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"I would like to express my thanks to the Carnegie Research Fellowship for the good chance to participate and to be a fellow of this scholarship. The NCEEER staff made me feel very welcome on my first visit to the United States. It was a good opportunity for my future professional development and career. It was an unforgettable time because I've found new friends, and learned about the American style of life, holidays and traditions."

--Ala Svet, Free University of Moldova


About the Carnegie Fellowship Research Program

Established in January 2001 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Carnegie Research Fellowship Program brings Russian and former Soviet scholars to the United States for short-term, non-degree research at American universities and research institutions. All fellows spend up to four months at their host universities conducting research on specific topics in their fields and write a 15 to 30-page academic paper for presentation upon the fellow's return home. It is expected that returning fellows will actively participate in the development of the program activities of the CASE with which they are affiliated. Fellows are also expected to present their work at conferences and receive peer evaluation of the results of their research.

Participants in this program receive the following: round-trip airfare from their home cities to the host universities in the United States; pre-departure orientation; an academic orientation in Washington, DC or Seattle; visa support; a monthly stipend; health insurance; a professional development fund; access to libraries and archives; and support for membership in international professional associations in their field. A select number of successful participants are designated as George F. Russell fellows and placed at the University of Washington.

Current Carnegie Fellows
Name/CASEHome/US UniversityProjectSummary
Mher Arshakyan, Yerevan CASE University of Bern, Switzerland - George Washington University Law School Tools for Applying Rules: The Interpretive Techniques of Constitutional Norms The interpretive techniques used in the decisions of the courts of countries with varying degree of judicial review are affected by the legal culture of those countries.
Olga Breskaya, Minsk CASE Brest State University - Texas A+M University The Space of Religious Community in Contemporary Eastern European City: In Searching for the Adequate Variables The role of religious communities will strengthen in public space of Eastern European city in various spheres of urban life that demands special methodology of sociology of religion in this region.
Oleg Brinza, Minsk CASE Bizgates Agency for Economic Development - UC Davis Agricultural Information and Technology Transfer in Emerging Moldova Despite efforts to develop agribusiness extension, it continues to be unprepared for market challenges. This proposal matches US experiences to Moldovan endeavors to create competitive agribusiness through information and technology transfer.
Ketevan Iremashvili, Tbilisi CASE Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University - University of Washington Are the Legal Clinics Substantial Components of Legal Education and which Factors do Stipulate their Efficiency? I identify the hypothesis and objectives of the research. I stress the advantages of US law schools in this field. I do specify the outcomes of the research as benefits for the higher legal education institutions across Georgia.
Leonid Litra, Minsk CASE Information and Documentation Center on NATO - Yale University The Evolution of Political Parties in the Republic of Moldova in the Post-Totalitarian Period The multi-party system in Moldova is underdeveloped. The past experience shows that reforms should be done in the financing of political parties and combating the "oligarchization" of political entities.
Past Carnegie Fellows' Reports
AuthorUniversityTitleAbstractLink to Paper
Mariam GvelesianiNational Museum of GeorgiaPagan Cults of Pre-Christian Georgia (Ainina-Danina, Zaden)In my research project I was mentioning that the proposed research is a continuation of my thesis devoted to study of the cult of Armazi, the supreme divinity of the kingdom of Kartli (located in the eastern Georgia and referred to Caucasian Iberia by the Greeks and Romans) personification of which is expected to be a clue to formulation of religious orientation of pre-Christian Georgia.Download File
Marina KulichikhinaSaratov State UniversityBody Power in German RomanticismThe study of cultural representations of the body is very important in modern scholarship; - it is an interdisciplinary problem studied in philosophy, feminist and gender criticism, literary criticism, and critical theory.Download File
Natalia RyzhovaInstitute of Geology and Natural ManagementInformal Economy of Translocations: The Case of the Twin Cities of Blagoveshensk-HeiheThe article evaluates economic interactions between people in the adjacent border cities of Blagoveshensk (Russia) and Heihe (China). The article reveals the conflict between the development of translocality around the border of the two countries and recent Russian policy to strengthen the position of the nation-state.Download File
Nikita S. NikitinImmanuel Kant State University of Russia, KaliningradExercise, Massage, and Healthy Eating in the Rehabilitation of People Living with HIV in the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian FederationThe main objective of my research is to determine advisability of using exercise training, massage, and healthy eating in PLHIV (people living with HIV) rehabilitation. The developed methods can be used for increasing the quality of complex rehabilitation of PLHIV.Download File
Apply for the Carnegie Fellowship Research Program

The CRFP competition is open to university faculty, researchers, advanced graduate students, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities from the Russian cities of Kaliningrad and Rostov-na-Donu, and from the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

Citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are encouraged to visit the Caucasus Research Resource Center's site for information on applying to the CRFP. Citizens of Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine should complete and mail in the following documents:

The CASEs

A primary goal of this program has been to integrate Russian and former Soviet social scientists and humanists into the work of regional Centers for Advanced Study and Education (CASEs), originally supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in cooperation with the Kennan Institute, INO-Center Moscow, and the Russian Ministry of Higher Education. The CASEs have become magnets for scholars who both teach and undertake research through their auspices. The mission of this multi-year commitment has been to strengthen regional universities, restore academic communities, foster a new generation of social scientists and humanists, and integrate scholars from Russian and former Soviet regions into collegial communities with their Western colleagues.

The CASEs currently include the following centers:

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