The JFDP is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State (ECA). American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, an American non-profit, non-governmental organization, has received grants from ECA since 1998 to administer the JFDP, and oversee each participant' s successful completion of the program. The United States Congress annually appropriates funds to finance the JFDP, and authorizes the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to oversee these funds.
At this time, the administration of the 2009-2010 JFDP Fellowship by American Councils for International Education is contingent upon a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of State. The recruitment for the program will officially begin when the agreement is issued.
Eligibility:
1) Citizen of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo,Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, or Turkmenistan;
2) Teaching full-time in an institution of higher education in your home country;
3) Have at least two years of university-level teaching experience; and,
4) Highly proficient in English.
An online application and a downloadable, printable application will be available at this website in late-May 2009. Check back at this website for updates.
Applications are due by 17:00 August 21, 2009 in countries of Southeast Europe(Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia*, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) at the American Councils office in the applicant's country of citizenship.
* Applicants in Croatia should submit their applications to the Institut Za Razvoj Obrazovanja (IRO) in Zagreb, the official JFDP representative for American Councils in Croatia.
Location: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia
Please visit www.jfdp.org and
www.ac-see.org/programs/teachersrecruitment.htm for more information.
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