Washington DC 20037 202-736-4386 464 The program objective is to sustain and strengthen American expertise on the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgia, The Baltic Countries, and Countries of Eastern Europe by supporting graduate training; advanced research; public dissemination of research data, methods, and findings; contact and collaboration among government and private specialists; and first hand experience of the (former) Soviet Union and Eastern European countries by American specialists, including on site conduct of advanced training and research. Graduate students interested in conducting research on the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgia, the Baltic Countries, and the countries of Eastern Europe can receive fellowships, which can support a student while conducting research or training. Funds are given to nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning who act as intermediaries for the federal funds by conducting their own competitions to make the awards Grants in the past include grants for on site independent short term research; individual exchange fellowships for American graduate students to pursue research in the region; and advanced in county language training fellowships in Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Polish, and more. Students must apply to those institutions that received the money. Students can contact these
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