Information Office for Central Europe and Eurasia National Research Council


The Office for Central Europe and Eurasia of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, offers grants to individual American specialists who plan to establish new research partnerships with their colleagues from Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS). This program is designed primarily to prepare these new partnerships for competition in National Science Foundation (NSF) programs.

COLLABORATION IN BASIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COBASE)

Funding Source: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Participating Countries: CEE and NIS Armenia, Azerbaijan (traveling only), Belarus, Bosnia (hosting in U.S. only), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Short-Term Project Development Grants: support American specialists who wish to host or visit their CEE or NIS colleagues for two-week periods in order to prepare collaborative research proposals for submission to NSF

Long-Term Grants: support American specialists who wish to host or visit their CEE or NIS colleagues for collaboration with research for a period of one to six months. Significant publications jointly authored by program participants as a result of their long-term visits are expected.

Accepted Fields: Only fields funded by NSF are eligible, including archaeology and anthropology; astronomy; biochemistry, biophysics and genetics; biological sciences; chemistry; computer science; earth sciences; economics; engineering; environmental sciences; geography; history and philosophy of science; mathematics; physics; psychology; science and technology policy; and social sciences. No proposals involving research on agricultural production; clinical research including drug testing or development; the diagnosis, etiology, or treatment of physical or mental diseases, abnormalities, or malfunctions in humans; or the use of animal models of human diseases or conditions will be accepted.

Grant Levels: $2,500-$2,750 Short-Term Project Development / $3,000-$15,300

Long-Term Postmarking Deadlines: July 30, 1999 (Extended from July 10) (Long-Term only) August 16, 1999 (Project Development only) December 27, 1999 (Project Development only) April 3, 2000 (Project Development only)

The National Research Council, an independent advisor to the Federal Government on scientific and technical questions of national importance, jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, brings the resources of the entire scientific and technical community to bear on national problems through its volunteer advisory committees.

TO OBTAIN INFORMATION AND APPLICATION MATERIALS PLEASE CONTACT:

Office for Central Europe and Eurasia
National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20418


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