REMINDER: Upcoming Deadlines for Research and Language Study Fellowships

[Nurhan Kocaoglu]

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS announces the following fellowship programs:

National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship: Provides fellowships of up to $40,000 for four to nine months of research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Proposals must include plans to work with at least one collaborator in the field. The merit-based competition is open to all U.S. post-doctoral scholars in the humanities and most social sciences, including such disciplines as modern and classical languages, history, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, sociology, and ethics. Application deadline: February 15.

Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include round-trip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access, research advising, and logistical support in the field. Open to graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs).

Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides full support for research and approximately ten hours per week of advanced language instruction for three to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include round-trip international travel, housing, tuition, living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access, research advising, and logistical support in the field. Open to graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs.)

Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship: Provides grants of up to $35,000 for field research on policy-relevant topics in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field, have held an academic research position for at least five years, and have sufficient language-ability to carry out proposed research. Scholars must conduct research for at least four months in the field. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs.)

Title VIII Central Europe Research and Language Study Programs: Provides full support for three to nine months of research and/or language study in East-Central Europe. Fellowships include round-trip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance, tuition, and affiliation fees. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States (Title VIII). Open to graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Application deadline: October 1 (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall and Academic Year Programs).

Title VIII Central Europe Summer Language Program: Offers international airfare, tuition, insurance, and living stipends to graduate students for up to three months of intensive language study at major universities throughout East-Central Europe and the Baltic states. Open to students at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post-doctoral scholars. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States (Title VIII). Application deadline: January 15.

Summer Russian Language Teachers Program: Provides full support for teachers of Russian at the university, high school, and secondary school level to study Russian literature, language, culture, and second language pedagogy at Moscow State University for six weeks. Graduate students with a commitment to the teaching profession are also encouraged to apply. Awards provide round-trip international airfare from Washington, DC to Moscow, Russia; living stipends; full tuition; housing with Russian host families; pre-departure orientation; weekly cultural excursions; insurance; and visas.  Tentative program dates are June 17 to August 4.  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  Application deadline: March 1.


For more information, 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.

Nurhan Kocaoglu
Program Officer
Russia and Eurasia Outbound Department
American Councils for International Education
1776 Massachussetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 833-7522  ext. 171
Fax: (202) 872-7523
www.americancouncils.org

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