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July 20, 1995
International Opportunities
SPECIAL FULBRIGHT LECTURESHIPS IN ECONOMICS (7/20-1)-Awards for
Americans to lecture in Vietnam during the 1996-97 academic year are
available from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), under a
grant funded by the United States Information Agency (USIA). ACLS will
administer the program in conjunction with the Harvard Institute for
International Development and the Council for International Exchange of
Scholars. One-semester or academic-year grants are available for economists
to team-teach basic economic concepts and economic policy analysis at the
University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City. Applicants should be U.S.
citizens and have at least five years of university teaching experience. A
doctorate isrequired. Deadline is Aug. 1. For more information, contact the
Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden St., N.W.,
Suite 5M, Washington, DC 20008-3009; telephone (202) 686-4021, 686-4025; e-
mail: ea1@ciesnet.cies.org.
IREX INTERNET FELLOWSHIPS IN THE NIS (7/20-2)-The International
Research and Exchange Board (IREX) announces possible professional
fellowship opportunities to expand computer network access among scholars
and non-commercial civic groups in sites across the New Independent States
(NIS). Candidates should send preliminary letters of interest and resumes.
IREX was established in 1968 to promote scholarly cooperation with Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet region, and its programs deliver a
broad range of services to scholars, professionals and policy-makers from
the U.S. and an array of partner countries. Fellowships are year-long, full-
time placements for American networking specialists with strong regional
backgrounds. Up to seven fellowship sites will be selected from cities
throughout the NIS. The mission of the Internet Fellowships is to recruit
and train local networking trainers and to promote the sustainable use of
computer networks among academic and non-commercial organizations. IREX is
looking for candidates with broad computer skills, including training
experience and strong Internet background. Moreover, candidates should
exhibit professional-level Russian language ability. Knowledge of other
languages of the NIS, as well as some NIS living and/or working experience,
is helpful. Candidates should show a high level of initiative and mature
judgment, compounded with proven managerial/organizational talent and
ability to work with diverse communities. Inquiries and letters of interest
should be directed to , or faxed to: Tony Byrne,
senior program officer, IREX/Washington, D.C.; fax (202) 628-8189 or Bill
Flick / Olga Galkina, program officers, IREX/Moscow; fax 7-095-202-44-49.
IREX will announce a formal application process and fellowship terms and
solicit final applications at a later date.
ABE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (7/20-3)-The Abe Fellowship Program supports
postdoctoral research on contemporary policy-relevant issues. Funds are
provided by the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership. The
program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers
interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance who are
willing and able to become key members of a bilateral and global research
network built around such topics. In particular, it strives to promote a
new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American
academic and professional communities committed to and trained for
advancing global understanding and problem solving. Abe Fellows will be
eligible for up to 12 months of full-time support. Fellowship tenure may
begin any time between Jan. 1, and Dec. 31, 1996. Fellowship tenure need
not be continuous but must be concluded within 24 months of the activation
date of the individual fellowship. The fellowship is for individual
researchers only. Candidates should propose to spend at least one-third or
more of fellowship tenure in residence abroad in Japan or the United
States. Abe Fellows will be expected to affiliate with an American or
Japanese institution appropriate to their research. Fellowship funds also
can be spent on additional residence and field work in third countries as
appropriate to individual projects. Fellows will be required to attend
specific Abe Fellowship Program events as indicated upon their appointment.
This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan, as
well as to other nationals who can demonstrate strong and serious, long-
term affiliations in the research communities of either of the above two
nations. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. degree or the terminal degree in
their field or have attained an equivalent level of professional
experience. Previous language training is not a prerequisite. However, if
the research project requires language ability, the applicant should
provide evidence of adequate proficiency to complete the project. Deadline
is Sept. 1. For more information, contact Andrew Hill at 831-2851; e-mail:
Andrew.Hill@mvs.udel.edu.
RESEARCH WORKSHOP COMPETITION (7/20-4)-The Social Science Research
Council (SSRC) Program on International Peace and Security offers grants to
support small, topical workshops. These grants of up to $7,500 are
available-contingent upon receipt of funding-for workshops on topics that
test established assumptions about peace and security. Workshops permit
small groups of junior faculty and other junior scholars to meet for two or
three days of intensive discussions on a specific topic. Workshops must
involve paper presentations and, at a minimum, are expected to lead to
further collaboration, including publication of research findings.
