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Graduate Assistantship Opportunities at IAUNRC
The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC) at Indiana University is recruiting three Graduate Assistants (GAs) for the 2010-2011 academic year.
In addition to a tuition waiver (12 credits per semester and 6 credits for summer), GAs receive a stipend of approximately $11,500 paid in ten installments during the academic year. GAs are expected to work 20 hours per week.
To be eligible for the GA position applicants must be enrolled full-time in the College of Arts and Sciences or in a formal joint-degree program between the COAS and another school during the 2009-2010 academic year.
The ideal candidates will be flexible, hard-working, with strong organizational skills and office-based work experience. A competence with information technology is required, including familiarity with databases. Although each of the three center GAs holds primary responsibility for one of the areas below, we are searching for individuals who can assist in all three:
Outreach. One assistant will hold primary responsibility for the Center's outreach efforts towards elementary/high schools, the general public, and the IU community. Excellent interpersonal skills are required; experience working with students of all ages is a plus.
Web Design. One assistant will hold primary responsibility for maintaining the IAUNRC website at http://www.indiana.edu/~iaunrc/, and will also be responsible for maintaining the MS Access database of the Center's substantial collection of cultural artifacts and multimedia resources. Thus, at least one of our GAs must have significant expertise with information technology; preferably knowledge of HTML, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, Flash, MySQL, Audacity (or other sound editing), and Access.
Newsletter. One assistant will hold primary responsibility for preparing two issues of the Center's biannual newsletter. This includes brainstorming topics, performing interviews, writing and/or coordinating the writing of articles, creating page layouts, and liaising with the Center's publishing house. A desire to work with a diverse range of people and excellent writing skills are essential. The assistant responsible for the newsletter should have a relevant experience and familiarity with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
Please note that IAUNRC's ability to fund the positions is contingent on receipt of necessary funding from the US Department of Education.
Please direct any questions to Kasia Rydel-Johnston, IAUNRC Assistant Director: krydeljo@indiana.edu / 812-855-7319.
Applications for the 2010-2011 Academic Year will be made available following an announcement in Spring 2010..
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships are awarded to universities in order to promote the graduate training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign cultures is a prerequisite for success. Only US citizens and permanent residents are eligible for FLAS fellowships.
1. Academic Year FLAS
Each fellowship covers the academic year, providing a fee remission for up to 12 credits of coursework each semester (a total of 24 credits) and carries a stipend. Recipients of FLAS fellowships must undertake full-time study during the period of the award and be enrolled in formal instruction in the language of the award.
IAUNRC accepts applications for the study of the following languages in the 2009-2010 academic year: Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Kazakh, Mongolian, Persian/Tajik, Tibetan, Turkish, Uyghur, and Uzbek. If you wish to take level three or beyond of a language not offered in the regular IU schedule of classes, you may apply for the Advanced Directed Language Study.FLAS applications must include:
- FLAS application
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
- Three letters of recommendation, at least one of which should address the applicant's abilities in foreign language training
- Statement on language training and proposed program of studyApply on-line at www.indiana.edu/~flas
Deadline: Early Spring 2010; more details will be made available as they are confirmed.
2. Summer FLAS for Non-IU Language Instruction:
Title VI FLAS fellowships may be awarded to an Indiana University student for summer language instruction at another institution (in the U.S. or abroad) in a language or level of language study not available at IU SWSEEL. The award includes a fee remission and a stipend.
Apply on-line at www.indiana.edu/~flas
Deadline:Early Spring 2010; more details will be made available as they are confirmed.
3. Summer FLAS for IU SWSEEL:
Title VI FLAS fellowships are awarded to graduate students enrolled in intensive instruction in the Indiana University Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL). Eligible languages will include: Azeri, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz (pending funding), Mongolian, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek. The award include a fee remission and a stipend.
The SWSEEL application serves as the FLAS application for this program. Apply on-line at www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel
Deadline:Early Spring 2010; more details will be made available as they are confirmed.
Advanced Directed Language Study
The Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center plans to offer opportunities for advanced study of Central Eurasian languages for students at IU during academic year 2009-2010. The program will provide an opportunity to study languages in levels (three and beyond) not offered during an academic year in the Central Eurasian Studies Department.
ADLS students will be required to have three weekly contact hours with a language informant during both semesters. The language informant, chosen by the ADLS candidate from a heritage community, university faculty, visiting scholars or foreign students, will work closely with an ADLS language coordinator, who will oversee methodology and overall progress of these tutorials.
