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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4084]

 
FY 2002 Funding under the Research and Training for Eastern 
Europe and The Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 
1983 (Title VIII)

    Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage approved on May 22, 
2002, the FY 2002 funding recommendations of the Advisory Committee for 
the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union. The Title VIII program, administered by the U.S. 
Department of State, seeks to build expertise on the countries of 
Eurasia and Central and East Europe through support to national 
organizations in the U.S. for advanced research, language and graduate 
training, and other activities conducted domestically and on-site. The 
FY 2002 grant recipients are listed below.

1. American Council of Learned Societies

    Grant: $480,000 (EE).
    Purpose: To support dissertation and post-doctoral research 
fellowships; institutional language training grants in the U.S. 
covering the basic languages of Central and East Europe; individual 
language training fellowships; and the Junior Scholars' Training 
Seminar with the Woodrow Wilson Center.
    Contact: Andrzej Tymowski, Executive Associate, American Council of 
Learned Societies, 663 Third Avenue, 8C, New York, NY 10017-6795. (212) 
697-1505 (ext. 134/135). Fax (212) 949-8058. e-mail: ANDRZEJ@acls.org.

2. American Councils for International Education

    Grant: $490,000 ($420,000-NIS, $70,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support on-site individual language training 
fellowships in advanced Russian, the non-Russian languages of Eurasia, 
and the Central European languages; the Research Scholars and Junior 
Faculty fellowships; and the Combined Language Training and Research 
fellowships, including a Special Research Initiative on Central Asia; 
Research Scholar and Junior Faculty research fellowships.
    Contact: Graham Hettlinger, American Councils for International 
Education, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 
20036. (202) 833-7522. Fax (202) 833-7523. e-mail: Hettlinger@actr.org.

3. The William Davidson Institute of the University of Michigan 
Business School

    Grant: $210,000 (120,000-NIS; $90,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support grants for pre- and post-doctoral research 
projects on economic and business development and public policy to 
develop free markets in the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
    Contact: Deborah Jahn, Administrative Director, The William 
Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School, 724 East 
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234. (734) 615-4562. Fax (734) 
763-5850. e-mail: djahn@umich.edu.

4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Grant: $160,000 ($130,000-NIS; $30,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support the Summer Research Laboratory, which provides 
dormitory housing and access to the University's library for advanced 
research, and the Slavic Reference Service, which locates materials 
unavailable through regular interlibrary loan.
    Contact: Dianne Merridith, Program Administrator, Russian and East

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European Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 
International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 
61820. (217) 333-1244. Fax (217) 333-1582. e-mail: reec@uiuc.edu.

5. International Research and Exchanges Board

    Grant: $705,000 ($440,000-NIS; $265,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support Individual Advanced Research Opportunities at 
the pre- and post-doctoral levels for on-site research; Short-term 
Travel Grants for senior scholars; a Regional Policy Symposium on 
Central Asia and Its Neighbors, in conjunction with the Woodrow Wilson 
Center; dissemination activities; and Policy Forums.
    Contact: Joyce Warner, Director, Academic Exchanges and Research 
Division, International Research and Exchanges Board, 2121 K Street, 
NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037. (202) 628-8188. Fax (202) 628-
8189. e-mail: jwarner@irex.org.

6. National Council for Eurasian and East European Research

    Grant: $1,175,000 ($900,000-NIS; $275,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support the post-doctoral National Research Program of 
research contracts for collaborative projects and fellowship grants for 
individuals; Policy Research Fellowships in Eurasia and Central and 
East Europe for junior post-doctoral scholars; Short-term research 
grants to focus on Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Balkans; and the Ed. 
A. Hewett Fellowship Program to allow a scholar to work on a research 
project for up to a year while serving in a USG agency.
    Contact: Robert Huber, President, National Council for Eurasian and 
East European Research, 910 17th Street, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 
20006. (202) 822-6950. Fax (202) 822-6955. e-mail: nceeerdc@aol.com.

7. Social Science Research Council

    Grant: $760,000 ($730,000-NIS, $30,000-Baltics).
    Purpose: To support pre-doctoral fellowships, including advanced 
graduate and dissertation; post-doctoral fellowships; a dissertation 
workshop on understudied regions; and the institutional language 
programs for advanced Russian, other Eurasian languages, and the Baltic 
languages.
    Contact: Seteney Shami, Program Director, Social Science Research 
Council, 810 7th Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019. (212) 377-
2700. Fax (212) 377-2727. e-mail: shami@ssrc.org.

8. The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

    Grant: $770,000 ($490,000-NIS; $280,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support the residential programs for post-doctoral 
Research Scholars, Short-term Scholars and Interns; the Meetings, 
Outreach and Publications Programs of the Kennan Institute for Advanced 
Russian Studies and East European Studies of the European Program, 
including the Kennan's Workshop on Conflict in the Former Soviet Union, 
and the East European Program's Junior Scholars' Training Seminar with 
the American Council of Learned Societies.
    Contact: Nancy Popson, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute, (202) 
691-4100. Fax (202) 691-4247. e-mail: popsonna@wwic.si.edu; or, Martin 
Sletzinger, Director, East European Studies, The Wilson Center, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-3027. (202) 691-4263. 
Fax (202) 691-4247. e-mail: CrisenSa@wwic.si.edu.

    Dated: August 21, 2002.
Kenneth E. Roberts,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Department of State.
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