Grant Funding for Overseas Research and Teaching

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     GRANT FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS RESEARCH AND TEACHING BY CONSERVATION AND 
     PRESERVATION 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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 website at www.cies.org or call 202-686-7877 to request an 
     application package, which includes a catalog of awards.