Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:02:07 -0800 (PST)
Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Fellowships for NIS graduate study in U.S.
ANNOUNCING THE 1996 FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
A Program of the United States Information Agency
The 1996 Freedom Support Act (FSA) Graduate Fellowship Program
provides grants to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan to pursue one or
two years of graduate study at the master's level in the following
fields:
Communications/Journalism
Education Administration
Library and Information Science
Public Policy
The program is administered by the International Research &
Exchanges Board (IREX), the American Council of Teachers of
Russian/American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language
Study (ACTR/ACCELS), and the Soros Foundations/Open Society
Institute (Soros/OSI).
Fellowship provisions include:
*Tuition, room and board, stipend, medical insurance, book allowance;
*Round trip transportation to/from placement city in the United States.
Eligibility requirments include:
*Citizen of one of the 12 participating countries listed above;
*Under the age of 40 at the time of application (January 26, 1996);
*No alternative funding for study in the United States;
*Undergraduate degree or equivalent by June 1996;
*English Proficiency (written and spoken);
*Able to demonstrate professional aptitude and leadership potential
in field of specialization;
*No more than four months total employment, study, work, training or
living outside of Eurasia during the period June 1994
through June 1996.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 26, 1996
Further questions regarding eligibility, contact information, and
application procedures may be directed to IREX, ACTR/ACCELS, or
Soros/OSI.
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Alexandra Patten Wood and Aaron Twitchell
FSA Programs
IREX
1616 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
phone: 202-628-8188
fax: 202-628-8189
e-mail: muskie@info.irex.org
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