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External Funding Opportunities for Faculty
(Post PhD)
Research, Study, Teaching Abroad
American Councils for International Exchange (ACTR/ACCELS) Fulbright Opportunities
IREX
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
SSRC Postdoctoral Research Grants
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEER)
Civic Education Project
Institute of Current World Affairs / Crane-Rogers Foundation Fellowships
Writing Grants, Fellowships, Residencies
East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Kennan Institute Research Grants
Robert Schuman Centre
Alexander von Humboldt Institute
Teaching and Course Development
SSRC Eurasia Program Teaching Fellowships
Conference Travel Grants
ACLS Travel Grants
Workshops and Other Training Opportunities
Summer Research Laboratory at UIUC
IREX Regional Policy Symposium
Research and Study Abroad
American Councils for International Exchange (ACTR/ACCELS) ACTR/ACCELS offers multiple programs, including the following. http://www.americancouncils.org.assi
Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three to nine-month research trips to Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova.
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides full support and approximately ten hours per week of advanced language instruction for three to nine months in Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova.
Title VIII Southeast Europe Research and Language Study Program: Provides full support for four to nine months of research and/or language study in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro.
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship: Provides fellowships of up to $40,000 to post-doctoral scholars in the humanities and most social sciences. Applicants must plan to conduct research with a collaborator in East Central Europe or Eurasia.
Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship: Provides grants of up to 35,000 for field research (minimum of four months) on policy-relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants must hold a PhD in a policy-relevant field and have sufficient language-ability to carry out proposed research.
Fulbright Opportunities
The Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and Professionals offers research, lecturing and lecturing-research awards to Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Eurasia in a variety of disciplines. See also the European Union Affairs Research Program (#6214). http://www.cies.org
IREX
The International Research and Exchange Board offers multiple programs for U.S. and foreign scholars, including the following. http://www.irex.org
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities – Provides grants of two to nine months for doctoral students and senior scholars for research at institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
IREX Short-Term Travel Grants – Provides grants for scholarly projects of up to two months focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Policy-Connect Collaborative Research Grants - Provides support (up to $30,000 and 12 months) to collaborative teams of 2-3 US scholars or professionals for overseas research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy.
US Embassy Policy Specialist Program (EPS) - offers US senior scholars the opportunity to conduct research abroad and serve as experts to a US embassy or consulate for approximately one month.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
The American Council of Learned Societies offers multiple fellowship programs, including the following which provide postdoctoral scholars the opportunity to conduct full-time research and writing (for 6-12 months) in the social sciences and humanities and related to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Maximum award is $25,000; eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents. http://www.acls.org/seguide.htm#postdoc
Research Fellowships are for scholars with area expertise in Southeastern Europe for six to twelve months of research and writing.
Developmental Fellowships are for scholars with primary area expertise in a region of the world outside Southeastern Europe for six to twelve months to acquire expertise in Southeastern Europe, including language skills, in order to add a SEE comparative perspective to their current or proposed research.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Postdoctoral Research Grants
SSRC provides postdoctoral research grants to alleviate many of the burdens placed upon recent PhD recipients, these awards of up to $20,000 aim to provide junior faculty and independent scholars with support to focus on significantly revising and re-writing an existing project or on designing a new research project. http://www.ssrc.org
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER)
NCEEER is the largest provider of resources to U.S. scholars for post-doctoral research in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. It offers multiple opportunities including the National Research Competition, Policy Research Fellowship, Ed Hewett Fellowship, Regional Scholar Exchange Program, and NEH Collaborative Humanities Fellowship. http://www.nceeer.org
Civic Education Project
The CEP Visiting Lecturer program supports higher education reform in universities in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia by placing advanced graduate students/faculty in social science departments for a year of teaching and program development. http://www.cep.org.hu
Institute of Current World Affairs / Crane-Rogers Foundation Fellowships
The institute awards fellowships for self-designed independent study abroad for a minimum period of two years to young women and men under 36 years of age who demonstrate initiative, integrity, outstanding character, good communications skills, seriousness of purpose, and enthusiasm for their chosen fields. http://www.icwa.org/contents.htm
Writing Grants, Fellowships, Residencies
East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center
EES offers multiple grant opportunities for research related to East and Southeast Europe. http://www.wilsoncenter.org
Title VIII Research Scholarships are available to American citizens (or permanent residents) in the early stages of their academic careers (generally before tenure but after Ph.D.) or to scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed. Research scholarships will be awarded for 2-4 months of research in Washington, DC. Office space at the Wilson Center and a research assistant will be provided whenever possible.
Short-term Grants are available to scholars, including advanced graduate students, who require specialized access to Washington, DC and its research institutions. Grants are for one month and do not include residence at the Wilson Center.
Kennan Institute Research Grants
The Kennan Institute offers multiple grant opportunities for research related to Russia and the Soviet successor states, as well as paid research assistant positions. http://www.wilsoncenter.org
Title VIII Research Scholarships - lasting three to nine months are available to academic participants in the early stages of their career (before tenure) or scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents. The Title VIII Research Scholar grant offers a stipend of $3,000 per month, research facilities, word processing support, and some research assistance.
Short-Term Grants - (up to one month's duration) for scholars who demonstrate a particular need to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized resources of the Washington, D.C. area. Short-Term Grants provide a stipend of $100 per day. There are no citizenship requirements.
Robert Schuman Centre
The Schuman Centre offers multiple opportunities for post-doctoral research and writing at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Fellowships are generally awarded to nationals of European Union Member States, though applications from other states are also considered. http://www.iue.it/Servac/Postdoctoral
Alexander von Humboldt Institute
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified scholars under age to carry out research projects of their own choice at German universities for 6-24 months. http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/
Teaching and Course Development
SSRC Eurasia Program Teaching Fellowships
The Eurasia Program's Teaching Fellowships provide up to $7,000 of support for the development and re-creation of original and innovative course curricula. http://www.ssrc.org
Conference Travel Grants
ACLS Travel Grants
Grants will be made to support travel for presentation of papers on Southeastern Europe at scholarly conferences ($1,000 for travel within North America; $2,500 for intercontinental travel). http://www.acls.org
Workshops and Other Training Opportunities
Summer Research Laboratory at UIUC
The Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia (SRL), held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is a multi-week program of workshops and independent library research. Associates are given full access to the collection and resources of the University of Illinois Library, the largest Slavic collection west of Washington, DC, and are able to seek advice from the reference librarians of the Slavic and East European Library. Participation is open to graduate students, Ph.D. recipients employed within and outside of academia, regional specialists, area librarians, and other specialists. http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html
IREX Regional Policy Symposium
The Regional Policy Symposium Program, initiated in 2000 as a new model for supporting scholarship, provides US students, scholars, and professionals with a forum to examine and discuss current policy research on the countries of Eurasia and Central and East Europe from multi-disciplinary and multi-regional approaches. The research ultimately results in the development and dissemination of policy recommendations to academic and policy communities. http://www.irex.org/programs/symp/index.asp |
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