[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 231 (Thursday, December 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70165-70166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26560]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4864]


FY 2004 Funding Under the Research and Training for Eastern 
Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 
1983 (Title VIII Program)

    Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage approved on July 14, 
2004, the FY 2004 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 2004 grant recipients are listed below.

American Council of Learned Societies

    Grant: $500,000 ($500,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support institutional language training in the U.S.; 
individual language training fellowships; 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, 8C, New York, 
NY 10017-6795, e-mail: [email protected], tel: (212) 697-1505, ext. 
145, Fax: (212) 949-8058.

American Councils for International Education

    Grant: $525,000 ($425,000-Eurasia, $100,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support Research Scholar fellowships; Combined Research 
and Language Training fellowships on Eurasia; Special Initiatives 
Research fellowships on Central Asia and the Caucasus; individual 
language training fellowships for advanced Russian, regional Eurasian, 
and Southeast European languages.
    Contact: Graham Hettlinger, Program Manager, American Councils for 
International Education, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 700, 
Washington, DC 20036, e-mail: [email protected], tel: (202) 833-7522, 
ext. 168, Fax: (202) 833-7523.

The William Davidson Institute of the University of Michigan Business 
School

    Grant: $245,000 ($145,000-Eurasia; $100,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support grants for post-doctoral research projects on 
business development and public policy, and links between economic 
development and social, ethnic and religious conflict in Eurasia and 
Southeast Europe.
    Contact: Kelly Janiga, Administrative Director, The William 
Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School, 724 East 
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234, e-mail: 
[email protected], tel: (734) 615-4562, Fax: (734) 763-5850.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Grant: $137,000 ($99,000-Eurasia; $38,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support the Slavic Reference Service, which locates 
materials unavailable through regular interlibrary loan; and the Summer 
Research Laboratory, which provides dormitory housing and access to the 
University's library for advanced research.
    Contact: Merrily Shaw, Assistant to the Director of the Russian and 
East European Center, Russian and East European Center, University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 International Studies Building, 910 
South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, e-mail: [email protected], tel: 
(217) 244-4721 or (217) 333-1244, Fax: (217) 333-1582.

George Mason University Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

    Grant: $60,000 ($60,000-Eurasia).
    Purpose: To provide seed money in support of bringing together 
experts on conflict resolution with Eurasian area specialists for 
policy relevant workshops and a Conflict Resolution Conference, with a 
focus on Central Asia.
    Contact: Karyna Korostelina, Ph.D., Research Professor, Institute 
for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 4400 University Drive, 
MS 4D3, Fairfax, VA, 22030, e-mail: [email protected], tel: (703) 993-
1304, Fax: (703) 993-1302.

International Research and Exchanges Board

    Grant: $800,000 ($525,000--Eurasia; $275,000--Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support Individual Advanced Research Opportunities 
providing pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships in Policy R&D 
short-term travel grants, including fellowships with U.S. embassies; 
and the Regional Policy Symposium on Greater Asia, in conjunction with 
the Woodrow Wilson Center.

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    Contact: Joyce Warner, Director, Academic Exchanges and Research 
Division, International Research and Exchanges Board, 2121 K Street, 
NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, e-mail: [email protected], tel: 
(202) 628-8188, Fax: (202) 628-8189.

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research

    Grant: $1,140,000 ($846,000--Eurasia; $294,000--Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support the research contracts and fellowship grants of 
the National Research Program, the Policy Research Fellowships, the Ed 
A. Hewett Fellowship Program, and the Short-term Research Fellowships.
    Contact: Robert Huber, President, National Council for Eurasian and 
East European Research, 910 17th Street, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 
20006, e-mail: [email protected], tel: (202) 822-6950, Fax: (202) 822-6955.

Social Science Research Council

    Grant: $795,000 ($795,000--Eurasia).
    Purpose: To support pre-doctoral fellowships, including advanced 
graduate and dissertation fellowships; post-doctoral fellowships; one 
dissertation workshop; the Policy Training Seminar; and the 
institutional language programs for advanced Russian and other Eurasian 
languages.
    Contact: Anthony Koliha, Assistant Director, Eurasia Program, 
Social Science Research Council, 810 7th Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, 
NY 10019, e-mail: [email protected], tel: (212) 377-2700, Fax: (212) 377-
2727.

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 
Program; the Kennan Institute's Workshop on Religion in Post-Soviet 
Societies; and the East European Studies Program's Junior Scholars' 
Training Seminar with the American Council of Learned Societies.
    Contact: Martin Sletzinger, Director, East European Studies, e-
mail: [email protected], tel: (202) 691-4263 and Maggie Paxson, 
Senior Associate, Kennan Institute, e-mail: [email protected], tel: 
(202) 691-4100, The Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20004-3027, Fax: (202) 691-4247.

    Dated: October 14, 2004.
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. 04-26560 Filed 12-1-04; 8:45 am]
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