Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
offer a "unique, on-the-job training program for print journalists
from developing and transitional countries with an emerging free press ... Each
year AFPF brings approximately twelve mid-career reporters and editors —
usually between the ages of 25 and 35 — to America for a six-month, in-depth,
practical introduction to the professional and ethical standards of the U.S.
print media."
Annual deadline: February 1.
Posted December 15, 2000.
Awards for Study of the U.S. Congress
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants
totaling $50,000 in 2001 to fund research on the U.S. Congress.
Deadline: February 1, 2001
Posted January 31, 2001.
Fellowships in International Human Rights
are offered by Human Rights Watch. Two of the fellowships are open to recent graduates of law
schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations or area studies from any
university worldwide. Three are restricted to graduates of specific schools.
Deadline: November 1, 2000.
Posted October 5, 2000.
IREX Contemporary Issues Fellowships
awards fellowships to professionals, specialists, consultants, practitioners, NGO leaders, and
policymakers from the NIS to come to the U.S. for up to four months to conduct research and gain
experience in United States institutions.
Deadline: November 24, 2000.
Posted October 5, 2000.
Johns Hopkins Intl Fellows in Philanthropy
affords an opportunity for advanced study, research, and training for up to eight participants
each year who are involved in studying or managing private, nonprofit, or philanthropic organizations
outside of the United States, or working as NGO liaisons in the public or commercial sectors.
Posted October 5, 2000.
Oak Human Rights Fellowship
for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their
work and spend a period of up to a semester as a scholar-in-residence at Colby College. For the
fall 2001 semester (September-December), the Oak Institute seeks a practitioner in the field of
gender and international human rights. Possible areas of interest include but are not limited
to: the international sex trade, domestic violence, women and labor rights, rape as a form of war
crime, struggles related to sexuality/sexual orientation, among others. Nominations for the Oak
Fellowship for the fall 2001 semester should be sent to Professor Mary Beth Mills, Anthropology
Department, Colby College, Waterville, Maine 04901 (fax: 207-872-3474 / 3752; e-mail:
[email protected]; phone 207-872-3813/3683).
Deadline: Completed applications from nominees must arrive no later than January 10, 2001.
Posted September 7, 2000.
Women's Issues Translation Competition 2000
The Open Society Institute Network Women's Program (NWP) and the Center for Publishing Development
(CPD)are pleased to announce a competition to support the translation and publication of books on
women's issues.
Posted July 5, 2000
IATP Internet Grants Program
announces an open competition for grants to 10 countries of Eurasia including Ukraine,
Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Posted June 23, 2000
Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announces the opening of its 2001-2002
fellowship competition.
Posted June 20, 2000
Internationalgrants for nonprofits
Approximately 15 grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded in Fall 2000 by Cottonwood Foundation.
Posted June 16, 2000
Scholarship for Uzbek Citizen: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies are cooperating to
provide a Scholarship during the academic year 2001-2002 for a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan
wishing to spend a period of study in the United Kingdom as a member of the Oxford Centre for
Islamic Studies.
Posted June 16, 2000
CERGE-EI Economics Grants
CERGE-EI, with financial support from the World Bank, announces a research competition in all
fields of economics. Grants will fund scientific research based on sound economic analysis.
Posted June 6, 2000
Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program
Awards Fellowships to citizens of countries eligible to borrow from the World Bank to support
post-graduate research in areas of socioeconomic development.
Posted May 31, 2000
AIHA Partner Solicitation: Tomsk, Russia
AIHA and USAID are pleased to announce a grants competition in support of establishing a new
partnership between US health-related institutions and their counterparts in
the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union, as part of the
NIS Health Partnerships Program.
Posted May 25, 2000
International Awards to Support Health Research
A number of International Health Research Awards will be made in association with the International
Conference on Health Research for Development to be held in Bangkok,
Thailand in October 2000.
Posted May 25, 2000
US-Azerbaijan NGO Partnership Opportunity
Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia (ISAR) announces a new program to provide
cooperative funding for Azerbaijani and US grassroots non-profit organizations/non-governmental
organizations (NGOs).
