FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING ON THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES, THE SOVIET UNION, AND THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
September, 2003

The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce a Fellowship Program for research and training on the New Independent States, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Empire, funded by the U.S. Department of State under the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).

Fellowships are offered in the following categories:

• Predissertation Training Fellowships for students in their first or second year of a doctoral program,
• Dissertation Write-up Fellowships for graduate students who expect to complete writing the dissertation during the 2004-2005 academic year,
• Postdoctoral Fellowships for recent PhD recipients and junior faculty wishing to undertake research, and
• Teaching Fellowships for faculty members wishing to create and implement significantly revised or wholly new university courses.

The Eurasia Program will also hold two Dissertation Development Workshops in Spring 2004. One workshop will explore the theme of Governance in Eurasia, and the other workshop will allow participants to address Russia/Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with Middle East Studies.

In addition to the above-mentioned fellowships, the Eurasia Program also offers Summer Language Institute Grants to US universities that offer new or existing summer training courses on the languages of the NIS.

All applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents, and all fellowships awarded under this program are contingent upon receipt of funding from the U.S. Department of State. The deadline for the fellowship programs is November 3, 2003. Deadlines for the workshops and language grants may be found on the website.

Additional fellowship materials and applications are currently available on the SSRC website at http://www.ssrc.org/fellowhips/eurasia or you may contact the Eurasia Program staff at:

Eurasia Fellowship Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-377-2700
E-mail: eurasia@ssrc.org