[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41513-41514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16904]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice #3356]


FY 2000 Funding Under the Research and Training for Eastern 
Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 
1983

    On April 21, 2000, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright approved 
the 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 Department of State, seeks to build 
expertise among Americans on Russia, Eurasia, and Central and East 
Europe through support for advanced research, language and graduate 
training, and other activities both in the US and in the region. FY 
2000 grant recipients are listed below.

1. American Council of Learned Societies

    Grant: $420,000 (EE).
    Purpose: To support dissertation fellowships, institutional grants 
for language training in the U.S. covering the basic languages of 
Central and East Europe, the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar, and 
post-doctoral research fellowships.
    Contact: Jason Parker, Executive Associate, American Council of 
Learned Societies, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017-3398, (212) 
697-1505 (ext. 134/135), Fax (212) 949-8058, e-mail: [email protected].

2. American Councils for International Education

    Grant: $420,000 ($355,000-NIS, $65,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support programs for Advanced Russian Language and Area 
Studies, Languages of the NIS, Central and East European languages, 
Individualized Language Training and Research, Field Research 
Fellowships with the National Council for Eurasian and East European 
Research, and Policy Forums.
    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: [email protected].

3. The William Davidson Institute of the University of Michigan 
Business School

    Grant: $170,000 ($70,000-NIS; $100,000-EE).
    Purpose: To support post-doctoral research fellowships on public 
policy affecting the development of markets in the Balkans and in 
Central Asia and the Caucasus.
    Contact: Sharon Nakpairat, Administrative Director, The William 
Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School, 724 East 
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234, (734) 936-0041, Fax (734) 
763-5850.

4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Grant: $125,000 ($95,000-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: [email protected].

5. Institute of International Education

    Grant: $100,000 ($50,000-NIS; $50,000-EE).
    Purpose: To support Professional Development Fellowships for young 
professionals in fields related to public service and civil policy in 
the Balkans and in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

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    Contact: Andrew Small, Program Manager, US Student Programs, 
Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New 
York, NY 10017-3580, (212) 984-5326, Fax (212) 984-5325, e-mail: 
[email protected].

6. International Research and Exchanges Board

    Grant: $565,000 ($315,000-NIS; $250,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support its programs for Individual Advanced Research 
Opportunities, Short-term Travel Grants, Black Sea and Caspian Regional 
Policy Symposia, Dissemination, and Policy Forums.
    Contact: Joyce Warner, Director, Academic Exchanges and Research 
Division, International Research and Exchanges Board, 1616 H Street, 
NW, Washington, DC 20006, (202) 628-8188, Fax (202) 628-8189, e-mail: 
[email protected].

7. National Council for Eurasian and East European Research

    Grant: $1,200,000 ($900,000-NIS; $300,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support the Research Contract and Fellowship Grant 
Programs for postdoctoral research, Policy Research Fellowships in the 
NIS and Central and East Europe, and 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.
    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: [email protected].

8. Social Science Research Council

    Grant: $775,000 ($745,000-NIS, $30,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support dissertation fellowships, advanced graduate 
fellowships, US-based institutional training in the languages of the 
NIS, the dissertation workshop on understudied regions, and 
postdoctoral fellowships.
    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: [email protected].

9. The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

    Grant: $720,000 ($470,000-NIS; $250,000-EE/B).
    Purpose: To support the Research and Short-term Scholar Programs, 
internships, meetings, outreach and publications of the Kennan 
Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and the East European Studies of 
the European Program, including the Kennan's Workshop on the Role of 
Women in Post-Communist Transitions and the East European Program's 
Junior Scholars' Training Seminar.
    Contact: Nancy Popson, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute, (202) 
691-4100, Fax (202) 691-4247
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.

    Dated: June 27, 2000.
W. Kendall Myers,
Acting Executive Director, Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern 
Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union.
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