Posted May 25, 2000
Integrity Awards
Transparency International, a global non-profit
organisation devoted to fighting corruption, is giving this award to
recognise the efforts of individuals and organizations that have made
tangible contributions to promoting the cause of transparency and good
governance. Posted May 18, 2000
Invitations for Expressions of Interest
Curatio International Foundation
(CIF) a not for profit, non-governmental organization based in Tbilisi,
Georgia, is planning to implement a program in Health Sector Development in
the Caucasus. Posted May 18, 2000
Wildlife Conservation Society
The Request-for-Proposal (RFP) is a small
grants program administered by WCS-International that is designed to support
individual field research projects that share our philosophy, approach and
conservation focus. Posted May 17, 2000
CEE/NIS Law Student Writing Prize
The Central and East European Law
Initiative (CEELI) Alumni/ae Association announces a Law Student Writing
Competition. Posted May 17, 2000
Doctoral Fellowships
In support of its current research project on Human
Security and Global Governance (HUGG), the Toda Institute for Global Peace
and Policy is offering three Doctoral Fellowships in the amount of $5,000
each for 2000-01. Posted May 17, 2000
Prize for Doctoral Thesis
The Union of International Associations' (UIA)
Council has decided to create an international doctoral prize for theses
prepared on a subject concerning the life, operations or work of
international nongovernmental organisations (INGOs). Posted
May 11, 2000
Reuters Foundation Environment Workshop
The Reuters Foundation (RF) is
accepting applications for its June 12 through June 23 Environment in the
News Workshop in London. Posted May 9, 2000
Kennan Institute Short-term Grant Competition
The Kennan Institute
offers short-term grants to scholars whose research in the social sciences
or humanities focuses on the former Soviet Union, and who demonstrate a
particular need to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized
resources of the Washington, D.C., area. Deadlines are December 1, March 1,
July1, and September 1. Posted May 5, 2000
Request for Proposals
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs
Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an
open competition for US non-profits and institutions for the Southeast
Europe Youth Leadership Program. Posted May 5, 2000
Essay Competition
The Mongolia Society at Indiana University is
sponsoring an essay competition in Mongolian Studies. Posted
May 2, 2000
Junior Scholars in East European Studies
East European Studies of the
Woodrow Wilson Center and the Committee on East European Studies of the
American Council of Learned Societies are soliciting applications for the
thirteenth annual training seminar for junior scholars in East European
studies. Posted April 27, 2000
Beaver College
is still accepting applications to join an innovative
Graduate (Masters) Program in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Posted
April 27, 2000
Visiting Professorship
The Center for Russian and East European Studies
(CREES) at the University of Michigan anticipates funding to support a
Visiting Professorship for the 2001-02 academic year. Posted
April 20, 2000
Summer Fellowships for the Study of Azeri A limited number of
fellowships are still available for study of Azeri at the Summer Workshop in
Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University. Posted
April 18, 2000
Office for Central Europe and Eurasia of the National Research Council
awards grants to American scientists wishing to host or visit their
colleagues from Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent
States (NIS). Posted April 18, 2000
Netherlands Fellowships Programme
offers fellowships for study in the
Netherlands to professionals and students from developing countries or
countries in transition. Posted April 6, 2000
Russia: Internet Mini Grants
The American non-for-profit organization,
Project Harmony, announces a Small Grants Competition and a Contest for
Internet Resources in order to foster the development of academic and
professional Internet resources in the Russian language. Posted
January 21, 2000
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education of Charles University
Invites applicants for its program of doctoral studies in theoretical and
applied economics in Prague.Posted December 10,
1999
Open Society Institute (OSI) Chevening Scholarships
A scholarship
program which will enable suitably qualified students from eligible
countries to pursue taught postgraduate programmes within the Centre for
Human Rights at the University of Essex.Posted
December 8, 1999
Economics Education And Research Consortium (EERC)
The Eurasia Foundation
