Research Fellowships

• Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program
  American Councils' longest-running study abroad program provides intensive Russian-language immersion for US undergraduate and graduate students in Russia.
• Arabic Overseas Program in Alexandria, Egypt
  American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce that the online application for the Arabic Overseas Program in Alexandria, Egypt is now live. This program is designed for undergraduate students in the US and Canada, at the intermediate level of Arabic. To apply, please visit us at: http://programs.americancouncils.org/AOP
• Balkan Language Initiative
  Provides graduate students, undergraduates, scholars, and working professionals the unique opportunity to study Balkan language and culture in an overseas, immersion setting. Expert faculty from leading local universities and educational institutions conduct courses during Fall, Spring, Summer, and Academic-Year terms.
• Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity
  The Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity (EURECA ) is a multi-year Russian national research universities' (NRUs) and U.S. research universities' partnership-based program, aimed to build innovation ecosystem and expand entrepreneurial and technology transfer capacities at NRUs. The goal is to help NRUs learn how to commercialize the results of university research, which will allow for the development of new products and services. EURECA is funded by the US-Russia Foundation (USRF ) and managed by American Councils for International Education and New Eurasia Foundation (FNE).
• 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.
• Individualized Arabic Language and Culture Program
  American Councils and Alexandria University offer individualized instruction in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial for interested learners prepared to commit 4 – 8 weeks of intensive/immersion study of Arabic in residence in Alexandria, Egypt.
• Kosovo Improvement Through Education
  The KITE program aims to facilitate trainings to improve Kosovar business and NGO performance.
• Swahili Overseas Flagship Program
  Advanced to professional (Flagship)-level training in Swahili language at the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) in Zanzibar, Tanzania, for students already at the advanced (2 or 2+) levels of proficiency.
• 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 consecutive months in Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Moldova, and Ukraine.
• Title VIII Research Scholar Program
  Provides full support for three to nine consecutive month research trips to Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Moldova and Ukraine.
• Title VIII Southeast European Language Training 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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
• Title VIII Southeast European Research Program
  This program is now a part of the Title VIII Research Scholar program. Please see the link above.
• Youth Leadership Program with Azerbaijan
  Applications are now available for U.S. and Azerbaijani students for the Youth Leadership Program with Azerbaijan.
• Youth Solidarity and English Language Program
  American Councils for International Education, building on its extensive experience and addressing the critical need for programs that meet the U.S. Embassy’s public affairs priority of promoting people to people ties, is conducting a four-week Youth Solidarity and English Language Immersion (YSEL) Camp for young Afghans.