The Title VIII Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship supports research on the countries of the Former Soviet Union or Southeastern Europe conducted by an individual scholar or researcher under the auspices of a U.S. government agency, embassy, or field office of a U.S. nongovernmental organization in these regions. The maximum award is $50,000.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents holding a Ph.D. in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration and considerable background in some aspect of the history, culture, politics, and economics of the countries of the FSU and CEE. U.S. citizens or permanent residents with comparable research experience who do not hold a Ph.D. will also be considered. Applicants must have completed any previous NCEEER grants received before they may apply for a new grant.

• Countries Eligible for Research
• Placements
• Submission of Applications
• Application Components
• About Ed A. Hewett
• Funding

You have three options to submit your proposal (all applications will be given equal weight, regardless of submission method):

1. Apply on-line using our new on-line grant application system (Select "Hewett Policy Fellowship")
2. E-mail the application form and associated files as a single zipped attachment (.zip file) to apply@nceeer.org. Indicate "Hewett Application: [your last name]" in the subject line.
3. Mail your documents via the Postal Service to the address at the bottom of this page.

All applications must include the following items:

• Application form
• A project proposal of no more than ten pages (double-spaced, 12-point font) describing the nature of the research to be conducted, including its relevance to contemporary concerns of U.S. policy-makers responsible for the formation of implementation of U.S. foreign policy toward one or more countries of the region
• An estimated budget
• A current Curriculum Vitae (CV), organized in chronological order and no longer than four pages.
• A Human Subjects Review form, if relevant to your proposal
• An official letter of agreement from the agency or organization with which you will be affiliated
• Two letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with your work and your proposal. Letters of recommendation must include the recommender's physical or digital signature.

No one personified the vitally important nexus between scholarly research and effective policy-making better than the late Ed A. Hewett, an eminent economist, past Chair of the NCEEER Board, Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Special Assistant to the President for the Soviet Union on the National Security Council. In his honor, NCEEER sponsors the AAASS Ed. A. Hewett Book Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1994 for an outstanding publication on the political economy of the centrally planned economies of the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe and their transitional successors, in addition to the Hewett Policy Fellowship.

Funding for the Ed A. Hewett Fellowship Program is provided under the Program of Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII), which is administered by the Department of State. Accordingly, fellowships are subject to Federal laws, and regulations, including the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, and OMB Circulars A-21, A-110, A-122, A-128, and A-133.