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The Moscow EAC is pleased to send you the monthly program announcement for February 2007. Each month, we send this announcement to our contacts to provide you with updated information on opportunities for study in the United States. If you want to unsubscribe, please send us a note.
This month program announcement includes info on the following programs:
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| Open Society Institute
International Higher Education Support Program
Academic Fellowship Program
2007-2008 International Scholars Fellowship Program |
For complete information, please see:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/afp
The International Scholars Fellowship Program invites highly-qualified scholars in social sciences and humanities from around the world to teach and/or consult at selected university departments in South Eastern Europe, parts of the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.
The program, part of the Academic Fellowship Program (AFP), welcomes applications from faculty, retired faculty, and others holding PhDs in anthropology, area/cultural studies, gender studies, economics, history, political science, international relations, psychology, public administration, philosophy, social work, sociology, public health, human rights & public law, and journalism/media studies. The program does not support scholars in philology, the visual and performing arts, or business.
Candidates apply to teach outside their country of citizenship and must hold an internationally-recognized PhD or JD. AFP accepts applications for fellowship placements in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine. AFP fellows are placed in carefully selected university departments that are amenable to change and demonstrate a realistic and clear vision for future development. A list of current AFP partner departments can be found on our website. The list is subject to change in the 2007-08 academic year.
The International Scholars Fellowship Program offers two arrangements:
1) Nonresident International Scholars share their expertise with host departments on a consulting basis, visiting the institution for several short consultations and remaining in contact for mentoring and advice between visits. Nonresident fellows are senior or well-established academics; recent PhD recipients are not be considered.
2) Resident International Scholars live in the host country and teach courses for one academic year at partner universities. Fellows also work on a variety of projects within their host departments, and benefit from the diverse academic network connecting AFP program countries. The resident option is available for placements ONLY in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia.
Fellowships generally include a stipend, transportation, and accommodation. Resident fellows also receive health insurance and various other allowances.
Application deadline: March 23, 2007
Fellowships begin in August or September 2007 and normally last one academic year, with the possibility of renewal. For applications and guidelines, please see our web site: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/afp
Open Society Institute
Higher Education Support Program
Academic Fellowship Program
October 6 utca 12, H-1051, Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: afp@osi.hu
Telephone: (36-1) 235 6160; Fax: (36-1) 411-4401 |
| The Hubert H. Humphrey Program of the 2008-2009 Academic Year |
The U.S. Embassy and the Fulbright Office Russia has announced the start of the recruitment year for The Hubert H. Humphrey Program of the 2008-2009 academic year. The one-year program provides mid-career professionals an opportunity to pursue graduate-level academic course work with professional development activities in the U.S. Candidates, who have at least five years of professional experience, are selected from specified fields, including communications; educational management; drug abuse education, treatment and prevention; administration; HIV/AIDS policy and prevention; trafficking in persons; natural resources and environmental management; public health; and public administration; urban and regional planning, among other fields. The closing date for submission of applications is September 7, 2007. For more information, please see the Embassy address: www.usembassy.ru, under U.S.-Russian Cooperation and Exchange Programs. |
| Dean College - Undergraduate Awards of $8,000 - $12,000 |
Dean College is a celebrated New England institution with a 100-acre campus tucked in the town of Franklin, Massachusetts. The college would like to expand its international degree-seeking student population. Currently, our international students comprise 10% of our student body and complete 2-year associate degree programs in Business Administration. As we closely have monitored international student needs and listened to their feedback, we added an Accelerated Business degree (completed in 12-15 months.) We also have added staff to our FOCUS Program, which is designed to help international students achieve academic-level English language proficiency while they are earning a degree. The following degree programs are also available: Communications, Criminal Justice, Dance, Early Childhood Education,
Health Sciences, Sports/Fitness Studies, Theatre Arts and Liberal Arts.
All students accepted to Dean College are evaluated for Dean College Scholarships. These scholarships are based solely on the information that students provide on their admissions application, they are NOT based on financial need.
- Trustee's Scholarship: The Trustee's Scholarship recognizes outstanding academic accomplishments or potential while in high school. Students need to maintain Satisfactory Academic progress in order to have the award renewed for the following year. The amount for this scholarship ranges from $10,000 to $12,000 per year.
