Student Funding Source
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO)
The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides fellowships to professionals with terminal degrees, master's students, and predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars and from the United States for individual long-term policy-relevant research in Europe and Eurasia. The US Department of State Title VIII Program, the primary source of support for the IARO Program, supports research topics that strengthen the fields of Eurasian and East European studies, and that address US foreign policy interests in the region, broadly defined. Historical or cultural research that promotes understanding of current events in the region is acceptable if an explicit connection is made to policy relevant issues, broadly defined. Limited funding is available for predoctoral humanities scholars.
U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Master's and Predoctoral students must be enrolled in a master's or doctoral program, may not be a current IREX employee or consultant or their immediate family members
Must be conducting research in one of the following countries:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
A complete application should include (submitted in this order, with each copy collated):
*Completed application form;
*Grant proposal;
*Curriculum Vitae;
*Transcripts (if required);
*Reference; and
*One language proficiency report for each language.
Hard copy via mail: Submit the original along with three stapled copies (four applications total for IREX'and remember to make a copy for your own files) of the completed application, and all supplementary materials.
Email: Send app and supporting materials to iaro@irex.org.
Online: Follow instructions.
