JSTS--Extended Deadline--Grant Opportunity

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JUNIOR SCHOLARS' TRAINING SEMINAR (JSTS)

The deadline for receipt of this year's JSTS applications and supporting
materials has been ***extended to  May 1, 2004.***  Applicants will be
notified approximately six weeks later.

Background Information
EES and the Committee on Eastern European Studies of the American Council
of Learned Societies are soliciting applications for the sixteenth annual
training seminar for junior scholars in East European studies, to be held
outside of Washington, DC on the Chesapeake Bay August 13-16, 2004. All
domestic transportation, accommodation and meal costs will be covered by
the sponsors.

Eligibility
These scholarships are available to American citizens or permanent
residents. Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program at an American
university who have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. except the
dissertation, and scholars who received their Ph.D.s within the past year
in any field of East European or Baltic studies (Russia, the Soviet
successor states, and Germany are excluded) are eligible to apply.

All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance.
Disciplines represented at JSTS 2003 included: anthropology; history;
political science; Slavic languages and literatures; and sociology.

Program Description
JSTS successfully combines formal and informal meetings to promote a
variety of intellectual exchanges. Past activities have included:
- individual presentations;
- constructive feedback and question and answer sessions;
- one-on-one meetings for Junior Scholars with Senior Scholars;
- advice regarding publishing;
- discussions about the state of the profession and obtaining employment in
the field;
- various social activities, including the crab-fest and the annual
volleyball challenge.

Additional Requirements
Successful applicants are expected to submit a five-page paper no later
than July 1 on the sources and methodology of their report and the wider
significance of their work. (In other words, what was researched, how it
was researched, and what it all means.) This paper will serve as the basis
for discussion at the seminar.

Application Information
To apply for the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS), the applicant
must submit the following:
- a completed application form (please download from our website at
www.wilsoncenter.org/ees);
- a curriculum vitae (which must include social security number,
institution where degree is expected or was received, title of doctoral
dissertation and name and department of doctoral advisor);
- a single page, single-spaced statement of the work you wish to discuss -
either the dissertation or another project;
- one letter of recommendation from Ph.D. advisor.

Completed application forms should be mailed to the following address:

East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027

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