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From: Jennifer Giglio <giglioje@wwic.si.edu>
Subject: GRANTS- Kennan Institute Short-term Grants, Deadline Sept 1, 2002

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GRANTS- Kennan Institute Short-term Grants, Deadline Sept 1, 2002

KENNAN INSTITUTE SHORT-TERM GRANTS (up to one months' duration)

The Kennan Institute offers Short-term Grants to scholars whose research in
the social sciences or humanities focuses on the former Soviet Union
(excluding the Baltic states), and who demonstrate a particular need to
utilize the library, archival, and other specialized resources of the
Washington, D.C., area. Policy-relevant research is preferred. Academic
participants must either possess a doctoral degree or be doctoral candidates
who have nearly completed their dissertations. For non-academics, an
equivalent degree of professional achievement is expected.

Short-term Grants provide a stipend of $100 per day. Travel and
accommodation expenses are not directly covered by this grant. There is no
official application form for short-term grants. The applicant is requested
to submit a concise description (700-800 words) of his or her research
project, a curriculum vitae, a statement on preferred dates of residence in
Washington, D.C., and two letters of recommendation specifically in support
of the research to be conducted at the Institute. All of these materials may
be submitted via e-mail except for the letters of recommendation. The
letters should be sent, with signature, either by fax or by post. Applicants
should also note their citizenship or permanent residency status in their
materials. Applications should be submitted in clear dark type, printed on
one side only, without staples.

Grant recipients are required to be in residence in Washington, D.C., for
the duration of their grant. Four rounds of competitive selection for
Short-term Grants are held each year. Closing dates are December 1, March 1,
June 1, and September 1.  Applicants are notified of the competition results
roughly six weeks after the closing date. U.S. citizens, permanent
residents, and non-Americans are eligible for Short-term Grants, although
funding for non-American applicants is limited. Awardees who are not U.S.
citizens or permanent residents must come on a J-1 visa sponsored by the
Institute in order to collect their stipend. Approximately one in three
American applicants and one in six non-American applicants are awarded
Short-term Grants in each of the four competition rounds.

The Short-term Grant Program is supported by the Russian, Eurasian, and East
European Research and Training Program of the U.S. Department of State
(Title VIII) and the Kennan Institute endowment. Continuation of the
Short-term Grant Program in 2003-2004 is contingent on future funding.

Please send all application materials to: The Kennan Institute, One Woodrow
Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027.  For
more information, please contact Jennifer Giglio via e-mail at
giglioje@wwic.si.edu, call (202) 691-4246, or fax (202) 691-4247.