invites proposals from economists interested in serving as visiting faculty
in the M.A. Program in Economics at the University of "Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy" in Kyiv, Ukraine.Posted November 12,
1999
Regional Scholars Exchange Program
The American Councils for
International Education: ACTR/ACCELS administers academic exchanges for NIS
and US scholars who wish to conduct research through the Regional Scholars
Exchange Program (RSEP).Posted November 5, 1999
Grant Opportunity for U.S. Organizations
The U.S. Department of
State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Citizen
Exchanges (formerly part of the United States Information Agency), is
offering a grant opportunity for U.S. organizations to conduct exchanges and
training programs in collaboration with partner organizations for the New
Independent States.Posted November 5, 1999
Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program
awards Fellowships to support
innovative and imaginative post-graduate research in areas of socioeconomic
development.Posted October 15, 1999
The St. Andrews International Environmental Prize
Entries of no
more than 2,000 words on the theme of "Making Waste Work" are
required by the closing date of 10 January 2000.Posted
October 15, 1999
USIA Millennium Awards
USIA, in partnership with USA Today
newspaper, is sponsoring the International Volunteer Awards to recognize
American volunteers who contribute to the cause of global understanding and
international education. Posted October 15, 1999
Sustaining Partnerships into the Next Century (SPAN) Program
IREX and
USAID are pleased to announce Round IV of a grants competition in support of
strengthening existing partnerships between US and Russian organizations. Posted
October 15, 1999
NIS College and University Partnerships Program, USIS
awards grants
of up to $300,000 to US colleges or universities for the purpose of
establishing/strengthening linkages with counterparts from the New
Independent States. Posted October 15, 1999
Fulbright Grants For Faculty And Professionals: 2000-2001
The Council for
International Exchange of Scholars is still accepting applications for
lecturing and research awards to Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS. Posted
October 15, 1999
IREX Grant Opportunities
- IREX announces a number of upcoming grant
opportunities. Deadline: various. Posted
July 14, 1999
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)
- announces
a set of competitive grants programs for 1999-2000. These programs will
provide support for a variety of civilian R&D collaborations between
scientists and engineers in the United States and in the former Soviet
Union. Deadline: variousPosted June 10, 1999
Assistance to Russian Orphans (ARO)
- USAID has recently issues a request
for applications for a project to assist Russian orphans. Deadline:
June 28, 1999Posted May 27, 1999
REC Junior Fellowship Program 1999
- to improve the capacity and
skills of young CEE environmentalists and their NGOs to deal with
organizational and managerial problems. Deadline:various dates
through September 1999 Posted May 27, 1999
OSI Global Supplementary Grant Program
- to enable qualified
students to pursue Doctoral studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at
accredited universities in Western Europe, Asia, Australia and North
America. Deadline:June 1, 1999 Posted May
24, 1999
Funding for MacArthur Foundation Initiatives
- the Program on Global
Security and Sustainability offers grants in: Law and Society, Human Rights,
Environment and Society, and Peace and Security.Deadline: June 11,
1999 Posted May 4, 1999
World Learning/NGO Support Centre Contract Competition
- for
qualified Russian legal specialists willing to devote their time and efforts
to updating the Legal Guide for Russian NGOs. Deadline: May 21, 1999 Posted
May 4, 1999
OSI Policy Fellowships -
intended to support research, writing or activism, and to encourage the
development of program strategies for the Soros Foundations network. Deadline:
July 20, 1999. Posted April 30, 1999
LGI Grant Competition
for Anti-Corruption Pilot Projects - announces a call for
proposals for Pilot Projects on Fighting Corruption in Local Govern- ment in
Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union or Mongolia. Deadline:
May 30, 1999. Posted April 30, 1999
"Women At Risk:
Violence Against Women and Women's Health" Translation Grants 1999
"Women At Risk: Violence Against Women and Women's Health"
Translation Grants 1999 - to support the translation of books
related to women's health, violence against women and girls issues. Deadline:May
31, 1999. Posted April 29, 1999
Women in Development
Technical Assistance Project (WIDTECH) Small Grants Competition
