FYI: Educ. Exchange Prg for Russian students (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 18:03:38 EST
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Educ. Exchange Prg for Russian students



                  Program Announcement
  The 1997-98 USIA Freedom Support Act Undergraduate Program


The FSA-Undergraduate Program offers qualified candidates a one-year
academic program at an American college or university.  Candidates are
selected on the basis of an open competition.  The deadline for applying is
FEBUARY 28, 1997.  For information about how to receive an applicaiton
call ACTR/ACCELS

*  Moscow, Russia call 7-095-230-45-90 -Program Coordinator Will Morse
   <wmorse at glasnet.ru>

*  Washington D.C. USA  01-202-833-7522- Program Officer David Slattery

Eligibility requirement include, but are not limited to, the following:

Candidates must currently attend an institute of higher learning (VUZ),
full-time, in their first, second or third year in one of the following
countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Candidates will be selected from the following fields:

First Year Students:
Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice Studies, Journalism/Mass
Communication, Political Science, and Sociology.

Second And Third Year Students:
Agriculture, Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice Studies,
Economics, Education (i.e. methodology), English as a Second
Language/Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL/TEFL),
Environmental Protection, Journalism/Mass Communication, Library and
Information Science, Political Science, Public Health, and Sociology.


Two programs of study are offered under the FSA Undergraduate Program:

I) Undergraduate Program at Four-Year Colleges and Universities

Applicants to this program must be between the ages of 17 and 26, and
currently enrolled as an undergraduate student in the second or third year
of study, in good academic standing, in a university or institute in one of
the countries listed above.  Students who will be entering the fourth year of
study in a four-year undergraduate degree program in September 1997 are
not eligible to apply.

Scholarships will be awarded to 145 students in the 1997-98 academic year
in the following fields:  Agriculture, Business, Computer Science, Criminal
Justice Studies, Economics, Education (i.e. methodology), English as a
Second Language/Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL/TEFL),
Environmental Protection, Journalism/Mass Communication, Library and
Information Science, Political Science, Public Health, and Sociology.

Students will be placed at a wide variety of U.S. colleges and universities.
Participants will take courses in their area of specialization as well as
 classes
outside the major field.  Students will live in university dormitories and will
have the opportunity to participate in campus organizations and activities.
During their term of study, students must meet the academic standards and
requirements of the program and the host U.S. college or university.



II)  Undergraduate Program at Two-Year Community Colleges

Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 22, and currently enrolled
as an undergraduate student in the first year of study, in good academic
standing, in a university or institute in one of the countries listed above.
Scholarships will be awarded to thirty students in the 1997-98 academic
year in the following fields:  Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice
Studies, Journalism/Mass Communication, Political Science, and
Sociology.  Students will be placed in U.S. community colleges for one
academic year of study.  Registration for courses outside the above fields of
study, especially modern languages like German, Spanish, and French, will
NOT be permitted.  Participants will live with an American host family for
the duration of the program.


In order to be eligible for either program, applicants must:

1) be a citizen of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or
Uzbekistan;

2) have a strong command of written and spoken English;

3) be able to begin studies in the United States in August 1997;

4) be able to receive and maintain the U.S. student visa (J-1) required for
this program.

Applicants will not be eligible if they:

1) are married to a U.S. citizen;

2) are enrolled in a U.S. academic program;

3) are earning a living or salary in the U.S., or are working for a U.S.
government agency;

4) have spent four or more consecutive months outside the NIS since June
1995.

Opportunities to conduct independent research will not be provided n this
academic exchange.