Grant funding for overseas research and teaching

Grant funding for overseas research and teaching by conservation
experts

Through the Fulbright Scholar Program, funded by the United States
Information Agency, grants are available for faculty and
professionals in the field of conservation and preservation of art
and artifacts to lecture and/or conduct research overseas. The
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), an affiliate
of the Institute of International Education, administers the
competition for grant awards and should be contacted for further
information. The deadline for application is August 1, 1999. Names
of CIES staff to contact are given after the description of each
award.

Argentina:  Short-term grants for 2-3 months' work on cultural
preservation projects in affiliation with local museums and other
cultural institutions in Buenos Aires are available. Grantees will
also teach courses and supervise trainees. Fluency in Spanish is
required. Contact Janice R. Byrd, jbyrd [at] cies__iie__org or
202-686-6234, for further information.

Cyprus: Grants are available to lecture or conduct research on
preservation in affiliation with institutions of higher education,
governmental agencies, and research institutes in Cyprus. Contact
Micaela S. Iovine, miovine [at] cies__iie__org or 202-686-6253, for further
information.

Kenya: Grants are available for teaching courses in conservation and
field archaeology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and
conducting research at the University of Nairobi. Contact Debra
Egan, degan [at] cies__iie__org or 202-686-6230, for further information.

Panama: One grant is available for a specialist in the cataloguing
and conservation of historic documents to teach two undergraduate
survey courses and one graduate course at the University of Panama.
Grantees will also advise on curriculum development. Fluency in
Spanish is required. Contact Janice R. Byrd, jbyrd [at] cies__iie__org or
202-686-6234, for further information.

South Africa: Grants are available for teaching courses in rock art
(paleolithic art) at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and
conducting research at the University of the Witwatersrand. Contact
Debra Egan, degan [at] cies__iie__org or 202-686-6230, for further
information.

Each year, the Fulbright Scholar Program provides 800 U.S. scholars
and professionals the opportunity to teach or research overseas. In
some countries, individuals from specific targeted fields are
sought, such as in some of the awards described above. However, many
countries also advertise "any field" awards, which are open to
scholars and professionals from a wide range of disciplines,
including conservation and archaeology.

Examples of such opportunities include the "any field" award in
South Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand, which has a
Rock Art Research Unit, or the "any field" award in Mali at the
Ecole Normale Superieure, for those who can lecture in French.

To learn more about the full spectrum of grant opportunities
available to U.S. citizens through the Fulbright Scholar Program,
please visit the CIES web site at <URL:http://www.cies.org/> or call
202-686-7877 to request an application package, which includes a
catalog of awards.

Kerry Kopta
Manager of Program Development
Institute of International Education

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