EURASIA FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS

(April, 1994)


     The Eurasia Foundation is a privately managed nonprofit grantmaking
     organization established with a major grant from the US Agency for
     International Development.  The Foundation  supports expert
     assistance, training, educational, and  policy programs in the New
     Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union (excluding the
     Baltic States) covering a wide range of activities in economic and
     democratic reform.

     One area of priority for the Eurasia Foundation is support for
     computer communications (electronic mail, on line services, database
     access) in the former Soviet Union.

     Examples of programs which have received Eurasia Foundation support
     include:

        *  A program which establishes "public access e-mail
             sites" at universities in Russia and Ukraine, and
             provides training for new users of e-mail

        *  A program which develops and distributes on-line
             information for the international technical
             cooperation community

        *  Equipment and training support for new e-mail
             networks in regions previously without access to
             computer communications


     The Eurasia Foundation invites letters of inquiry or proposals from
     organizations in the US or the countries of the former Soviet Union to
     promote access, training, and information resources for computer
     communications. Support is not typically offered for individuals,
     institutes or businesses seeking access to electronic mail, but
     instead for programs benefiting the access, training, or information
     resource needs of a community or group of organizations.  Letters of
     inquiry or proposals can be sent to the Foundation at any time.

     Proposals need not be elaborate but should include the following
     information where applicable:

        Program objectives

        Program design and implementation, including time frame,
        participant selection processes, follow-on strategy, and evaluation
        procedure

        Qualifications  and role of organizations and persons   engaged in
        work, including letters of support, where
        applicable

        Detailed budget, including in-kind contributions and
        contributions from other sources

        Standing of applications with other funding sources

        Tax and legal status

     Letters of inquiry and proposals will be considered promptly by the
     program staff. It is the Eurasia Foundation's policy to complete
     preliminary review within one month.  At that time it will either
     notify the applicant of a decision or request further information
     about  the program.   A request for further information does not imply
     that the Foundation will or will not support the program.  It simply
     indicates that the information is necessary in order to complete the
     evaluation.

     Letters of inquiry or proposals should be submitted to:

     Program Office
     The Eurasia Foundation
     1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
     Washington, DC  20036

     Internet: eurasia@eurasia.org
     Correspondence by electronic mail is encouraged.