03/21/2010
The Contemporary
Issues Fellowship Program (CI)
Contemporary Issues was a program of the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States
Department of State, and implemented by IREX. For ten
years, CI provided opportunities for experienced professionals
from Eurasia to conduct four months of independent
policy-oriented research in the United States with
the goal of playing an active role in sustaining the
transition to democracy, free markets, and civil society
in their home countries.
For each CI participant, IREX identified
a US host institution and host advisor appropriate
to the participants professional expertise and research
needs. Fellows had the option of spending the last
month of their program in a self-arranged internship
program.
Fellowships were awarded to citizens
of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
They represented a diverse pool of disciplines including:
economists, government officials, lawyers, political
advisors, NGO leaders, journalists, and other policy
makers.
All research projects were policy-driven
with practical application in Eurasia in the following
fields:
Business Administration and Development
Civic Education
Educational Policy
Economics
Environmental Policy (Not Environmental Science)
Human Rights
International Relations
Journalism & Media
Law Enforcement
Military/Security Issues
NGO Development and Management
Political Science
Public Administration (Government)
Public Health Policy (Not Medicine)
Rule of Law
Social Welfare
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