CRF

Carnegie Fellowship Research Program Since 2001

Who Can Participate in the Program:

Scholars in the humanities and social sciences from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia (Kaliningrad and Rostov-on-Don only) and Ukraine

Scholars who are advanced in their research career (a minimal demand is a closing stage of the graduate school)

Scholars whose projects’ themes are connected with the themes of respective CASEs

Scholars whose English language proficiency is sufficient for completing an independent research project in the USA

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Scholars who preferably have publications on the theme of their application project (graduate students may cite papers presented at academic conferences)

Scholars who are able to receive and maintain a US J-1 entry visa

Scholars who are able to begin the fellowship in September 2009 or January 2010. The scholarship has a length of 4 months.

Proposal Themes Should Relate to the Following:

European Humanities University - CASE on Social Transformations in the Western Eurasia Border Region - Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine

Caucasus Research Resource Centers (Baku, Erevan, Tbilisi) – The South Caucasus Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia

Kaliningrad CASE at the Kaliningrad SU, RUSSIA

Russia and Europe: Past, Present, Future

Rostov CASE at the Rostov SU, RUSSIA – Russia’s Modernization Problems

Fellowships by Each CASE as of January 2009

Participants Receive the Following:

Compensation of all expenses made prior to the actual fellowship (mailing, housing, travel, etc.)

Round-trip airfare from their home cities to their host universities in the USA

An orientation program either in Seattle, WA or Washington, DC

A monthly stipend, professional development funds, and health insurance

Access to libraries, archives, and alumni activities

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A guarantee of a US university placement

Mentor/advisor

A possibility of being published in the Problems of Post-Communism

Some Host Universities

California-Berkeley / Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Harvard University

Stanford University

University of Washington / Slavic Languages and Literatures

University of Michigan / Institute for Social Research

University of Pittsburgh / Center For Russian and East European Studies

University of Kansas / Center For Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

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Brigham Young University / Dept. of Poli tical Science

Indiana University / Russian and East European Institute

University of Delaware / English Dept

University of Iowa

New Mexico State University

Carnegie Program Deadline for the new competition is April 30, 2009

Application Form

1. Name

2. Gender

3. Citizenship

4. Age

5. Date of Birth

6. Place of Birth

7. Mailing Address

Application Form (2)

8. Disability

9. International Passport Number

10. Current Work Address in English

11. Your Specialization or Subfield

12. Title of Proposal

13. Provide a Brief Summary of Your Research Proposal

14. Proposed U.S. University/Organization Affiliation

15. Carnegie Research Fellows are often asked by their host universities to take part in discussions, such as graduate seminars, related to their fields. From time to time, they are also asked to speak about current social, political and economic situation in Russia, Russian views of America, and similar more general topics. Are you willing to take part in activities such as these? Are there particular issues or subjects that you would be interested in speaking about?