The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers
a variety of special programs for Russia and the New Independent
States (NIS), including activities involving individual fellowships
or institutional linkages. For information on the Fulbright
Program, please visit the Fulbright
homepage.
UNDERGRADUATE (NON-DEGREE) PROGRAMS
Freedom Support Act Undergraduate Program
This program offers competitive scholarships for one academic
study year in the U.S. to undergraduate students from the NIS
in the fields of agriculture, American studies, business, civic
education, criminal justice studies, economics, communications/journalism,
computer science, education, EFL/TEFL, environmental management,
law, library and information science, political science, public
health, and sociology. Recruitment, selection, and placement
are administered through a grant to the American
Councils for International Education (ACTR) and Youth
for Understanding. Approximately 260 fellowships will be awarded
in 1999.
Bosnia
and Herzegovina Undergraduate
Development Program
This
program offers scholarships for one academic year of undergraduate
study in the U.S. to students from Bosnia and Herzegovina in
the fields of agriculture, civic education, business, communications
and journalism, criminal justice, economics, education, environmental
management, political science, and public administration. Bosnian
students are selected through an open, merit-based competition.
Approximately 15 fellowships will be awarded in 1999.
GRADUATE (DEGREE) PROGRAMS
Edmund
S. Muskie Freedom Support Act/
Graduate Fellowship Program
This
program provides Master's degree-level study in the U.S. in
the fields of business administration, economics, education
administration, law and law pedagogy, environmental management,
library and information science, mass communication/journalism,
public administration, public health, and public policy for
students and professionals from the Baltics and NIS. Candidates
are recruited through merit-based competition administered by
ACTR
and the Open
Society Institute. U.S. host campuses are selected
through a competitive process and generally provide tuition
waivers of fifty or sixty percent. Approximately 350 fellowships
will be awarded
in 1999.
Ron
Brown Fellowship Program (formerly the Central and Eastern European
Graduate Fellowship Program)
This
program offers fellowships for graduate study at the Master's
degree-level in the U.S. in the fields of business administration,
economics, communications/journalism, education administration,
environmental policy/resource management, law, and public administration/policy
for students and professionals under 40 years of age from Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia,
Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia. Candidates
are recruited by Fulbright
Commissions and/or USIS Posts overseas. In the U.S.,
the program is administered by the International
Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Approximately
47 fellowships will be awarded in 1999.
GRADUATE (NON-DEGREE) PROGRAMS
Freedom Support Act Russian-U.S. Young
Leadership
Fellows Program
This new
academic exchange program was established in 1998 for outstanding
Russian and American college graduates demonstrating leadership
skills and an interest in public service. Program enriches the
education and experience of young people with the potential
to contribute to the betterment of their country and to the
increased mutual understanding between Russia and the United
States. The program will provide one year of intensive academic
and professional training to young American and Russian leaders
in each others' countries. Fields of study are limited to American
and Russian area studies, conflict resolution, economics, government
studies, history, international relations, and political science.
IREX
receives a grant to administer the program. Approximately 80
fellowships will be awarded in 1999.
RESEARCH (NON-DEGREE) PROGRAMS
Regional
Scholar Exchange Program (RSEP)
This
program awards fellowships to scholars and university faculty
in the social sciences and humanities from Russia and the NIS
to undertake research at a U.S. university or institution, and
to Ph.D. candidates and scholars from the United States to perform
research at a university or institute in Russia and the NIS.
Fellowships are four to six months in length. In consultation
with their host advisers, RSEP scholars conduct research in
the humanities and social sciences in order to make meaningful
contributions to the advancement of higher education in their
specific fields of study in their home countries. ACTR
and the Kennan
Institute receive grants to administer the program.
Approximately 140 fellowships will be awarded in 1999.
Freedom
Support Act Fellowships in Contemporary Issues
This
program awards fellowships to government officials, NGO leaders,
and other professionals from the NIS engaged in the political,
economic, social, and educational transformation of their countries.
Fellows are placed at U.S. universities, think tanks, NGO's
or U.S. Government offices. Fellows conduct research on topics
related to the transition to democracy, free markets, and the
building of a civil society in their countries. Fellowships
are three, four, and six months. Fellows are matched with a
U.S. host adviser to guide the research, writing, professional
development, and advocacy skills. IREX
receives a grant to administer the program. Approximately 75
fellowships will be awarded in 1999.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT (NON-DEGREE) PROGRAMS
Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP)
This program
awards fellowships in the United states for university faculty
in the early stages of their careers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,
Russia, and Ukraine for one academic year to develop curricula,
acquire new teaching skills, and upgrade their knowledge in
the fields of American studies, architecture and urban planning,
arts management, business administration, cultural anthropology,
economics, education administration, environmental studies,
history, journalism, law, library science, literature, philosophy,
political science, psychology, public policy, public administration,
and sociology. Fellows participate in a two-month practical
internship at the end of the academic program. ACTR
receives a grant to administer the U.S. component of the program,
while the open competition and selection of candidates is overseen
by USIS posts in the fellows' home countries. Approximately
90 fellowships will be awarded
in 1999.
FSA ALUMNI PROGRAMS
Internet Access and Training Program (IATP)
Internet
sites and training sites have been established by the U.S. Department
of State (DOS) at universities, libraries and information resource
centers in Russia and the NIS in order to provide sustainable
access to, training in, and effective use of e-mail and Internet
resources to alumni of DOS's academic exchange and training
programs and their colleagues. This program promotes greater
communication with, and follow-on activities for DOS alumni.
Internet programs are also administrated in regions of Russia
designated by the Department of State as Regional Investment
Initiative sites.
For further information, contact:
European Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EUR)
U.S. Department of State
SA-44, 301 4th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20547
202/205-0525
email: [email protected]
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