funding for study abroad in Northern Caucasus

[Molly Godwin-Jones]

Dear SEELANGS,

I'm having trouble finding funding opportunities for a fairly specific purpose. I'm currently enrolled directly as an undergrad at Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University in Russia, and am trying to find sources to continue funding my studies here. This is proving difficult for a few reasons:

1.) I'm not enrolled at a US institution, so am ineligible for grants that require matriculation in these types of institutions (such as Boren).
2.) Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University is technically located in the Northern Caucasus region, and certain grants will not provide funding to this region (such as Fulbright).

Primarily, I'm here studying Russian language and translation, however, I would also like to conduct some sort of research in the region (most likely related to sociolinguistics/cultural and language identity). I have an M.A. from the US, so can qualify for graduate student awards, however I'm not doing dissertation research, so ineligible for Ph.D. awards. I would appreciate any information on lesser-known funding sources (for the 2014-2015 academic year). 

Please reply to megojones at gmail.com. Thank you for any suggestions!

Sincerely,

Molly Godwin-Jones
megojones at gmail.com

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