[URBANTH-L]FUNDING: Policy Connect Fellowships

[Angela Jancius]

Applications are now being accepted for the Policy Connect Fellowships

Subject line: International Fellowship Opportunities
Application Deadline: April 1, 2006

Grant Award: Up to $30,000
Duration: Up to 12 months

IREX is pleased to announce the 2006 competition of the Policy Connect
Collaborative Fellowship (PC) Program. Policy-Connect provides fellowships
to US scholars and professionals for overseas research on contemporary
political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US
foreign policy.  Fellowships support collaborative teams of two or three US
scholars and professionals for up to 12 months.
Policy Connect applications and supporting materials are available on the
IREX website at http://www.irex.org/programs/policy-connect/application.asp

Eligibility: Fellowships will be awarded to applicants and collaborators who
hold a PhD or other professional graduate degree (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA,
MLIS, MPH, JD, MD).

The countries eligible for research:

Southeast Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro

Eurasia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Cross-regional: Countries of Eurasia (see above) and Algeria, Afghanistan,
Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman,
Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West
Bank/Gaza, and Yemen

Questions may be addressed to the Policy Connect Program Staff at
202/628-8188.

You may find a list of all IREX International Fellowship opportunities on
the website: http://www.irex.org/programs/grants.asp


Lilly Dornic
Program Associate
Education Programs Division
IREX, www.irex.org
2121 K Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC. 20037
Phone: (202)-628-8188 x140
Fax: (202)-628-8189
Email: ldornic at irex.org