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 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 US 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 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
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Released August 22, 2002
