Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the Junior and Senior Fellowships of the Central Asia Research and Training Initiative (CARTI). Please help us disseminate this information among potentially interested qualified young scholars in the post-soviet states of Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia and encourage your colleagues in the region who are currently working on or have recently obtained their first doctoral degrees and who would benefit from this collaborative long-term academic support to apply for the 2007 Fellowships.
Below is a brief introduction to the program. Further details on the eligibility, notes on the language and nature of the supported projects, description of the
awards and application forms and guidelines are available at
www.soros.org/ initiatives/ hesp
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CARTI is a regional initiative of the Open Society Institute's International Higher Education Support Program that promotes the development of indigenous capacities for original scholarly and academic work in the humanities and social sciences and internationalizatio n of scholarship in the broadly defined region of Central Asia. In working to enhance independent research of university-based academics, CARTI is committed to innovation in, and enrichment of, university teaching in the humanities and social sciences and emphasizes the role of research in the development of academics as scholars in the classroom. The program provides support to innovative scholarly work and advanced training and networking opportunities to motivated young
academics in crucial early stages of their careers in the home academic environment.
The program aids these individuals in becoming conversant with the state-of-the- art scholarship and within international scholarly discourse in their subject areas, active scholars applying contemporary research methods and resources, innovators in teaching making active use of their own scholarly experience and motivated and prepared to pursue advanced learning opportunities.
CARTI Junior Fellowships support the individuals in early stages of their formal Doctoral studies (such as aspirantura) and focus on development of ideas and skills for high-quality research work. Junior Fellowships serve as medium for testing and challenging the theories, methods and assumptions in the core of the individual research projects, while at the same time guiding and assisting the Fellows in the first independent large-scale research efforts. Senior Fellowships are offered to young scholars who have recently received their Doctoral (e.g. Candidate of Science) degrees. The Fellowships support the advancement or revision of their research agenda and development of international research and teaching partnerships with special emphasis on presentation of scholarly work and translating/ incorporating the outcomes and experience of research into teaching.
CARTI supports active direct collaborative engagement of Fellows with advanced International Scholars engaged in similar studies and offers a versatile training program in foundation theories and methodologies of the disciplines and subject areas of the CARTI-supported projects, as well as venues for peed feedback, discussion and collaboration on the regional and international levels.
All Applicants for CARTI Fellowships must be citizens and residents of the following countries: Afghanistan* , Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan* and Uzbekistan. Complete applications must be submitted to the OSI/HESP office in Budapest no later than October 6, 2006.
*The requirement of formal registration with a Doctoral Program may be waived for applicants from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. For further information on the applicant eligibility for Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, interested individuals are encouraged to inquire directly with the program office at the contact information below.
Please do not hesitate to contact the program office with any further inquiries and comments:
OSI / HESP Central Asia Research and Training Initiative
Október 6. u.12., Budapest 1051 Hungary
Telephone: +36 1 327 3854 · Fax: +36 1 411 4401 · Email: carti@osi.hu
Oleksandr Shtokvych, Senior Program Manager, E-mail: oshtokvych@osi. hu
Edit Köblös, Program Coordinator, E-mail: ekoblos@osi. hu
Thank you for helping us reach out with this information to the potential
applicants!
Kind regards,
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Oleksandr Shtokvych
Senior Program Manager
Higher Education Support Program
Open Society Institute
Oktober 6. u. 12, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: 36.1.235.6153
Fax: 36.1.411.4401
Email: oshtokvych@osi. hu
www.soros.org/ initiatives/ hesp
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