- President's Leadership Scholarship: This scholarship recognizes students who held leadership positions during their high school careers or who have a history of community service. Award amounts range from $8,000 - $12,000 per academic year and are renewable as long as students maintain Satisfactory Academic progress.
- Performing Arts Scholarship: The Performing Arts Scholarship recognizes outstanding achievement in either Dance or Theatre. Students who have demonstrated their ability to perform will be considered for these awards. Students must also declare either Dance or Theatre as their academic major. Award amounts range from $5,000 to $11,000 per academic year and are renewable provided that the student continues to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress and major in dance or theatre. If a student changes majors during their Dean career, their award will be revised and may cause a reduction in the amount of the award.
http://www.dean.edu/
Clarissa J. Walker
Associate Director/International Student Counselor
cwalker@dean.edu
Office of Admissions
Dean College
99 Main St.
Franklin, MA 02038
508-541-1512 |
| 2007 Global Supplementary Grant Program (selected countries of
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union) |
The Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs offers supplementary grants to students from selected countries of Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. The purpose of the program is to enable qualified students to pursue doctoral studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at accredited universities in Western Europe, Middle/Near East, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North
America.
Eligibility
The Global SGP is available to citizens of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Students pursuing doctorates in the medical, physical, chemical, technical or natural sciences as well as fine or performing arts are not eligible for this grant. This includes:
- Business Administration/Management Training
- Computer Science
- Finance/Banking/Marketing
- Engineering
- Hard & Natural Sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
- Mathematics
- Medical Sciences
Global SGP grants are for students pursuing doctorates only. Students admitted to master's programs with the intent to continue, but not clear admission into a Ph.D. program, are ineligible. Please note that this is a supplementary program, not intended for full funding. Applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support from other
sources.
Application and Deadline
The application deadline is April 2, 2007 (for students pursuing Ph.D. in North America, Asia, Australia) and June 4, 2007 (for students pursuing Ph.D. in European Union). Enclosed please find as a separate attachment academic year 2007/2008 application form for the Global Supplementary Grant Program. Academic year 2007/2008 application form is also available at our web site
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas.
Applicants may also apply online at http://www.soros.org/grants/oas |
| 2008 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Foreign Students |
The International Fulbright Science and Technology (S&T) Award for outstanding foreign students, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State, is designed to be among the most prestigious international scholarships in science and technology. The Fulbright S&T Award is for Ph.D. study at top U.S. institutions in science, technology, or engineering.
For its pilot year (2007-2008), winners of this new Fulbright scholarship come all world regions. Recipients were chosen through a rigorous, multi-tiered, merit-based selection process consisting of in-country competition and review, field and discipline merit review by top-level U.S. academic leaders, and nomination by a blue ribbon
Advisory Panel, including a Nobel Laureate and university deans and presidents. Final selection was made by the Presidentially appointed Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
For additional information, please contact the U.S. Embassy or Fulbright Commission in your country of citizenship for additional information or application materials.
Application procedures:
Each applicant will be required to submit an online application at https://apply.embark.com/student/fulbright/international along with all supporting documents. Deadline for applications is June 1, 2007. |
| Rotary World Peace Fellowships: "Training professionals in conflict
resolution and mediation strategies" |
The Rotary World Peace Fellowships train professionals in conflict resolution and mediation strategies to foster policies and create settings that ensure peace worldwide. The master's level degree program is aimed at mid-career professionals in government, nongovernmental organizations and private corporations. Program alumni have found high-ranking positions for organizations such as USAID, the United Nations, Interpol and the World Bank. Rotary, one of the world's largest humanitarian service organizations has partnered with seven leading universities around the globe to develop the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.
The Fellowship will include funding for:
- Tuition and fees: university registration fees, tuition for a typical course load for the two-year degree program, and all other fees required by the university.
- Room and board: a monthly stipend for room and board based on the reasonable cost of student living in the study area. The Rotary Foundation will determine monthly stipends in consultation with the University Partners.
- Transportation: round-trip transportation between the Fellow's home and study cities at the start and end of the Fellowship period.
- Contingency expenses: a stipend to cover the cost of books and supplies, thesis costs, costs associated with service obligations, and other unanticipated costs. Contingency funds will be provided at the beginning of each academic year during the two-year Fellowship period.
