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Call for Departmental Partners: Academic Fellowship Program

Date:
November 6, 2007

The OSI Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) is enlarging its horizon of cooperation with university departments in Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union (excluding the Baltic States), and Mongolia. To this end, AFP is seeking departments interested in forming new partnerships in the academic year 2008–2009.

To be eligible, departments must be at universities in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, or Ukraine.

An ideal AFP partner department is part of a classical state university and is devoted to one of the following disciplines: Anthropology, Area/Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Economics, Philosophy, History, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Public Health, Human Rights and Public Law, Journalism/Media Studies, or International Relations.

For Further Information

Interested departments are welcome to contact AFP regional offices for further details. View the full list of contacts.

Deadline

December 14, 2007

Related Information

Academic Fellowship Program
The Academic Fellowship Program contributes to higher education reform by supporting promising local scholars and assisting progressive universities in South Eastern Europe, parts of the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.

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