IREX is currently inviting applications for its Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) program that was started to offer fellowships to qualified scholars and professionals from the US. The funding for IARO program is provided by the US Department of State. The fellowships offered by IARO program are intended for research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Research topics include contemporary political, historical, or cultural development that are significant to the foreign policy of the United States.
The prospective fellows of this program can propose to do research in up to three countries for up to nine months.
Eligible Countries of Research: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
Grant Categories
Grants will be awarded in each of the four categories:
– Master’s Student IARO
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a Master’s program during the grant period
Grant Duration: one to three months
– Pre-doctoral Student IARO
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a PhD program during the grant period
Grant Duration: two to nine months
– Professional IARO
Eligibility: Must have one of the following degrees (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD, PhD) and must not be enrolled as a student during the grant period.
Grant Duration: two to nine months
– Postdoctoral Scholar IARO
Eligibility: Must hold a PhD by the application deadline
Grant Duration: two to nine months
Fellowship Provisions
– International coach class roundtrip transportation from the US to the host country(ies) for the period of grant awarded.
– A monthly allowance for housing and living expenses, based on IREX’s pre-established country specific rates (IREX will determine your housing amount at the time of your grant award, based on your city(ies) of placement).
– Travel visas: IREX will pay for and assist with fellows’ visas for travel related to the fellowship. Arrangement and costs associated with visas for dependents are the fellow’s responsibility.
Last date for submitting the applications is November 16, 2011
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