- Applied Field Experience funding: Limited funding is available to Fellows to support degree-related projects such as internships, volunteer work, and research. Fellows apply for funding during the first academic year of the Fellowship period.
- Conference funding: Limited funding is available to Fellows to support attending professional conferences.
Timeline:
March 2007: Clubs conduct interview and selection process and submit their club-endorsed applications to the district in accordance with district deadline.
Rotary requests your help to seek out qualified candidates for our
Rotary Centers. For more information, please visit:
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/centers/index.html.
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| The Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter ($5,000
for dissertation research) |
The Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter is an annual award of $5,000 given to a doctoral student to support dissertation research and writing on an aspect of the United States political process and public policy, broadly defined.
The Selection Committee will consider research in any field related to the study of the United States political process and public policy, broadly defined, during the last half of the 20th century. Of special interest is the role and analysis of public opinion in that process.
Doctoral students in Political Science, History, Journalism, Communications, Public Policy, Foreign Relations, or American Studies are encouraged to apply.
Application deadline is May 1, 2007. For more information, please visit the Ford Library website at: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/fsa.asp |
| Early American Economy and Society of the Library Company of
Philadelphia (Opportunities for a range of applicants) |
American history (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for fellowships at the Program in Early American Economy and Society of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Deadline: March 1, 2007
The Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for its three types of fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2006-2007, as follows:
1. One postdoctoral research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $40,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008. It may also be divided between two scholars, who would each receive $20,000 for the periods between Sept. 1, 2007 to December. 15, 2007 or December 15, 2007 to May 31, 2008.
2. One dissertation-level fellowship, carrying a stipend of $18,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008. It may also be divided between two scholars, who would each receive $9,000 for the periods between Sept. 1, 2007 to December 15, 2007 or December 15, 2007 to May 31, 2008.
3. Available to scholars at all levels, four one-month fellowships, carrying stipends of $1,800 each, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008.
Contact: Cathy Matson, Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.19107-5698;
E-mail: cmatson@udel.edu
http://www.librarycompany.org
http://www.librarycompany.org/economics/efellowships.htm |
| Call for Applications for the Global Supplementary Grant Program |
The Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs offers supplementary grants to students from selected countries of Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. The purpose of the program is to enable qualified students to pursue doctoral studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at accredited universities in Western Europe, Middle/Near East, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.
Eligibility
The Global SGP is available to citizens of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Students pursuing doctorates in the medical, physical, chemical, technical or natural sciences as well as fine or performing arts are not eligible for this grant. This includes:
- Business Administration/Management Training
- Computer Science
- Finance/Banking/Marketing
- Engineering
- Hard & Natural Sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
- Mathematics
- Medical Sciences
Global SGP grants are for students pursuing doctorates only. Students admitted to master's programs with the intent to continue, but not clear admission into a Ph.D . program, are ineligible.
Please note that this is a supplementary program, not intended for full funding. Applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support from other sources.
Applying
Enclosed please find as a separate attachment academic year 2007/2008 application form for the Global Supplementary Grant Program. Academic year 2007/2008 application form is also available at our web site http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas. Applicants may also apply online at http://www.soros.org/grants/oas. (Please note that the online application will not be ready until Friday, January 26, 2007)
Deadline
The application deadline is April 2, 2007 (for students pursuing Ph.D. in North America, Asia, Australia) and June 4, 2007 (for students pursuing Ph.D. in European Union). Applications mailed directly to New York must be postmarked April 2/June 4 at the latest, or DHL'd on this date by the National Foundation. Applications will not be accepted after the April 2/June 4 deadline. Late applications will be automatically disqualified fast) |
| College Insider Resources Scholarship Program |
Deadline: May 1, 2007
Award Amount: Minimum $1000 Maximum $5000
Website : http ://ezcir.com/requestform.htm
Description: The College Insider Resource Scholarship Program is available to undergraduate students who have a minimum 2.0 GPA. You must be enrolled at an accredited college, university or technical school to be eligible for this award. |
| Digital Dorm Room Essay Contest |
Deadline : March 16, 2007
Award Amount- $250-1000
Website http://www.gradware.com/EssayScholarship.asp
Description
The Digital Dorm Room of the Future Essay Contest is available to college-bound high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate college students. You must submit an essay of 750 words or less that describes how you envision the digital dorm room in the year 2020. What kind of emerging or future technologies do you think students of the future will be utilizing? How will the student's academic and dorm life change in the future due to these technologies? |
| Women's history Applications for grants for research requiring access to the holdings of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. |
Deadline: April 5, 2007
Contact: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Phone: (617) 495-8262
Web: www.radcliffe.edu/schles/grants |
| Kislak Fellowship in American Studies at the Library of Congress |
Date: 2007-02-28
Description: Research related to the discovery, contact, and colonial periods in Florida, the Caribbean, and Mesoamerica using the Jay Kislak Collection Open to scholars worldwide
Stipend: $4,000 per month (no more than eight months) Further information: The Library of Congress' Kluge Center invites qualified applicants to apply.
