ACLS East European Studies Fellowships & Language Training Grants

[Natalia Haimson]

ACLS is pleased to announce competitions for the following Fellowships and
Grants in East European Studies for scholars in the humanities and social
sciences. ACLS Fellowships and Grants in East European Studies are
supported by funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress and administered by
the Department of State under terms of the Research and Training for
Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act
of 1983 as amended (Title VIII).

Changes in eligibility guidelines.  Under new guidelines issued by the
funder for this year’s competitions, most awards will be for work on
Southeastern Europe, defined as:  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro
(including Kosovo).  However, a few awards will also be available for work
on the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Slovakia, and Slovenia.  All programs require U.S. citizenship or
permanent residence.  For more information about eligibility and selection
criteria, please see: http://www.acls.org/eeguide.htm

Applications concerned primarily with the Soviet Union or its successor
states should be directed to the Social Science Research Council
(http://www.ssrc.org) rather than to ACLS.

Fellowships     Deadline: November 10, 2004.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS:  Up to $25,000 for at least 6
consecutive months of research on Southeastern Europe, to be conducted in
the U.S. except for brief visits to the area. Due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, Postdoctoral Research fellowships will be
awarded only for the study of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo).
Fellowships are to be used between July 1, 2005 and September 1, 2006.
Applicants must hold the Ph.D. degree by the application deadline.  Grants
are intended primarily as salary replacement to provide time free for
research and writing.  Applicants for post-doctoral grants in East
European studies (including those for work on countries no longer eligible
for Title VIII) should also consider applying to the ACLS core fellowship
programs.  For information see:  http://www.acls.org/fel-comp.htm

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS:  One-year grants, with a stipend of up to
$17,000, for dissertation writing on topics related to Eastern Europe, to
be conducted in the United States except for brief visits to the area.
Due to new eligibility guidelines issued by the funder, most awards will
be for work related to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo).
However, a few awards will also be available for work on the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and
Slovenia.  Fellowships are to be used beginning between June 1 and
September 1, 2005.

Language-Training Grants      Deadline: January 13, 2005.

EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGE-TRAINING GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS:  Grants up to
$10,000 will be available to US institutions for support of intensive
summer language programs in 2006.  Please note: due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, most of these grants will be for course
instruction in Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian,
or Romanian.  However, some funding will also be available for Czech,
Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian.

EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGE-TRAINING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS: Grants up to $2,000
will be available to individuals for beginning or intermediate study at
intensive summer 2005 courses in Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian,
Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Romanian.  Please note: due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, individual grants will be awarded only
for the study of these Southeast European languages.

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