- for projects that support areas pertinent to USAID's development
assistance addressing the theme; gender-based constraints to economic growth
policies and programs. Deadline:May 17, 1999. Posted
April 23, 1999
Gender
Studies Small Grant Program (GSGP) 1999 - Grants of up to
$2,000 are available to NGOs and academic departments based in Central
East Europe and the former Soviet Union promoting women's studies and gender
studies within the region. Posted April 23, 1999
EERC
- Russia Program Spring '99 Grant Competition -has announced
its Spring '99 grant competition for Russian economists engaged in original
policy-oriented research. Posted March 19, 1999
Rural
Sociological Society (RSS) Fellowship - inviting Newly
Independent State (NIS) social scientists to apply for a one-month
Fellowship program to be held in Washington D.C. and a host American
institution. Posted March 12, 1999
HSEP
Grant - an application for the International Higher Education
Support Program (HESP) grant, Budapest, Hungary. The grant is designed to
develop and enhance humanities and social science curricula and teaching
practices. Deadline: Open through 1999. Posted
March 3, 1999
1999
Special Projects in Library and Information Science Competition
- an IREX program supporting librarians, archivists, and information
specialists pursuing projects relating to Central and Eastern Europe and
Eurasia. Posted February 12, 1999
USIA
Young Leadership Fellows Program - A USIA/IREX program provides
one year of intensive academic and professional training to young US and
Russian leaders in fields relevant to the democratic transition of Russian
society and the US-Russian historical, political, and economic context. Posted
January 29, 1999
Starr
Fellows Program for Mid-Career Professionals - George
Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs will be
awarding fellowships to allow a small number of mid-career professionals
from Eastern Europe, Russia, the former Soviet Republics, South Asia, Latin
America and Africa to pursue the Master of International Policy and Practice
program during the 1999-2000 academic year. Posted
January 20, 1999
Princeton
University-Central European University Joint Conference
on Corruption - a call for individual
research proposals in the field of political corruption
in Central and Eastern Europe. Application
deadline: March 31, 1999. Posted
March 12, 1999
NIS Health
Partnerships Program - an AIHA/USAID Grant
Competition. Deadline: April 6, 1999. Posted February 23, 1999
Program to Support
Crisis Centers for Women in the Russian Federation
- The United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) is seeking applications from
qualified U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to
implement the Program to Support Crisis Centers for Women
in the Russian Federation. Deadline: March
5, 1999. Posted February 17,
1999
Public Interest Law
Fellows Program at Columbia Law School - The
program will select three lawyers from Central and
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for two years
of study and practical work experience. Deadline
for applications: April 1, 1999; selection
decisions will be made by April 30, 1999. Posted January 20, 1999
Human Rights
Fellows Program - Constitutional and Legal
Policy Institute (COLPI), an affiliate of the Open
Society Institute (OSI - Budapest), joins with the
American University Washington College of Law to announce
this two year program of study and practical work
experience. Three lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe
and the former Soviet Union will be selected this year to
participate in the program. Deadline for
applications: April 1, 1999. Posted January 20, 1999
USIA NIS Secondary School Partnership
Program- A Request for Proposals for projects that link
schools in the U.S. with schools in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. Deadline: February
12, 1999. Posted January 8, 1999
Business Education in Belarus - A
Eurasia Foundation request for proposals to address the lack of
post-graduate business education in Belarus. Deadline: February
1999. Posted December 11, 1998
Eastern Scholar Program - sponsored
by the Civic Education Program. CEP's Eastern Scholar Program
assists Western-trained East European scholars by providing them
with financial and teaching resources during their reentry into
the educational system in their home country. Application
deadline: February 15, 1999. Posted
February 12, 1999
1999/2000 Scholarships in Human Rights
- a new scholarship program which will enable suitably qualified
students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to pursue taught postgraduate program
within the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Essex.