Contact: scholarly@loc.gov
URL: www.loc.gov/loc/kluge |
| James H. Bradley Fellowships in Montana History |
Location: Montana
Date: 2007-03-01
Description: The Montana Historical Society offers up to two JAMES H. BRADLEY FELLOWSHIPS every summer to graduate students, faculty, and/or independent scholars pursuing research on Montana history. The Fellowship stipend is $2,500. The recipient of the award is expected to be in residence for four weeks between ...
Contact: mkruckenberg@mt.gov
URL: www.mhs.mt.gov/research/library/bradley.asp |
| The Kentucky Library & Museum Fellowship |
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2007-04-01
Description: The Kentucky Library & Museum (Special Collections) at Western Kentucky University is offering a fellowship of $500 to encourage the scholarly use of its nationally significant collection. Funds may be used for travel expenses to Bowling Green or for photocopying fees.
Contact: nancy.baird@wku.edu
URL: www.wku.edu/Library/kylm/about/fellowship.html |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship- The Solomon Asch Center at UPenn |
The Solomon Asch Center is accepting applications for an Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship on power-sharing in deeply divided places. The Fellowship begins July 1, 2007 and ends June 30, 2008; it includes a stipend of $35,000 plus health insurance and roundtrip travel.
Duties will include research on projects that are the focus of the application, assistance with management of the Sawyer seminar series, and active participation in the intellectual life of the Center. To be eligible for the Fellowship, candidates must have submitted their dissertation for examination by July 1, 2007.
Applicants should send a CV, two letters of recommendation (flap sealed and signed by recommender), and a statement describing the intended research project. Applications must be received by March 15, 2007 and should be addressed to Dr. Roy Eidelson, Executive Director, Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, 3819-33 Chestnut Street, Suite 305, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Please direct all inquiries to Stephan Stohler at sstohler@sas. upenn.edu
Website: http://www.psych. upenn.edu/ sacsec/ |
| Ph.D. in Computing at Virginia Tech |
The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute has several open Ph.D. student positions. Our College of Engineering consistently ranks among the best in the United States.
Qualifications required include a BS/MS (diploma) in Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics, and strong interest in research. Interested candidates should contact Prof. Adrian Sandu (address below).
Our group's research interests are in the area of computational science/numerical
analysis/parallel and high performance computing. We have a lot of interesting projects going on. We develop numerical algorithms and software for the simulation of air pollution, for the assimilation of observational data into the models, adaptive mesh and time-step algorithms for large scale parallel simulations, methods to model systems with uncertainty, etc. Besides air pollution, other applications include mechanical engineering, fluid mechanics, and computational biology.
Please go to the web page http://people. cs.vt.edu/~asandu/Research /research.html for a brief description of some of the current projects.
The research environment at Virginia Tech is exceptional for doctoral studies and research in the area of Computational Science. The Computer Science Department has a strong group in computational science, numerical analysis, and high performance computing. Research encompasses parallel and grid computing, numerical linear algebra, optimization, numerical methods for ode/pde, etc, with diverse application areas.
The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech considers Computational Science a high priority direction, and performed a "cluster hire" in 2004 of several new faculty in our area. The university has recently built System X. This cluster has 1,100 nodes, each node containing two 64-bit PPC970 2GHz Apple G5 processors, 4MB of memory, and 160 GB of storage. The communication backplane uses Inifiniband technology and allows 20 Gbps full duplex bandwidth. Recent benchmarks showed a sustained performance of over 12.5 Tflop/s, positioning this machine as the third fastest supercomputer in the world (and the fastest academic supercomputer). See e.g., http://computing. vt.edu/research_ computing/ terascale.
