Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:56:08 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Educational Funding for US studies
A few days ago Roseann Casey asked about funding information for NIS students
coming to the U.S.
Although it is too late this year to help her student, I wanted to share the
following information on NAFSA's Russian & Eurasian Awards Program, a
USIA funded scholarship program for upper division undergraduates and
graduate students from the NIS. The following description details the
eligibility requirements. Basically, though, if an eligible student has
been admitted to a U.S. college or university with good, but not total
support (i.e. a tuition waiver), the university can then apply for up to
$10,000 in non-tuition funding for the student.
We expect our next deadline to be in April 1996. Funding is not yet assured for
next year, but we are continuing to take names for our mailing list and will
announce the deadline for next year's program as soon as possible. If you are
interested in receiving more information, please send your complete mailing
address to me at either ChrisP@NAFSA.org or or REAP@NAFSA.org.
Chris Powers
Program Manager
Russian & Eurasian Awards Program
Russian & Eurasian Awards Program
With funding from the United States Information Agency,
NAFSA will again administer the Russian & Eurasian Awards
Program, providing supplementary grants of up to $10,000 to
U.S. institutions on behalf of qualified students from
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The Russian & Eurasian Awards Program can provide up to
$10,000 for student expenses; cost- sharing by the U.S.
institution is expected, generally in the form of a tuition
waiver.
Eligibility
Students must be undergraduate juniors or seniors or
graduate students, admitted to an accredited U.S.
institution.
Eligible fields of study are: public administration,
public policy, political science, urban planning, economics,
business, marketing, law, education, journalism, social
sciences, humanities (excluding the fine arts), library
science, English teaching and computer science. The hard
sciences, engineering and English as a Second Language are
not eligible fields of study.
Students receiving assistance under any other U.S.
government funded programs are not eligible.
Students currently living in the U.S. or enrolled in U.S.
institutions are not eligible.
Grant awards are contingent upon students obtaining and
maintaining J-1 visa status, including the two-year home
residency requirement.
U.S. institutions, not individual students, may apply.
The deadline for U.S. institutions to apply is expected to be April
1995.
For More Information
Please submit your name, title, address, telephone and fax
numbers to REAP Staff, NAFSA: Association of International
Educators, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1000,
Washington, DC 20009-5728. Tel: 202.462.4811. Fax:
202.667.3419. Internet: 202.667.3419. Internet: REAP@NAFSA.org.
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Subject: English teaching in Kyrgyzstan
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>From: John Clark <CLARKJ%GUVM.BITNET@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
For those who can pay their own way, 'Just doing it' is certainly
a possibility, but it doesn't hurt to have friends. Kyrgyzstan is
quite friendly. I've just spent 7+ months in Osh as a Fulbrighter
& had a good experience. Here are some contacts:
Osh State University - Rector: Bakyt Beshimov, Coordinator of
Interpretation: Almaz Burkutov south@infotel.bishkek.su
Institute of Western Education (Osh) - Head: Ron Taylor
rtaylor@infotel.bishkek.su
Kyrgyz-American School (Bishkek) - Dean: Camilla Sharshekeeva
camilla@kas.bishkek.su
Once connected, private offers of pay for English teaching are easy
to come by. The Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington is very helpful.
Contact: Asyl Imanalieva - kyrgyz@aol.com, voice 202-347-3732
fax 202-347-3718. She's pretty busy, so don't impose - she's
nice enough not to tell you you're imposing - so use her
sparingly, but she'll be very helpful when you get to the
visa part of the process.
John Clark
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