Deadline Reminder: Fellowships for Eurasian Regional Language Study - April 1

[Brita Ericson]

American Councils is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities for U.S.
undergraduate and graduate students to participate in the 2008 Fall/Academic
Year Eurasian Regional Language Program for language study in Central Asia,
the Southern Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. 

Applications for the Fall Semester and Academic Year are due April 1.
Applications are now available for download from the American Councils
website: http://www.americancouncils.org.  

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 program 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).

Recent Eurasian Regional Language Program participants have studied:

Azeri in Baku;
Buryat in Ulan Ude;
Georgian and Chechen in Tbilisi;
Kazakh in Almaty;
Romanian/Moldovan in Chisinau;
Tajik, Persian, and Uzbek in Dushanbe; and
Ukrainian in Kyiv

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

The Eurasian Regional Language 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. 

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-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.

Application deadlines: 
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1 
Spring Semester: October 1
Summer Program: March 1

Applications for the 2008 Fall Semester/2008-09 Academic Year programs are
due April 1st. Additional program information and applications are available
on the American Councils website,
http://www.americancouncils.org/programs.php?program_id=NTA. 

Fellowships also available for U.S. graduate students, faculty and scholars
for advanced language training and field research in Eurasia. Funding for
these programs is made available through American Councils from U.S.
Department of State (Title VIII) grant support. 

For more information, 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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