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[M T Znayenko <znayenko@andromeda.rutgers.edu>]

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
EURASIA PROGRAM
2005 Eurasia Teaching Fellowship


The Application Submission Deadline for the 2005 Eurasia Teaching Fellowship
Competition has been extended until January 26, 2005 9:00 PM EST.

At the SSRC, postdoctoral research grants have allowed young faculty members
to expand upon their research interests after having completed (and often
published) their dissertation work. Recently, the SSRC Eurasia Program
expanded its support to faculty for their classroom activities as well. The
Eurasia Program's Teaching Fellowships encourage and support faculty members
at all career levels in their efforts to impart their own knowledge and
expertise to their students.

These awards of $10,000 support the creation of original and innovative
course curricula. Funds will support the rethinking and reframing of courses
in the humanities and social sciences that directly relate to the whole or
part of Eurasia. Courses must be wholly new, or substantial revisions of a
course previously taught.

A strong candidate will have a proven track record of research and teaching
in his/her field of Eurasian studies. Fellowships are particularly
appropriate for faculty with heavy teaching loads and with proven desires to
push the teaching of Eurasian studies in innovative directions and to
incorporate contemporary research and thinking on Eurasian studies into new
teaching curricula for use in classrooms.
The SSRC invites proposals that have an interdisciplinary or comparative
outlook, encompass a diverse range of literatures and/or source media
(including audio, video, and web content), and make appropriate use of
various pedagogical approaches. Proposals that target unique and important
student audiences, provide a substantial addition or significantly diversify
existing departmental and/or university curricula, or that otherwise fill an
important niche or  instructional gap are especially encouraged.
Final awards are dependent upon funding approval. All selected awardees will
be expected to demonstrate departmental and institutional support for adding
the proposed course to the university's list of offered courses within a
two-year period of time. All applicants must be US citizens or permanent
residents teaching at US institutions.

Funding for this program is provided by the U.S. Department of State under
the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent
States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).  All fellowships awarded
under this program are contingent upon the receipt of funding from the U.S.
Department of State.

Deadline: January 26, 2005  9:00 PM EST
www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia

Eurasia Program Fellowships
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727