[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71364-71365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6620]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5172]


FY 2005 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 Robert B. Zoellick approved on July 20, 
2005, the FY 2005 funding recommendations of the Advisory Committee for 
the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union. The FY 2005 Title VIII Program grants were awarded in 
late September 2005. 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 2005 grant recipients are listed below.

1. American Council of Learned Societies

    Grant: $517,000 ($517,000 Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support Individual Language Training Grants; 
Institutional Language Grants; Institutional Advanced Mastery Grants; 
the Dissertation Fellowships; the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar; 
and the 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: (646) 485-5945, Fax: (212) 949-8058, E-mail: 
[email protected].

2. American Councils for International Education

    Grant: $525,000 ($425,000-Eurasia, $100,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support fellowships for research and language training 
programs in Eurasia and Southeast Europe, including Advanced Russian 
Language and Area Studies Grants; Eurasia Regional Language Program 
Grants; Combined Research and Language Training Fellowships on Eurasia; 
Research Scholar Fellowships on Eurasia and Southeast Europe; Special 
Initiatives Research Fellowships on Central Asia and the Caucasus; 
Russian Language Flagship Fellowships; and Southeast Europe Language 
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. International Research and Exchanges Board

    Grant: $801,000 ($500,000-Eurasia; $301,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support Individual Advanced Research Opportunities on 
policy relevant topics on Eurasia and Southeast Europe; Short-term 
Travel Grants, including four fellowships at embassies; Policy Connect 
Program for Collaborative Research; and the Regional Policy Symposium 
on EU Borderlands 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: $1,017,000 ($690,000-Eurasia; $327,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support the research contracts and fellowship grants of 
the National Research Program; the Hewett Fellowships; the Short-term 
Research Fellowships; and the Policy Research Fellowships.
    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].

5. Social Science Research Council

    Grant: $700,000 ($700,000-Eurasia).
    Purpose: To support advanced graduate and dissertation fellowships; 
post-doctoral fellowships; one dissertation workshop; the Training 
Seminar in Policy Research; the institutional language programs for 
advanced Russian and other Eurasian languages; and outreach and field-
building activities.
    Contact: Anthony Koliha, Assistant Director, Eurasia Program, 
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].

6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Grant: $175,000 ($125,000-Eurasia; $50,000-Southeast Europe).
    Purpose: To support the Slavic Reference Service, which provides 
assistance to scholars in locating hard-to-find resources through 
electronic library resources, and electronic delivery of reference 
materials and resources; the Summer Research Laboratory, which provides 
two weeks of housing for associates pursuing policy relevant research 
on Russia, Southeast Europe, and Eurasia; a Balkans Studies Workshop 
for Junior Scholars and a Russian-Jewish Studies Training Workshop for 
Junior Scholars; and travel grants for doctoral students to conduct 
policy relevant research on Eurasia and Southeast Europe at the 
University of Illinois.
    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].

7. University of Michigan: William Davidson Institute and Institute for 
Social Research

    Grant: $100,000 (100,000-Eurasia).
    Purpose: To support grants for research projects on business 
development, public policy and social research on Eurasia.
    Contact: Kelly Janiga, Manager of Research Programs, The William 
Davidson Institute, University of

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Michigan Business School, 724 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 
48109-1234, Tel: (734) 615-4562, Fax: (734) 763-5850, E-mail: 
[email protected].

8. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

    Grant: $715,000 ($425,000-Eurasia; $290,000-Southeast Europe).
    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, 
including a Workshop on Democracy and Civil Society in Ukraine; the 
Regional Policy Symposium on EU Borderlands in conjunction with IREX; 
and the East European Studies Program's Junior Scholars' Training 
Seminar in conjunction with the American Council of Learned Societies.
    Contact: Martin Sletzinger, Director, East European Studies, Tel: 
(202) 691-4263, E-mail: [email protected]. Maggie 
Paxson, Senior Associate, Kennan Institute, Tel: (202) 691-4237, E-
mail: [email protected]. The Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-3027, Fax: (202) 691-
4247.

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
Kenneth E. Roberts,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Department of State.
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