Graduate fellowships for study in Russia- spring

[Sheila Dawes]

Fellowships for Graduate Students to Study Russian in Moscow, St.
Petersburg and Vladimir

Graduate students are eligible for Title VIII State Department
fellowships to study Russian language in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and
Vladimir on the American Councils for International Education:
ACTR/ACCELS semester, academic year and summer programs. Awards
typically range from two to fifteen thousand dollars; they are made on
the basis of need and merit.

American Councils has administered intensive Russian language study
programs in immersion settings for American undergraduates and graduate
students since 1976, serving more than five thousand students and
faculty. The Russian Language and Area Studies Program provides
approximately twenty hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian
grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural studies at Moscow
International University, and at the Russian State Pedagogical
University (Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg. The KORA Center for
Russian Language hosts the Vladimir program. 

A full-time resident director oversees the academic and cultural
programs and assists participants in academic, administrative, and
personal matters. Students may live with Russian host families or in
university dormitories in Moscow and St. Petersburg; all students in
Vladimir live with host families. Full time home-stay coordinators in
each city arrange host family placements and assist participants with
host family issues. During the academic year, students may participate
in unpaid internships at local public schools, charities, and
international businesses, depending on language level and interests.
Students are also offered the chance to meet for two hours per week with
tutors recruited from the department of Russian as a Foreign Language at
their host universities (in Vladimir, peer tutors come from the Vladimir
State University).

Academic year students may choose to conduct independent research
during the spring semester. Students are assigned an advisor from their
Russian university faculty to oversee their research projects. In recent
years, graduate students have used this part of the program to complete
extensive work on MA theses and Ph.D. dissertations.

Participants are registered for academic 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. 

Application Deadlines: Spring Semester: October 15; Fall/Academic Year
Program: April 1; Summer Program, March 1.

For more information and an application 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 

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