completed applications should
be mailed to the following address:

East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027


Eligibility
These grants are available to American academic experts and practitioners,
including advanced graduate students, engaged in specialized research
requiring access to Washington, DC and its research institutions. Grants
are for one month and do not include residence at the Wilson Center.

Project Scope
Projects concerning East European or Baltic studies should focus on fields
in the social sciences and humanities including, but not limited to:
Anthropology, History, Political Science, Slavic Languages and Literatures,
and Sociology.

Russia and the Soviet successor states, as well as the former East Germany,
are excluded from consideration. All projects should aim to highlight their
potential policy relevance.

Application Information
To apply for a Short-Term award, the applicant must submit the following:
- a concise description of his/her research project;
- a curriculum vitae;
- a statement of preferred and alternate dates of residence in Washington,
DC;
- two letters or recommendation in support of the research to be conducted
at the Center.

JUNIOR SCHOLARS' TRAINING SEMINAR (JSTS)

The deadline for receipt of this year's JSTS applications and supporting
materials is April 15, 2004.  Applicants will be notified approximately six
weeks later.

Background Information
EES and the Committee on Eastern European Studies of the American Council
of Learned Societies are soliciting applications for the sixteenth annual
training seminar for junior scholars in East European studies, to be held
outside of Washington, DC on the Chesapeake Bay August 13-16, 2004. All
domestic transportation, accommodation and meal costs will be covered by
the sponsors.

Eligibility
These scholarships are available to American citizens or permanent
residents. Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program at an American
university who have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. except the
dissertation, and scholars who received their Ph.D.s within the past year
in any field of East European or Baltic studies (Russia, the Soviet
successor states, and Germany are excluded) are eligible to apply.

All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance.
Disciplines represented at JSTS 2003 included: anthropology; history;
political science; and, Slavic languages and literatures.

Program Description
JSTS successfully combines formal and informal meetings to promote a
variety of intellectual exchanges. Past activities have included:
- individual presentations;
- constructive feedback and question and answer sessions;
- one-on-one meetings for Junior Scholars with Senior Scholars;
- advice regarding publishing;
- discussions about the state of the profession and obtaining employment in
the field;
- various social activities, including the crab-fest and the annual
volleyball challenge.

Additional Requirements
Successful applicants are expected to submit a five-page paper no later
than July 1 on the sources and methodology of their report and the wider
significance of their work. (In other words, what was researched, how it
was researched, and what it all means.) This paper will serve as the basis
for discussion at the seminar.

Application Information
To apply for the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS), the applicant
must submit the following:
- a completed application form (please download from our website at
www.wilsoncenter.org/ees);
- a curriculum vitae (which must include social security number,
institution where degree is expected or was received, title of doctoral
dissertation and name and department of doctoral advisor);
- a single page, single-spaced statement of the work you wish to discuss -
either the dissertation or another project;
- one letter of recommendation from Ph.D. advisor.

Completed application forms should be mailed to the following address:

East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027


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East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004-3027

tel: 202-691-4000
fax: 202-691-4001

www.wilsoncenter.org/ees

Located in the Ronald Reagan Building
Federal Triangle Metro Stop (Blue/Orange) Lines
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