Summer Research Lab Eligibility Criteria

The following persons are eligible to apply to the Summer Lab:

• Faculty or graduate students at a university or college who are teaching and/or doing research on the region.
• Individuals who have a PhD and are doing research on the region, even if this expertise is not being used in current employment.
• Individuals working in an area of government, NGOs or business related to the region, regardless of academic training.
• Librarians specializing in the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian field.

Housing Grant Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for housing grants, the above criteria apply along with the following:

• Research Area: Scholars conducting policy relevant research on the countries of Eurasia and Southeastern Europe. Under U.S. Department of State regulations, scholars whose research focuses on any EU member state—Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania—must be doing comparative research that includes a non‑EU member state of Eurasia or Southeastern Europe in order to be eligible for funding.
   
• Policy Relevance: All applicants requesting housing grants must state the policy relevance of their research. For junior scholars policy relevance can be envisioned in fairly broad terms; however, State Department regulations require that senior scholars cannot be funded unless their research is clearly policy relevant. Click on proposal information on the side bar for more information on the issue of policy relevance.