Fellowships for undergraduate study in Russia - spring

[Sheila Dawes]

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

Undergraduate students with an interest in teaching are eligible for
Department of Education 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, the Russian State Pedagogical University
(Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg; and the KORA Russian Language
Center in Vladimir. 

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).

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

Fellowship applicants must submit a CSS profile form and a completed
program application. In their statements of purpose, applicants should
describe their interests in teaching and/or the education field. 

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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