CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS

Kennan Institute Short-Term Grants
(Duration: up to one month)

The Kennan Institute offers Short-term Grants to scholars who demonstrate a particular need to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized resources of the Washington, D.C., area. Academic participants must either possess a doctoral degree or be doctoral candidates who have nearly completed their dissertations. For non-academics, an equivalent degree of professional achievement is expected.

Short-term Grants provide a stipend of $ 80 per day. The Kennan Institute cannot provide office space or computer support for Short-term scholars. No application form is required for Short-term Grants. The applicant is requested to submit a concise description (700-800 words) of his or her research project, a curriculum vitae, a statement on preferred dates of residence in Washington, D.C., and two letters of recommendation specifically in support of the research to be conducted at the Institute. Applications should be submitted in clear dark type, printed on one side only, without staples.

Grants recipients are required to be in residence in Washington, D.C., for the duration of their grant. Four rounds of compititve selection for Short-term Grants are held each year. Closing dates are December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1. Applicants are notified of the competition results roughly six weeks after the closing date. Applicants from any country are eligible for Short- term Grants, although funding for non-American applicants is limited. Approximately one in three American applicants and one in six non-American applicants are awarded Short-term Grants in each of the four competition rounds.

The Short-term Grant Program is supported by the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research and Training Program of the U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and the Kennan Institute endowment. Continuation of the Short-term Grant Program in 1998 - 99 is contingent on future funding.

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Last updated: October 2, 1997

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