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American Councils for International Education
American Councils for International Education ACTR/ACCELS is now accepting applications for its Title VIII Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training programs in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. For a full list of countries eligible for each fellowship, please visit our website:
http://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/
Only U.S. citizens are eligible for these awards.
Fellowships will be offered in two categories:
Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three- to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Ukraine, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipend, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty.
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program:Provides full support for research and up to ten academic hours per week of advanced language instruction for three-to-nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Ukraine, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipend, tuition, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty.
For a full list of countries eligible for each fellowship, please see our website.
Funding for these programs is available through American Councils from the U.S. Department of State’s Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). All competitions for funding are open and merit based. All applications will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, or disability.
Applications are available for download at:
http://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/ or by contacting the American Councils Outbound Office.
For more information, please contact:
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1828 L St. NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
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).
Also, for helpful information on how to apply for a Fulbright Scholarship and what to expect from the program, visit http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/fulbright-program.
IREX
The International Research and Exchange Board offers multiple programs for U.S. and foreign scholars, including the following.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center
EES offers multiple grant opportunities for research related to East and Southeast Europe.
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.
Institute for New Economic Thinking Research Grants
The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) awards Research Grants to individuals and institutions to pursue ground-breaking high-impact research in the field of economics. The Research Grant program is one of the major initiatives of the Institute. INET plans to award approximately 50 grants per year ranging in value from $30,000-$250,000. Grants will be awarded primarily to individuals or teams of individuals affiliated with academic institutions, think tanks and other centers of vital research on questions of import. The Institute is particularly interested in funding early stage research and research scholars and realizes that related disciplines such as history, political science, psychology and adaptations from the physical sciences may offer much of value for the Institute’s program.
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.
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.
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.
Institute for New Economic Thinking Research Grants
The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) awards Research Grants to individuals and institutions to pursue ground-breaking high-impact research in the field of economics. The Research Grant program is one of the major initiatives of the Institute. INET plans to award approximately 50 grants per year ranging in value from $30,000-$250,000. Grants will be awarded primarily to individuals or teams of individuals affiliated with academic institutions, think tanks and other centers of vital research on questions of import. The Institute is particularly interested in funding early stage research and research scholars and realizes that related disciplines such as history, political science, psychology and adaptations from the physical sciences may offer much of value for the Institute's program.
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.
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).
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.
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.
