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February 15, 1996
International Opportunities
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY IN GERMANY, 1996-97 (2/15-1)-
The Federation of German-American Clubs announces a scholarship
competition for undergraduate study in Germany. Competition is open to
two undergraduate students in good standing (preferably sophomores or
juniors) who have a working knowledge of German. Applicants are
encouraged to have a firm knowledge of the course work they wish to
pursue in a German university. Study will be in German. Each
scholarship has a value of approximately $4,166, to be paid in 10
monthly installments, that covers room and board, books and a portion
of expected personal expenses. (Tuition is free in Germany.) Student
recipients must pay transportation, admission fee, mandatory health
insurance costs and whatever personal expenses that occur beyond the
scope of the scholarship. Students list three preferences of host
universities and are assigned as closely as possible to the university
of their choice. Scholarships may be used at the following
institutions: the universities of Bamberg, Bonn, Erlangen, Giessen,
Hamburg, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Mainz, Mannheim, Marburg,
Munich, Stuttgart, and Wurzburg, the Munich and Darmstadt Schools of
Technology, Munich Academy of Music, Berlin Free University.
Application forms and further information are available from Foreign
Student and Scholar Services, 4 Kent Way. Deadline is Feb. 29.
WORLD BANK SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (2/15-2)-The World Bank
invites graduate students who are nationals of the bank's member
countries to apply for its summer employment program. Successful
applicants usually will have completed their first year of graduate
studies or will already be into their Ph.D. studies. Participants may
start work as early as May and generally must complete their duties by
Sept. 30. A commitment of a minimum of four weeks is expected. The
bank pays a monthly salary and will provide a travel allowance. For
1996, the program is seeking candidates in the following fields:
economics, finance, human resources development (public health,
education, nutrition, population), social sciences (anthropology and
sociology), the environment, private sector development and
statistics, as well as related fields. Fluency in English is required,
and knowledge of another World Bank group language (French, Spanish,
Russian, Arabic, Portuguese or Chinese) is useful. Bank managers will
select approximately 200 SEP participants from several thousand
expected applicants. Deadline is Feb. 29. The bank will contact
successful applicants by June 1996. For more information or an
application, contact: Summer Employment Program, The World Bank, 1818
H St., N.W., Washington, DC 20433.
FRIEDRICH-EBERT FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS (2/15-3)-The Friedrich-Ebert
Foundation offers research fellowships for pre-dissertation research,
dissertation research and post-doctoral research. All applicants must
have sufficient knowledge of German to pursue a program of study and
research. U.S. citizenship is required. Deadline for all programs is
Feb. 29. Fellowships are for stays of between five and 12 months.
PRE-DISSERTATION/ADVANCED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS-These are
intended to provide advanced graduate students with an
opportunity for study and conduct research in Germany. They are
meant to enable the fellowship holder to engage in advanced
studies at a university in the Federal Republic under the
guidance of a German university professor. The expected outcome
is the development of a dissertation proposal or the competition
of a specific research topic. These fellowships carry a monthly
allowance.
DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS-These are intended to provide
doctoral candidates with an opportunity to conduct research
necessary for their thesis in the Federal Republic. A German
university professor competent in the subject in question will
assist fellowship holders and provide them with academic advice
during their stay. This also applies to doctoral candidates who
intend to spend most of their time engaged in archival, library
or other types of research outside the university. Socio-
historical studies, studies in contemporary history and on
current political problems, including comparative studies, will
be given special consideration. These fellowships carry a monthly
allowance.
POST-DOCTORAL/YOUNG SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIPS-These are intended to
provide young scholars who have already accumulated a certain
amount of experience in teaching and/or research with the
opportunity to conduct independent research in the Federal
Republic. Priority consideration will be given to applicants who
wish to carry out studies on politically relevant subjects,
particularly those involving a comparative approach between the
United States and the Federal Republic. Considerable importance
is attached to the establishment of contacts and cooperative
relationships with competent German counterparts in the same
field. These fellowships carry a monthly allowance.
Airfare between the United States and the Federal Republic of
Germany plus domestic travel expenses, are covered unless paid by
another institution. The fellowships provide an allowance for
luggage costs, health insurance, books, tuition and fees, if
applicable. For more information, contact: Friedrich Ebert
Foundation, 950 Third Ave., 27th Floor, New York, NY 10022;
telephone (212) 668-8770 or (212)668-8775; fax (212)754-4951.
REC JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 1996 (2/15-4)-The Regional
Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe's Junior
Fellowship Program 1996 is designed to improve the capacity and skills
of young environmentalists from Central and Eastern Europe and their
non-governmental organizations to deal with organization and
management problems as well as other obstacles that have, in the past,
prevented them from being as effective as possible. Junior fellows
follow a four-week program of integrated and interactive workshops
which address the particular needs of the Central and Eastern European
regions. Such needs include project management, community action
planning, non-governmental organizations (NGO) management, campaign
strategy, media work and communication skills, fundraising, public
participation, strategic planning, NGOs and civil society and using
computers, among other topics. Fellows will develop products
individually tailored for the needs of each person and their NGOs that
can be applied when they return to their own countries. These include
project proposals and funding strategies, press releases and community
action plans. Fellows spend four weeks at the center's headquarters in
Budapest. For the 1996 sessions, the center participants are invited
from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, the Slovak
Republic, Slovenia and the Ukraine. Applicants should have
demonstrated a strong interest in environmental protection, be between
20 and 30 years old, be active in an environmental NGO, have
citizenship in one of the participating countries and speak and write
English well. The center will cover all costs, including
accommodation, travel and daily expenses. Application deadline for the
May 6 to June 5 program is March 15. For more information, contact:
Adriana Craciun, Coordinator, Junior Fellowship Program, Regional
Environmental Center, Miklos ter 1, H-1035 Budapest, Hungary;
telephone (+36) 1 250 3401; fax (+36) 1 250 3402; e-mail:
adriana@fs2.bp.rec.hu.
1996-97 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES (2/15-
5)- The American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR)/American
Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study (ACCELS) is
accepting applications from faculty and graduate students to conduct
research in the humanities or social sciences in the New Independent
States. Funding is provided by ACTR/ACCELS, the USIA Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Department of State Program
for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Approximately 40 awards will
be available in 1996-97 for research projects lasting three-nine
months. Combined research and language training programs also are
available. Awards include housing, international airfare, travel and a
monthly stipend, visa processing and fees, academic affiliation and
advising. The deadline for fall 1996 is March 1. For more information,
contact: ACTR/ACCELS, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202)833-7522; e-mail:
RESEARCH@ACTR.ORG.
THE FRAENKEL PRIZE IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY (2/15-6)-This is awarded
annually by the Wiener Library, London. In 1996 two separate awards
will be made. Both will be for an outstanding, unpublished work in one
of the fields of interest of the Wiener Library, including the 20th-
century history of Central Europe, recent Jewish history, the Second
World War, fascism and totalitarianism, political violence and racism.
Two distinct Fraenkel Prize awards will be made: one of $5,000 open to
all entrants and one of $3,000 open to entrants who have yet to
publish a major work. The length of the work for the $5,000 prize
should be 50,000 to 100,000 words, whereas the length of the work for
the $3,000 prize should be 25,000 to 100,000 words. Candidates should
specify for which of the prizes they are competing. Applicants for the
1996 prize should submit by May 3 two copies of their work plus a
brief curriculum vitae to the Wiener Library. For more information,
write: The Administrative Secretary, Wiener Library Limited, 4
Devonshire St., London WIN 2BH.