ADLS students will be eligible for FLAS fellowships. In accordance with the guidelines of the Department of Education, preference will be given to students studying Islamic societies and likely to pursue government service. ADLS applicants who wish to be considered for FLAS must submit a FLAS application and an ADLS application by February 1, 2010. ADLS applicants who are not applying for FLAS are also advised to submit ADLS applications by February 1 in order to assure full consideration.
Participation in the program is contingent on IAUNRC approval of the language informant. If no suitable tutors are available in the Bloomington area, contact may take place via phone and other electronic means (Limited funds may be available to pay for communications in such cases). IAUNRC will pay the informant, who must be eligible to work in the US. This award does not include a fee remission nor a stipend.
Applicant Instructions:
All applicants must complete Section I of the application: Microsoft Word Format or Adobe PDF Format. Applicants who are not applying for a FLAS must also complete Section II.
All applicants must also provide the following:
- Write a brief description (no more than 500 words) telling what you expect to gain from the language course.Deadline: Send all materials to the IAUNRC by February 1, 2010. Completed applications may be delivered to Goodbody Hall 324, Monday through Friday from 8 am - noon and 1 - 5 pm).
- Identify materials you propose to use in the course and provide a proposed course structure.
- Indicate how you will identify the language informant with whom you will work.
Other Funding Sources
- The Civilian Research and Development Foundation has a variety of grants for scholars of all ages and backgrounds who are interested in the countries of the Former Soviet Union.
- The Charles & Kathleen Manatt Democracy Studies Fellowship Program at the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) provides fellowships for summer research at IFES.
- IREX has a variety of programs for both US and international scholars.
- The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) supports the education of women from developing countries who are committed to improving the lives of women and children in their home countries.
- Rotary Foundation Ambassador Scholarships aim to promote international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries.
- Russian Academy of Sciences Internship with Moscow-based "Nauka/Interperiodica," the largest publishing house of scientific journals in Russia. Internship is for a year.
- Russian East European Institute/ Mellon Foundation Student Grants-in-Aid of Research & Student Conference Travel Grants provides funding for travel to conferences or for research.
- Soros Supplementary Grants Program provides grants to undergraduate and post-graduate students from the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc who are studying within the region but not in their home country.
- Woodrow Wilson East European Short Term Grants provide funding to scholars who need to do research in the DC area.
Fellowships and Grants for Post Doctorate/Advanced Graduate Students
- American Council of Learned Societies offers fellowships and grants for doctorial students and post-doctoral scholars
- Investing in Women in Development (IWID) Fellows Program to increase the number of U.S. professionals with experience in international and gender-related development activities. U.S. professionals and Ph.D. candidates can apply for fully paid one-year fellowships to work with USAID field offices overseas
- The Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering (COBASE) Program provides grants to individual American specialists who plan to establish new research partnerships with their colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS).
- The Russian and East European Institute/Mellon Foundation Pre-Dissertation Summer Travel Grants
- The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers all scholars from the graduate student level up a chance to conduct research in collaboration with Smithsonian researchers.
- The Woodrow Wilson Humanities National Fellowships Foundation offers various fellowships.
- The Carnegie Corporation of New York regularly updates its new grants page.
- The Network Women's Program of the Open Society Institute occasionally offers grants for country specific projects and programs.
- The Civilian Research and Development Foundation offers the Next Steps to the Market Program and Travel Grants to institutions.
Other Funding Links
- For a site of grant resources on the Web, look at Baylor University Libraries' extensive list of grant resources in the US.
- Center for Civil Society International maintains several announcement pages, including Grants, Fellowships and Research Support Opportunities.
- For current fellowships, grants and funding opportunities, calls for papers and conferences and workshops, please see Indiana University's Central Eurasian Bulletin provided online by the Department of Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS).
- Fastweb maintains your record, so that you can re-access the information later and get updates.
- Indiana University's Office of Financial Aid contains a list of scholarships.
- Indiana University's GradGrants web site has extensive links to granting organizations.
- The Institute of Turkish Studies in Washington, DC provides opportunities for funding Turkey related research.
- International Education Financial Aid's mission is to promote international education worldwide through the development and publication of the most comprehensive database of International Education Financial Aid information available on the Internet.
- Extensive site of financial aid information sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. The site has independent pages for international students and other "special interest" groups, and an index.