American Councils administers a variety of cultural exchange, study abroad, and research programs on behalf of both public and private funders. Participation in these programs is through an open, merit-based competition, and facilitates mutual understanding between the United States and Eurasia, Southeast Europe, and South Asia.
- A-SMYLE . America-Serbia and Montenegro Youth Leadership Exchange Placement Office
The A-SMYLE placement organization places teenagers from Serbia/Montenegro with American host families and in U.S. high schools.
- Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP)
American Councils' longest-running study abroad program provides intensive Russian-language immersion for US undergraduate and graduate students in Russia.
- AMZ Renaissance Foundation Afghanistan Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Created in 2007 by the AMZ Renaissance Foundation in partnership with American Councils for International Education, the Afghanistan Undergraduate Fellowship Program (AUFP) provides merit-based scholarships to academically qualified students of Afghanistan for undergraduate study at accredited U.S. universities.
- Arabic Overseas Flagship Program
Advanced to professional (Flagship)-level training in Arabic language at Damascus University in Damascus, Syria, for students already at the advanced (2 or 2+) levels of proficiency.
- Business Russian Language and Internship Program (BRLI)
BRLI combines specialized curriculum for business Russian and a 10-hour per week internship with U.S. or Russian businesses in Moscow or St. Petersburg.
- Central Asian Turkic Languages Overseas Flagship Program
Advanced to professional (Flagship)-level training in the Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen and Uzbek languages at locations throughout Central Asia, for students already at the advanced (2 or 2+) levels of proficiency.
- Community Connections
The Community Connections program offers homestay-based practical training opportunities in the U.S. for entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders and other professionals from 12 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
- Contemporary Russia
A five-week area studies summer program in Moscow for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students at all levels of Russian-language proficiency.
- Eurasian Regional Language Program
Provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and professionals the unique opportunity to study the languages of the independent states of the former Soviet Union in an overseas, immersion setting for a summer, semester or academic year.
- FLEX - Future Leaders Exchange Placement Office
The FLEX placement organization places teenagers from Eurasia with host families and in U.S. high schools across the United States.
- FLEX - Future Leaders Exchange Program Administrative Office
The FLEX Administrative Office coordinates recruitment, selection, orientation, travel, on-program support and alumni program for the year-long FLEX program.
- Individualized Russian Language Program for Heritage Speakers
Intended to address the specific needs of students who speak Russian at home or with relatives, or who grew up speaking Russian and wish to strengthen their Russian skills.
- Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Chinese, Arabic and Russian Teachers
The program provides for intensive summer language training for high school teachers of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian in Egypt, China, and Russia, respectively.
- JFDP - Junior Faculty Development Program
The JFDP is a professional development program for junior university faculty from Eurasia and Southeast Europe.
- Kosovo American Education Fund (KAEF) Graduate Fellowship Program
Graduate Fellowship Program for Kosovars.
- Legislative Education And Practice (LEAP) Program
The LEAP program offers Russian FLEX alumni who have graduated from university and are currently working in the government sector the opportunity to apply for this U.S. state legislature fellowship program. This program is designed to expand young Russian leaders’ knowledge of the day-to-day work of U.S. legislative bodies and the legislative process.
- National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Graduate Fellowship Program
The NBS Graduate Fellowship Program offers Bank staff members professional development opportunities through internationally renowned master’s degree programs in the United States. NBS Fellows receive top-notch academic training in their fields of expertise, enabling them to further their careers at the National Bank.
- NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant
Overseas research and travel for U.S. post-doctoral scholars who are collaborating with scholars of central or eastern Europe or Eurasia on research about a topic in the humanities.
- Olympiada of Spoken Russian
Since 1962, the Olympiada has offered an opportunity for US students of Russian to earn medals by demonstrating their oral proficiency in state and regional competitions.
- Olympiada Study Abroad Program
The US Olympiada of Spoken Russian offers an opportunity for finalists of state and regional Olympiadas to travel to Vladimir, Russia for three weeks of summer language study and cultural immersion.
- Open World Leadership Program
Open World brings young, emerging leaders from Russia, Ukraine and other NIS countries to the United States to enable colleagues in specific fields to learn from one another and to forge a better between the US and NIS nations.
- Persian Overseas Flagship Program
Advanced to professional (Flagship)-level training in Iranian Persian and Tajik languages at Tajik State National University in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for students already at the advanced (2 or 2+) levels of proficiency.
- Russian Flagship Program
Advanced to professional (Flagship)-level training in Russian at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia for students already at the advanced (2 or 2+) levels of proficiency.
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- SACE - Secondary Academic Cultural Exchange (formerly High School Academic Partnership Exchange)
SACE is a school linkage program that facilitates exchanges between Eurasian and American high schools.
- Semester/Academic Year Study Abroad Program
Set yourself apart from the crowd by creating your own high school experience! Study at a Kazakhstani, Russian or Ukrainian high school with American Councils.
- SLAVA . The National High School Slavic Honor Society
SLAVA was founded in 1973 as a means of recognizing excellence in the study of Slavic languages and literature and to provide incentive for scholarly interest in Slavic life and culture.
- Summer English Language Program
Spend this summer in the USA learning English with other students your age! American Councils, through its partner organizations, offers summer English language programs for both individual students and groups.
- Summer in Russia's Golden Ring
Summer in Russia's Golden Ring gives high school students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Russian culture
- Summer Russian Language Teachers Program
Provides full support for teachers of Russian at the university, high school, and secondary school level to study Russian literature, language, culture, and second language pedagogy at Moscow State University for six weeks.
- Tatarstan Higher Education Fellowship Program
American Councils is pleased to announce a new partnership with the government of the Republic of Tatarstan. Under an agreement signed with the government of Tatarstan, a region within the Russian Federation, American Councils will provide assistance in establishing comprehensive and long-term ties between higher education institutions in Tatarstan and the United States. The first project under this new agreement is the Tatarstan Higher Education Fellowship Program.
- Teachers of Critical Languages Program
TCLP coordinates the work of Chinese, Egyptian, and Jordanian EFL teachers in the U.S. for an academic year to teach American students their native languages in schools throughout the country. Teachers receive extensive professional development during their cross-cultural and technical exchange.
- Teachers to Teachers: Language, Technology, Math, and Science Exchange
Teachers to Teachers supports the professional development of secondary school teachers from Russia in the fields of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) as well as Math, Hard Sciences, and Information Technology.
- Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Provides full support for research and approximately ten hours per week of advanced language instruction for three to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.
- Title VIII Research Scholar Program
Provides full support for three to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.
- Title VIII Southeastern Europe Language Program
This program provides fellowships for graduate students, faculty, and scholars to study language for a semester, academic year or summer in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
- Title VIII Southeastern Europe Research Program
This program provides fellowships for graduate students, faculty and scholars to conduct field research for a semester, academic year or summer in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
- Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship Program
The Special Initiatives Research Fellowship offers post-doctoral scholars up to $35,000 for field-based, policy-relevant research in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- Turkmenistan Secondary School Linkages Program (SSLP)
SSLP provides the opportunity for teachers and administrators from Burke County, North Carolina and Mary Region Turkmenistan to participate in a person to person exchange.
- Visiting Teachers and Faculty Program
The Visiting Teachers and Faculty Program is designed to assist U.S. educational institutions in strengthening their course offerings at in languages and area studies of Eurasia.
- YES - Youth Exchange and Study Program: Afghanistan
Academic exchange program for students from Afghanistan to spend one year in the United States studying in an American high school and living with an American host family.
- YES - Youth Exchange and Study Program: Afghanistan Placement Office
The YES placement organization places teenagers from Afghanistan with American host families and in U.S. high schools.
- Youth Exchange and Study: South Eastern Europe
The YES program provides scholarships for high school students (15-17 years) to spend up to one academic year in the U.S. attending a U.S. high school and living with a host family. In 2008 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Macedonia were added to the program.