The program is jointly sponsored by the Open Society Institute,
FCO Chevening, and the University of Essex. Application
deadline: February 26, 1999. Posted
January 29, 1999
Henry Ford European Conservation
Awards - The Henry Ford European Award's mission is to
support the initiatives aimed to protect the environment and
cultural heritage. Deadline for application: February 26,
1999. Posted January 8, 1999
Johns Hopkins International Fellows In
Philanthropy Program - This program will permit advanced
study, research, and training at the Institute for Policy Studies
of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.,
for a semester (four months) or a full academic year (nine
months), for up to eight persons each year. Deadline: February
25, 1999. Posted December 8, 1998
Regional Scholars Exchange Program -
a ACTR/ACCELS fellowship for 117 scholars from the NIS, who are
seeking to pursue 4- and 6-month research projects at
universities and research institutions throughout the United
States. Posted November 3, 1998
Funding Opportunity for Scholars from
the NIS: Regional Scholars Exchange Program for 1999-2000. Posted September 23, 1998
Oak Institute Human Rights Fellowship
- a scholar-in-residence fellowship at Colby College, Waterville,
Maine. Deadline for nominations: January 1, 1999 Posted November 3, 1998
International Women In Science And
Engineering (IWISE) Leadership Program - a program bringing
15-20 women scientists from developing or transitional countries
to the United States from 14 June to 6 August 1999.Deadline: December
30, 1998. Posted November 6, 1998
Requests for Proposals for NIS Training
Programs from the United States Information Agency, Office of
Citizen Exchanges. Deadline: December 30, 1998. Posted November 6, 1998
Social Science Research Fellows. Deadline:
December 1, 1998. Posted August 4,
1998
NGO Co-operative Environmental
Project Proposals: a call for proposals from the Regional
Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. Deadline for
nominations: November 9, 1998 Posted
November 2, 1998
Grants for CEE/NIS Environmental NGOs
from the Regional Environmental Center for Central and
Eastern Europe Deadline: November 9, 1998. Posted November 4, 1998
Fellowship for Recent Law Graduates
with Interest in Women's Rights Activism. Deadline:
September 1, 1998. Posted August 27,
1998
Doctoral/ Post-Doctoral Fellowships
for Ukrainian Students of Economics. Deadline: October
15, 1998. Posted August 27, 1998
National Projects on Trafficking in
Women small grants program offered by the Network Women's
Program of the Open Society Institute. Available for NGOs in
Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, and Ukraine. Deadline:
September 1, 1998. Posted July 21, 1998
Training Program for Writers of
Economic Education Instructional Materials in Central Europe
and Euriasia organized by the National Council on Economic
Education. Deadline for applications: July 31, 1998. Posted July 10, 1998
Grant
competition for Sustaining
Partnerships into the Next Century in support of
strengthening existing partnerships between US and Russian
organizations. Deadline: August 28, 1998. Posted July 3, 1998
Gender/Women's Studies Translation
Grants for publishers in Central Europe and Eurasia. Deadline:
October 15, 1998. Posted July 3, 1998
Women's Leadership Training Program
for environmental NGO leaders from Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus.
Program is organizaed by ISAR. Application deadline: July
31, 1998 Posted June 9, 1998
1999-2000 Legal Fellowship for
recent women graduates from law schools in the CEE/FSU region who
are interested in a career incorporating women's rights activism.
A project of the Network of East-West Women's East-East Legal
Coalition. Application deadline: September 1, 1998. Posted June 9, 1998
Human Rights Advocates Training
Program at Columbia University for lawyers, journalists,
teachers and other human rights activists from non-industrialized
countries where human rights advocacy is limited. Program is from
January to May. Application deadline: September 7, 1998. Posted June 9, 1998
Seeking Host Libraries OSI Network
Library Program welcomes proposals from libraries, information
centers, and schools of library and information science to host
librarians and information professionals from Central Europe and
Eurasia. Deadline: August 1, 1998. Posted
May 29, 1998
Gender/Women's Studies and Women's
Issues-Library Core Collections Awards Sponsored by Open
Society Institute. Deadline: June 22, 1998. Posted May 29, 1998
