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| Title VIII Grant Program - Current Grantee OrganizationsFY 2007 FUNDING UNDER THE RESEARCH AND TRAINING FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ACT OF 1983 (Title VIII) Under Secretary Burns approved on August 1, 2007, the FY 2007 funding recommendations of the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The FY 2007 Title VIII Program grants were awarded in late September 2007. American Council of Learned Societies Grant: $410,000 ($410,000 Southeast Europe) Purpose: To support Dissertation Fellowships, Language Grants to Institutions and Individuals, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Conference Grants and Travel Grants. Contact: Andrzej W. Tymowski, Director of International Programs American Councils for International Education Grant: $360,000 ($360,000 Eurasia) Purpose: To support activities in Eurasia, including fellowships for Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies, Eurasia Regional Language, Combined Research and Language Training, Research Scholars, Special Initiatives Research, and the Russian Language Flagship Program. Contact: Jeanette S. Owen, Ph.D., Senior Program Manager International Research and Exchanges Board Grant: $635,000 ($400,000 Eurasia; $235,000 Southeast Europe) Purpose: To support Individual Advanced Research Opportunities, the Contact: Joyce Warner, Director, Academic Exchanges and Research Division National Council for Eurasian and East European Research Grant: $750,000 ($500,000 Eurasia; $250,000 Southeast Europe) Purpose: To support the National Research Program, the Hewett Fellows, Contact: Robert Huber, President Social Science Research Council Grant: $560,000 ($560,000 Eurasia) Purpose: To support SSRC's National Fellowship Program, Field Building Activities and Language Training Grants to Institutions. Contact: Anthony Koliha, Assistant Director, Eurasia Program University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Grant: $210,000 ($140,000 Eurasia; $70,000 Southeast Europe) Purpose: To support the Summer Research Lab and Slavic Reference Service Personnel, Programming, and Material Dissemination and Program Advertising. Contact: Merrily Shaw, Assistant to the Director of the Russian, Eurasian and East European Center The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Grant: $635,000 ($365,000 Eurasia; $270,000 Southeast Europe) Purpose: To support Research Scholar and Research Assistant Programs, Contact: Martin Sletzinger, Director, East European Studies The Woodrow Wilson Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
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