For more information please contact me directly at the address below.
Adrian Sandu, Assoc. Prof. Phone: (540) 231-2193
Department of Computer Science Fax: (540) 231-6075
Virginia Tech Email: sandu@cs.vt. edu
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 URL: http://www.cs. vt.edu/~asandu |
| Tufts University |
General Linguistics: Post Doc
University or Organization: Tufts University
Department: Center for Cognitive Studies
Web Address: http://ase.tufts. edu/cogstud
Job Rank: Post Doc
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics
Description:
The Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University has a position for 2007-8 for a postdoctoral fellow with research interests in linguistics or psycholinguistics. Individuals are encouraged to apply who have an interest in applying Conceptual Semantics, the Parallel Architecture, or the Simpler Syntax Hypothesis to new areas of empirical investigation, or to build connections between these theories and other frameworks such as formal semantics, HPSG, and Optimality Theory. In addition to pursuing research, the fellow will participate in teaching an introductory linguistics course and will also participate in interdisciplinary seminars and workshops sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Studies. The fellow will receive a competitive stipend.
Applicants should submit a short research proposal of no more than 3 single-spaced pages; a curriculum vitae; a one-page description of approach to teaching/mentoring and teaching experience; and three letters of recommendation. Deadline for applications is March 15th.
Tufts is an EO/AAE employer.
Address for Applications:
Prof. Ray Jackendoff
Center for Cognitive Studies
11 Miner Hall
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
USA
Application Deadline: 15-Mar-2007 |
| Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University |
International Health Policy Scholarship 2007, a full tuition scholarship for a student to pursue a Master of Science degree in International Health Policy and Management at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. The MS/IHPM degree is a one year program. More details about the program can be found on our website athttp://heller.brandeis.edu/sid.
The ideal candidate for the MS/IHPM Scholarship is an early to midcareer development professional whose professional interests lie in the field of health policy, particularly in developing countries and vulnerable populations. Details about the scholarship can be found on our website at the following link:
http://heller.brandeis.edu/sid/programs_msc_admis_scholar.htm
James Sabourin
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University/MS 035
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
USA
781.736.2763 (TEL)
781.736.2774 (FAX)
sabourin@brandeis.edu
http://heller.brandeis.edu
http://heller.brandeis.edu/sid |
| The Feldman Fellowship 2007 at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University |
The Feldman Fellowship 2007 is a full scholarship (including full fees and living allowance) for a student to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. The MA/SID degree is a two year program, one year of academics at Brandeis University, and a one year internship. More details about the program can be found on our website at http://heller.brandeis.edu/sid.
The ideal candidate for the Feldman Fellowship is an early to mid career development professional whose professional interests lie in the field of integrated conservation and development. Details about the fellowship can be found on the attached announcement flier, which I would also request that you forward to any parties you feel it may interest/benefit.
James Sabourin
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University/MS 035
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
USA
781.736.2763 (TEL)
781.736.2774 (FAX)
sabourin@brandeis.edu
http://heller.brandeis.edu
http://heller.brandeis.edu/sid |
| CfE: Essay Competition 2007, World Bank |
March 15, 2007 - Deadline for submissions
May 17, 2007 - Final Jury in Bled, Slovenia
May 18, 2007 - Award Ceremony during the ABCDE Conference in Bled, Slovenia (The World Bank will cover travel and accommodation expenses for the finalists)
Topics: how does corruption affect your life? what can you do to fight corruption that you face?
Prizes: $5000 & $1000
Website: http://www.essaycompetition.org/
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| Summer Academy in Applied Science and Technology (SAAST) |
SAAST combines sophisticated theory with hands-on practical experience in cutting-edge technologies. Students can earn college credit in each of our six programs: Biotechnology, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Nanotechnology, Robotics, and Technology and Democracy.
SAAST is an intensive, three-week residential program concluded entirely in English. Students live in our well-furnished dormitories under the supervision of a professional Residential Director.
Financial aid to attend SAAST is available to international students, and we are committed to making it possible for highly qualified students to attend, regardless of their family income.
Application Deadline: 29-Mar-2007
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Office of Academic Programs
220 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391
USA
215.898.7246 (Tel)
215.573.5577 (Fax)
Apo@seas.upen.edu
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/saast/application_form.html |
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