Workshops must be initiated by individual recipients of SSRC-MacArthur
Foundation Fellowships in International Peace and Security (past and
present), MacArthur Foundation Grants for Research and Writing, MacArthur
Collaborative Studies Grants, or any other direct or indirect grant from
the MacArthur Program on Peace and International Cooperation. Co-
sponsorship of workshops by MacArthur grantees and others is permitted;
however, workshops must involve a significant proportion of MacArthur
program awardees. The total number of workshop participants should be
limited to approximately 12. Participation by researchers based outside the
United States is encouraged. Grants will not be made to institutional
sponsors of projects. Deadlines are Sept. 15 and Feb. 15. For more
information, contact Andrew Hill at 831-2852; e-mail:
Andrew.Hill@mvs.udel.edu.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS: SOVIET UNION AND ITS SUCCESSOR STATES
(7/20-5)-This competition, sponsored by the Social Science Research Council
(SSRC), is designed to support meetings, workshops and pilot projects
devoted to initiatives and innovation in the theories, methods and
approaches applied to the study of the former Soviet Union or to pre-Soviet
periods in a manner that informs the foundation of knowledge about the
successor states of the former Soviet Union. Particular consideration will
be given to proposals containing some or all of the following elements:
interdisciplinary and comparative study, non-traditional disciplinary
approaches, training and retraining in methodology, participation of
predoctoral students in proposed projects and collaborative research. The
maximum grant awarded is $7,500. Applicants for matching funds are welcome,
but no institutional overhead will be provided. At least one of the
principal investigators submitting a proposal must be a U.S. citizen.
Deadlines are Sept. 15 and March 1. For more information, contact Andrew
Hill at 831-2852; e-mail Andrew.Hill@mvs.udel.edu.
CONSULTANTS NEEDED FOR KAZAKHSTAN (7/20-6)-A private consulting firm
is seeking several experts for an intergovernmental finance reform project
in Kazakhstan. These are both long-term (one year) and short-term (several
months) assignments, beginning in September. The advisers will assist in
the reform of current intergovernmental financial system and following are
the required qualifications:
LONG-TERM ADVISERS:
Adviser One: Senior expert in the area of fiscal federalism who has
specialized expertise in the areas of revenue allocation and
subvention. This expert should have a Ph.D. in economics and will
reside in Kazakhstan for one year.
Adviser Two: Will assist the government of Kazakhstan in
rationalizing overall public expenditures. Ideally, this person
should have a Ph.D. in public finance, have practical experience
in NIS and be fluent in Russian. This adviser will reside in
Kazakhstan for one year.
Adviser Three: Will assist two-three political subdivisions, as
well as selected ministries at the national level, in developing
modern budgetary capability. This adviser should have extensive
experience in budgetary analysis for local governments and
appropriate academic training. Ideally, this adviser should also
have a practical experience in the NIS countries and be fluent in
Russian.
SHORT-TERM ADVISERS:
Adviser One: Will serve as the intellectual leader of this project.
This adviser should be a leading public finance expert.
Other advisers: Will be responsible for drafting the required
changes in the areas of taxation, intergovernmental transfers and
intergovernmental structure. These advisers should be senior
legislative experts, familiar with the NIS countries and fluent
in Russian.
Contact: Agnieszka Zieminska, Chemonics International, 2000 M St.
N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 955-3425; fax
(202) 955-3400; e-mail: AZ@chemonics.com.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS IN AFRICA (7/20-7)-Fellowships are awarded
for doctoral dissertation research in the social sciences and humanities in
Africa, south of the Sahara. Fellowships fund a minimum of nine and a
maximum of 18 months of field research. Applicants are expected to have
achieved a level of fluency in African and European languages sufficient to
enable them to accomplish satisfactorily the goals of their project.
Limited support for additional language training and dissertation write-up
support may be included in awards. Full-time students, regardless of
citizenship, who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States are
eligible. U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the United States
enrolled in full-time doctoral programs abroad also are eligible. Deadline
is Nov. 1. For more information, contact Andrew Hill at 831-2852; e-mail:
Andrew.Hill@mvs.udel.edu.