New Opportunities in Southeast European Studies for Research and Language Training

[Olga Bukhina]

New Opportunities in Southeast European Studies for Research and
Language Training 

www.acls.org/seguide.htm 

Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Research
and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union Act of 1983, as amended (Title VIII).

Dissertation fellowships  For graduate students who have passed all
requirements for the PhD except the dissertation itself (ABDs)
*	developmental fellowships [NEW] for use in the United States in
preparation for research in Southeastern Europe.  Applicants may propose
language training, acquisition of methodological or other specialized
skills, or work in U.S. archives 
*	research fellowships [NEW] for use in Southeastern Europe
*	writing fellowships for writing the dissertation in the United
States after research is complete

Post-doctoral fellowships 
*	research fellowships for scholars with area expertise in
Southeast Europe  
*	developmental fellowships [NEW] for scholars with primary area
expertise outside Southeastern Europe to gain knowledge or language
skills for adding comparative perspective to their research

Language grants to institutions  For U.S. institutions of higher
education to conduct intensive summer language courses
*	intensive summer language courses at the elementary and
intermediate level, designed to cover a full academic year of
instruction in the basic structures of the language in a 6-8 week
program
*	advanced-mastery language courses  for training in skills
required for advanced fieldwork or archival research, or professional
work in government agencies and non-governmental organizations.  The
skills may include, but are not limited to, translation of texts,
interpretation of speech, editing/copyediting, advanced reading/sorting
for relevance of specialized materials  

Language grants to individuals  [NEW] For attendance at summer language
courses, including attendance at ACLS-sponsored advanced-mastery
language courses. 

Request for proposals for research on heritage speakers of Southeast
European languages  [NEW] Individuals or collaborative teams are invited
to propose research projects on Americans who are heritage speakers of a
Southeast European language.  The project should culminate in an
analytical paper and a syllabus for an advanced-mastery course for
heritage speakers. 

Travel grants  [NEW]  For travel to conferences to present papers,
including papers on Southeastern Europe at conferences with more general
themes and papers by scholars whose area expertise lies outside the
region for delivery at a Southeast Europe-focused events.

Conference grants  [NEW] To support conferences for presentation of
significant new research in Southeast European Studies 

Further information is available www.acls.org/seguide.htm 

Olga Bukhina
American Council of Learned Societies
E-mail: obukhina at acls.org 
www.acls.org 

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