[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53420-53421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23030]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4477]


FY 2003 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 29, 
2003, the FY 2003 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 overseas. The 
FY 2003 grant recipients are listed below.

1. American Council of Learned Societies

    Grant: $500,000 ($500,000-AEEB).
    Purpose: To support institutional language training in the U.S., to 
include the Baltic States for the first time in 2005; individual 
language training fellowships, including the Baltic languages beginning 
in 2004; dissertation fellowships; Junior Scholars' Training Seminar; 
and post-doctoral research fellowships.
    Contact: Andrzej W. Tymowski, Director of International Programs, 
American Council of Learned Societies, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 
10017-6795.
    Tel: (212) 697-1505, ext. 145, Fax: (212) 949-8058.
    E-mail: [email protected]

2. American Councils for International Education

    Grant: $525,000 ($425,000-Eurasia, $100,000-AEEB).
    Purpose: To support fellowships for advanced Russian and Eurasian 
and East Central European languages; fellowships for the Combined 
Research and Language Training Program; and the Research Scholar/Junior 
Faculty fellowships.
    Contact: Graham Hettlinger, Program Manager American Councils for 
International Education, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 700, 
Washington, DC 20036.
    Tel: (202) 833-7522, ext. 168, Fax: (202) 833-7523.
    E-mail: [email protected]

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

    Grant: $245,000 ($145,000-Eurasia; $100,000-AEEB)
    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 
Region.
    Contact: Kelly Janiga, Administrative Director, The William 
Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School, 724 East 
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234.
    Tel: (734) 615-4562, Fax: (734) 763-5850.
    Email: [email protected]

4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Grant: $129,000 ($99,000-Eurasia; $30,000-AEEB)

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    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; a CD burner and scanner; 
and a subscription for the virtual reference software--Docutek.
    Contact: Merrily Shaw, Assistant to the Director of the Russian and 
East European Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 
International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 
61820.
    Tel: (217) 244-4721/333-1244, Fax: (217) 333-1582.
    E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

5. International Research and Exchanges Board

    Grant: $756,000 ($481,000-Eurasia; $275,000-AEEB)
    Purpose: To support Individual Advanced Research Opportunities 
providing pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships in Policy R&D 
short-term travel grants; and a Regional Policy Forum on the Caucasus 
Region, in conjunction with the Woodrow Wilson Center.
    Contact: Joyce Warner, Director, Academic Exchanges and Research 
Division, International Research and Exchanges Board, 2121 K Street, 
NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037.
    Tel: (202) 628-8188, Fax: (202) 628-8189.
    E-mail: [email protected]

6. National Council for Eurasian and East European Research

    Grant: $1,210,000 ($925,000-Eurasia; $285,000-AEEB).
    Purpose: To support the Policy Research Fellowships in Eurasia and 
Central and East Europe for junior post-doctoral scholars; 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 or U.S. embassy 
overseas; short-term research grants to focus on Central Asia, the 
Caucasus, and the Balkans; and the post-doctoral National Research 
Program of research contracts for collaborative projects and fellowship 
grants for individuals.
    Contact: Robert Huber, President, National Council for Eurasian and 
East European Research, 910 Seventeenth Street, NW., Suite 300, 
Washington, DC 20006.
    Tel: (202) 822-6950, Fax: (202) 822-6955.
    E-mail: [email protected]

7. Social Science Research Council

    Grant: $775,000 ($775,000-Eurasia).
    Purpose: To support pre-doctoral fellowships, including advanced 
graduate and dissertation; post-doctoral fellowships; curriculum 
development and teaching fellowships; one dissertation workshop on 
understudied regions; and the institutional language programs for 
advanced Russian and other Eurasian languages.
    Contact: Seteney Shami, Program Director, Social Science Research 
Council, 810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019.
    Tel: (212) 377-2700, Fax: (212) 377-2727.
    E-mail: [email protected]

8. The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

    Grant: $783,000 ($495,000-Eurasia; $288,000-AEEB).
    Purpose: To support the residential programs for post-doctoral 
Research Scholars, Short-term Scholars and Interns; the Meetings 
Program for both the Kennan Institute and East European Studies; the 
Kennan Institute's Outreach and Publications; the Kennan Institute's 
Workshop on Immigration, Forced Migration and Refugees in Central 
Eurasia; and the East European Studies Program's Junior Scholars' 
Training Seminar with the American Council of Learned Societies.
    Contact: Nancy Popson, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute, Tel: 
(202) 691-4100, E-mail: [email protected]; Martin Sletzinger, 
Director, East European Studies, Tel: (202) 691-4263, E-mail: 
[email protected], The Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-3027, Fax: (202) 691-4247.

    Dated: September 2, 2003.
Kenneth E. Roberts,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-23030 Filed 9-9-03; 8:45 am]
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