nternational Research and Exchanges Board (IREX):
Policy-Connect Collaborative Research Grants
- http://www.irex.org/programs/policy-connect/index.asp
- Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Collaborative teams may be comprised of two to three US scholars. Each must be a US citizen or permanent resident. • Applicants and collaborators must hold a PhD or other professional graduate degree (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD). • Applications will not be considered from those currently pursuing a degree. • Applicants must have fulfilled all requirements for their previous IREX grants..
- Award: The maximum award for the fellowship is $30,000.
- Deadline: 4/1/2008
- Details: The International Research and Exchanges Board's Policy-Connect program seeks to attract, select, and support advanced research by U.S. experts in policy-relevant subject areas related to Southeast Europe and Eurasia, facilitate collaboration among and between U.S. and international scholars, and disseminate knowledge about Europe and Eurasia to a wide network of constituents in the United States and abroad. Policy-Connect provides American scholars with the means and support necessary to conduct research, particularly on lesser-studied regions such as the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, where issues central to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States must be studied.
This year applications will be accepted for research on the following topics and regions:
• Eurasia* & Southeast Europe**: Ethnic and religious conflict, terrorism, transition economics, access to information, youth and women’s issues, human rights, citizen participation in politics and civil society, and issues related to the final status of Kosovo.
• Cross-regional: Post-Soviet relations between Eurasia and the countries of Middle East/North Africa and/or Asia.
*Eligible countries of research for Eurasia include: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
**Eligible countries of research for Southeast Europe include: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of), and Serbia and Montenegro. - Keywords: Eurasia; Europe, Eastern; Europe, Southern; International Affairs; International Planning or Policy; National Security