Women's Human Rights Advocacy Training
Project Sponsored by Open Society Institute. Deadline: May
18, 1998. Posted May 7, 1998
Small Grant Program for Women's NGOs
Service Support for Violence Against Women sponsored by the
Network Women's Program of the Open Society Institute. Deadline:
May 30, 1998. Posted May 5, 1998
Call for Gender Studies Grant
Proposals- Round 2 Small grants to support gender initiatives
in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and of the former
Soviet Union. Organizations, departments and women's and gender
studies programs are all eligible to apply. Deadline: June
15. Posted April 30, 1998
Open Society Fellowships in Budapest
Applications now being accepted for one-year fellowships with OSI
in Hungary. The fellowship is intended to support research,
writing or activism, and to encourage the development of program
strategies for the Soros Foundations Network. Deadline: June
1, 1998. Posted April 16, 1998
Travel
Grants for the Transnational
Training Seminar on Trafficking of Women in Budapest, June
20-24, 1998. The seminar is sponsored by the Network Women's
Program of the Open Society Institute in cooperation with the
Global Survival Network. Application deadline: May 11,
1998. Posted April 9, 1998
Study opportunity at Summer School
for Post-Communist Economics in Warsaw for 60 faculty members
or last year students from post-communist countries. Application
deadline: April 30, 1998 Posted
March 13, 1998
SABIT seeks U.S. firms to host Russian
interns The program, which is designed to assist the former
Soviet Union's transition to a market economy, matches business
executives and scientists from the NIS with U.S. firms which
sponsor them for short-term management training programs. Deadline:
March 31, 1998. Posted February 19,
1998
Religion, Human Rights and Religious
Freedom Program The goal of this research and exchange
project is to promote interaction between religious communities
and the international human rights movement, as well as to
enhance concern for religious freedom and religious tolerance. Deadline:
March 1. Posted February 18, 1998
US/NIS Curriculum Development Exchange
Program is a two-way exchange between the US and the NIS
designed to foster democratization and educational reform. Open
to educators, graduate students and educational institutions. Deadline:
February 27. Posted February 17,
1998
Exchange Program for Secondary School
Social Studies Teachers in Russia and Ukraine 90 secondary
school social studies educators and administrators from 10
oblasts in Russia and Ukraine will participate in six week
community based training and internship programs at U.S.
secondary schools. Posted February 6,
1998
Grants to Strengthen Existing
US-Russian Partnerships Round II of the SPAN program
sponsored by USAID and IREX. Deadline: March 6, 1998. Posted February 3, 1998
Grant Opportunity for Scholars of
China and Inner Asia The Association of Asian Studies is
soliciting applications for awards of up to $1500 to fund
projects in curriculum development, to assist in the publishing
of articles or newsletters, or to help scholars travel to
important conferences and seminars. Deadline: February 10,
1998. Posted January 22, 1998
GFRS International Professional
Integration Awards NAFSA-The Association of International
Educators is holding a competition for international graduate
students studying at U.S. colleges and universities. Recipients
will receive grants enabling them to attend NAFSA's 50th
Anniversery Conference in Washington D.C. Deadline: February
18, 1998. Posted January 13, 1998
USIA offering grants for Women's
Leadership Training Programs in Central and Eastern Europe
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the United States Information
Agency is holding an open competition for assistance awards for
public and private non-profit organizations. Deadline: February
27, 1998. Posted January 12, 1998
Research Fellowship Opportunities in
Budapest Central European University is offering fellowships
for doctoral students interested in using computer simulations of
complex social systems. Posted January
9, 1998
NGO Grant Competition to promote
the development of a stable non-commercial sector in Russia's
regions by supporting the development of NGO resource centers. Deadline
for applications: Febuary 2, 1998.
Posted January 9, 1998
Library of Congress Mellon Foreign
Area Fellowships Applications are being accepted for
post-doctoral felowships of $3,000 per month for up to 11 months.
