NCEEER’s Title VII grants provide a maximum of $3,000 to support research relevant to U.S. policy towards the countries of Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Balkans. Policy relevance is a broad definition that can include projects in history, popular culture and other fields outside the immediate purview of U.S. government officials. Countries eligible for research funding are: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Grants may be used for the following purposes:
- Travel to the selected countries to access research resources
- Refresher visits for already established research work
- Research planning with colleagues from the selected regions
- Creation of databases or research aids
- On an exceptional basis, inviting scholars from the selected regions to the United States for conferences or special collaborative projects
Applications are due April 15, 2013. For more information, see the link below: