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Title VIII Southeast European Research Program
Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Independent States of the Former Soviet Union), the American Councils Southeast Europe Research Program provides support for independent research for at least three months in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Scholars may conduct research in more than one country during a single trip.
Research scholar fellowships typically provide academic affiliations, international roundtrip airfare, living and housing stipend, health insurance, and visa support. Scholars may also request financial support for advanced language classes in order to facilitate their research.
Application guidelines are available under 'Documents.' The 2010 application will be available during the summer of 2010. Please contact the Outbound Department with any questions.
Application Requirements:
Applicants for research grants must plan to spend at least three months in the field; research trips for periods of four to nine months are particularly encouraged.
Applicants must be graduate students or post-doctoral scholars who have language-proficiency levels sufficient to carry out advanced, independent in-country research. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
While a wide range of research topics receive support each year from the Title VIII program, all funded research must contribute to a body of knowledge enabling the U.S. to better understand the region and formulate more effective policies within it. All Title VIII applicants should address ways in which their research will contribute to a body of knowledge that enables U.S. policy makers to better understand the region, be it in anthropology, literature, history, international relations, political science, or some other field.
Fellowships Components:
Research scholar fellowships typically provide:
- International round trip airfare from the fellow's home city to her/his host-city
- Academic affiliation(s) at major universities (as requested)
- Living and housing stipend
- Health Insurance
- Visa support (if necessary)
- Additional funding for travel within Southeast Europe as required by research
American Councils has partnership affiliations with more than 140 East European and Eurasian institutions. In recent years, Title VIII research scholars have studied and conducted research at such universities as:
Banja Luka University
Belgrade University, Serbia
Bosniak Institute, Sarajevo
New Bulgarian University, Sofia
Palacky University, Olomouc
Sofia State University
Tirana State University
University of Bucharest
University of Zagreb
Selection Process:
All applications are reviewed by outside readers with expertise in the applicant's specific research field. Written comments from these evaluators, along with all application materials, are then reviewed by a final, independent selection committee of leading U.S. scholars. Fellowship awards are announced roughly twelve weeks after the application deadline.
Application Deadline:
October 1st, 2010. Programs must begin must begin between June 2011 and June 2012; and must be completed by September 30, 2012.
Application guidelines are available under 'Documents.' The 2010 application will be available during the summer of 2010. Please contact the Outbound Department with any questions.
Recent Fellowship Recipients:
Stela Krasteva, Academic Year 2009-10
University of California, Los Angeles; Bulgaria
Neo-Protestantism and Roma Communities in Post-Socialist Bulgaria
Fedja Buric, Academic Year 2009-10
University of Illinois; Bosnia-Herzegovina
Becoming Mixed: The Mixed Marriages of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Creation of Ethnic Differences
Alphild Dick, Fall 2009
University of Kansas; Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Paper Survives Everything:Understanding and Analyzing the Role of Biography as Literary Genre in Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian Literature
Amanda Greber, Fall 2009
University of Toronto; Macedonia
Textbook Cases: Standard Practice and Linguistic Identity in Primary Education
Alexander Vori, Summer 2008
Marywood University; Romania
Nation Building, Internationalization Processes, and the Marketing of Budapest and Bucharest, 1960s- 2000s
Elena Galinova, Spring 2008
Pennsylvania State University; Bulgaria
Toward Creating a Student Friendly University: Student Expectations & Higher Education Reform in Bulgaria
Daniel Hammer, 2007
University of Pittsburgh; Bosnia-Herzegovina
Practicing Democracy: Belonging and Political Meaning in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Larisa Jasarevic, 2007
University of Chicago; Bosnia-Herzegovina
An Intimate Debt: Health, Wealth, and the Making of a New Bosnian State
Lara Nettelfield, 2007
Columbia University; Bosnia
Srebrenica’s Legacy: Survivors Turned Activists
Robert Romanchuk, 2007
Florida State University; Serbia
Women’s Education at the End of Byzantium: Schooling and Spirituality in the Elite Convents of 14th and 15th Century Serbia-Montenegro and Constantinople
Emilia Zankina, 2007
University of Pittsburgh; Bulgaria
Transformation of the Bulgarian Political Elite In the Period of Transition
For more information contact:
Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-7522
outbound@americancouncils.org
Program Resources
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