Deadline for applications: January 15, 1998. Posted January 5, 1998
Soros Supplementary Grants Program
1998-99 This program offers supplementary grants for students
from the CEE or NIS who study in the social sciences, humanities,
or fine and performing arts who have already arranged for part of
the costs of their study to be covered. Posted
December 24, 1997
Research and Training Grants for CEE
and NIS provides support for the administration of research
and training programs concerning the nations of Eastern Europe
and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Posted December 23, 1997
Professional Development Fellowships
Three to seven month fellowships covering travel and expenses in
most former Soviet nations for research. Should be enrolled in
graduate or professional school, or be a recent graduate. Deadline:
February 2. Posted December 23, 1997
Scholarships for Ukraine/Russian
Students Two scholarships to enable outstanding students from
Russia and the Ukraine to pursue one-year post-graduate courses
at the University of Cambridge in subjects relevant to their
country's needs. Deadline: January 31. Posted December 20, 1997
Scholarship for Russian Student to
Study Economics University of Cambridge One scholarship
annually to enable graduate of outstanding academic merit from
Russia to study in Cambridge. Deadline: January 31. Posted December 20, 1997
Scholarships for Postgraduate
Courses at Cambridge Up to three scholarships to enable
outstanding students from Russia to pursue one-year postgraduate
courses in Economics, Finance, Land Economy or Management
Studies. Deadline: January 31. Posted
December 20, 1997
Summer Research Laboratory on Russia
and Eastern Europe Center offers full access to the
University of Illinois Library, and in many cases provides free
housing to selected scholars and graduate students whose research
interests fall in the area of Russian and East European studies. Posted December 18, 1997
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial
Scholarships Provides scholarships for academic year,
multi-year and cultural amassadorial scholarships for intensive
language studies in foreign countries. Posted
December 18, 1997
Regional Scholar Exchange Program
with the New Independent States The United States Information
Agency is sponsoring 4-6 month research fellowships at host
instituions in the former Soviet Union for advanced graduate
students and university faculty in the early stages of their
careers. Deadline: February 2, 1998. Posted
December 12, 1997
Postgraduate Studentships at the
Institute of Russian and East European Studies-University of
Glasgow, Scotland Announcing a competition for four
studentships which will pay for one year of instruction. Deadline:
March 15, 1998. Posted December 5,
1997
Next Steps to the Market Program
The U.S. CRDF program to support international collaboration
between the US and the former Soviet Union on programs of
research and development on applications which have market
potential in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) Posted December 4, 1997
USIA announces the NIS College and
University Partnerships Program (NISCUPP) Grants to encourage
partnerships between US universities, and universities and
educational institutions in the states of the former Soviet
Union. Deadline: February 23. Posted
November 26, 1997
Call for Proposals--Phare ACE
Programme 1997 Two programs to aid research for either
students of economics or established economic scientists. Grants
can fund research projects, fellowships, scholarships, seminars
or conference participation. Deadline: February 28, 1997. Posted November 18, 1997
CEEERC Fellowship Program, University
of Warsaw provides an opportunity to scholars from the
post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe to engage
in full-time research in cooperation with Western economists.
Must be citizen of post-communist country with good command of
English. Research should focus on issues of importance in Central
and Eastern Europe. Posted November 17,
1997
Elementary-Level Teacher Education in
Armenia USIA seeks applicants for grant to develop a two-year
program to train a group of Armenian educators of elementary
level teachers, to develop a manual for elementary teacher
education for use in Armenia, and to assist the Armenian
educators to pilot-test the manual in Armenia. Deadline: January
16, 1997. Posted November 17, 1997
National Security Education Program
Graduate International Fellowships support students pursuing
the study of languages, cultures, and, world regions which are
critical to U.S. national security, but which are less frequently
studied by U.S. graduate students. Recipients incur an obligation
to work for an agency of the federal government in their field of
education. Deadline: January 15, 1997. Posted November 13, 1997
Religion, Human Rights &
Religious Freedom: An Exchange and Research Program for
religious leaders, human rights activists, and scholars. The goal
is to promote interaction between religious communities and the
international human rights movement, as well as to enhance
concern for religious freedom and religious tolerance. Deadline:
April 4, 1997. Posted November 12,
1997
Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
Awards 10 six-month fellowships to print journalists from
developing and transitional countries with an emerging free
press. Requires written and spoken English, professional
experience as a print journalist, and dedication to a continued
career in journalism in their country of citizenship. Deadline:
February 1, 1997. Posted November 6,
1997
The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund
Supports the education of women from developing countries by
providing grants for study in the US. Applications must have a
history of service to women and children, be from a developing
country, and enrolled in a US educational institution. Deadline:
February 2,1997. Posted October 6,
1997
Kennan Institute Short-Term Grants in
Washington, D.C. The Kennan Institute offers grants for up to
one month of study for scholars and professionals with a need to
research in Washington, D.C. Deadlines vary throughout the
year. Posted October 2, 1997
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