[Federal Register: September 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 175)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 4477]
FY 2003 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 29,
2003, the FY 2003 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 overseas. The
FY 2003 grant recipients are listed below.
1. American Council of Learned Societies
Grant: $500,000 ($500,000-AEEB).
Purpose: To support institutional language training in the U.S., to
include the Baltic States for the first time in 2005; individual
language training fellowships, including the Baltic languages beginning
in 2004; dissertation fellowships; Junior Scholars' Training Seminar;
and post-doctoral research fellowships.
Contact: Andrzej W. Tymowski, Director of International Programs,
American Council of Learned Societies, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY
10017-6795.
Tel: (212) 697-1505, ext. 145, Fax: (212) 949-8058.
E-mail: ANDRZEJ@acls.org
2. American Councils for International Education
Grant: $525,000 ($425,000-Eurasia, $100,000-AEEB).
Purpose: To support fellowships for advanced Russian and Eurasian
and East Central European languages; fellowships for the Combined
Research and Language Training Program; and the Research Scholar/Junior
Faculty fellowships.
Contact: Graham Hettlinger, Program Manager American Councils for
International Education, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20036.
Tel: (202) 833-7522, ext. 168, Fax: (202) 833-7523.
E-mail: hettlinger@actr.org
3. The William Davidson Institute of the University of Michigan
Business School
Grant: $245,000 ($145,000-Eurasia; $100,000-AEEB)
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
Region.
Contact: Kelly Janiga, Administrative Director, The William
Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School, 724 East
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234.
Tel: (734) 615-4562, Fax: (734) 763-5850.
Email: janigak@umich.edu
4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grant: $129,000 ($99,000-Eurasia; $30,000-AEEB)
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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; a CD burner and scanner;
and a subscription for the virtual reference software--Docutek.
Contact: Merrily Shaw, Assistant to the Director of the Russian and
East European Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104
International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL
61820.
Tel: (217) 244-4721/333-1244, Fax: (217) 333-1582.
E-mail: mshaw2@uiuc.edu or reec@uiuc.edu
5. International Research and Exchanges Board
Grant: $756,000 ($481,000-Eurasia; $275,000-AEEB)
Purpose: To support Individual Advanced Research Opportunities
providing pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships in Policy R&D;
short-term travel grants; and a Regional Policy Forum on the Caucasus
Region, in conjunction with the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Contact: Joyce Warner, Director, Academic Exchanges and Research
Division, International Research and Exchanges Board, 2121 K Street,
NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037.
Tel: (202) 628-8188, Fax: (202) 628-8189.
E-mail: jwarner@irex.org
6. National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
Grant: $1,210,000 ($925,000-Eurasia; $285,000-AEEB).
Purpose: To support the Policy Research Fellowships in Eurasia and
Central and East Europe for junior post-doctoral scholars; the Ed A.
Hewett Fellowship Program to allow a scholar to work on a Research
project for a year while serving in a USG agency or U.S. embassy
overseas; short-term research grants to focus on Central Asia, the
Caucasus, and the Balkans; and the post-doctoral National Research
Program of research contracts for collaborative projects and fellowship
grants for individuals.
Contact: Robert Huber, President, National Council for Eurasian and
East European Research, 910 Seventeenth Street, NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20006.
Tel: (202) 822-6950, Fax: (202) 822-6955.
E-mail: dc@nceeer.org
7. Social Science Research Council
Grant: $775,000 ($775,000-Eurasia).
Purpose: To support pre-doctoral fellowships, including advanced
graduate and dissertation; post-doctoral fellowships; curriculum
development and teaching fellowships; one dissertation workshop on
understudied regions; and the institutional language programs for
advanced Russian and other Eurasian languages.
Contact: Seteney Shami, Program Director, Social Science Research
Council, 810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019.
Tel: (212) 377-2700, Fax: (212) 377-2727.
E-mail: shami@ssrc.org
8. The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
Grant: $783,000 ($495,000-Eurasia; $288,000-AEEB).
Purpose: To support the residential programs for post-doctoral
Research Scholars, Short-term Scholars and Interns; the Meetings
Program for both the Kennan Institute and East European Studies; the
Kennan Institute's Outreach and Publications; the Kennan Institute's
Workshop on Immigration, Forced Migration and Refugees in Central
Eurasia; and the East European Studies Program's Junior Scholars'
Training Seminar with the American Council of Learned Societies.
Contact: Nancy Popson, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute, Tel:
(202) 691-4100, E-mail: popsonna@wwic.si.edu; Martin Sletzinger,
Director, East European Studies, Tel: (202) 691-4263, E-mail:
sletzinm@wwic.si.edu, The Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-3027, Fax: (202) 691-4247.
Dated: September 2, 2003.
Kenneth E. Roberts,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Department of State.
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