Fellowships for ACTR language programs across Eurasia, Fall and AY programs

[Sheila Dawes]

Fellowships for Graduate Students and Undergraduates for Language Study
in Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova
on
the American Councils Eurasian Regional Language Program.

Academic programs are tailored to the individual student's language
level, and provide approximately fifteen hours per week of in-class
instruction in the target language.  Courses in history, literature,
and
politics are also available for advanced speakers. Other program
features include peer tutoring, housing with local host families, and
graduate or undergraduate academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are eligible for full
and
partial fellowships to study on the American Councils for
International
Education: ACTR/ACCELS Eurasian Regional Language Program. The program
provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and
professionals intensive individualized instruction in the languages of
Eurasia.  Participants may in enroll in semester, academic year, or
summer programs.  All courses are conducted by expert faculty from
leading local universities and educational institutions. Students with
at least two years of college-level instruction in Russian or the
host-country language are eligible to apply to the program. 

Applications for fall semester and academic year programs are due April
1.

Recent program participants have studied:

Azeri in Baku;
Buryat in Ulan Ude;
Georgian and Chechen in Tbilisi;
Kazakh in Almaty;
Kyrgyz in Bishkek; 
Tajik, Persian, and Uzbek in Dushanbe; and
Ukrainian in Kiev.

Programs also available for the study of: Armenian, Dari, Pashto,
Romanian, Russian, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvan, and Yakut.  (Students
seeking
to study languages not listed here should contact the American
Councils
outbound office at 202-833-7522.) Please note that some languages are
offered in more than one country.

Full and partial fellowships are available through American Councils
from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and U.S. Department of
Education (Fulbright-Hays) grant support. Recent participants have
also
received substantial fellowship support from the Institute of
International Education (IIE), the Benjamin A. Gilman International
Scholarship, and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).

Application deadlines: 
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1
Spring Semester: October 15
Summer Program: March 1
 
Applications now available for download at: www.americancouncils.org 

For more information and an application, please contact:

Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound at americancouncils.org 
Website: www.americancouncils.org 

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