FREEDOM Support Act Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program (FSA CI)

Since 1995, the FSA Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program has provided fellowships to public, private, and third sector professionals from Eurasia for independent research at US institutions. Fellows are experienced leaders in their fields and conduct research with practical applications for the development of democracy, free markets, and a civil society.


ECA Alumni Small Grants Program (ASGP)

The ECA Alumni Small Grants Program provides grants to alumni of selected Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)-sponsored programs for professional development activities

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Project SMILE

Project Smile is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, administered by IREX, offering  grants to support projects that benefit local children. Alumni of the FSA Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD), the FSA Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program (CI)  and  the Regional Scholar Exchange Program (RSEP) are eligible to apply. For details, please refer to the application form, available for download below.

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Regional Empowerment Initiative for Women (REIW)

The International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) of the US Department of Labor and IREX recognize the need to deliver viable economic alternatives to trafficking schemes for groups at risk of being trafficked. In September 2001 ILAB selected IREX to administer the Regional Empowerment Initiative for Women to promote the empowerment of women from selected countries of Eurasia and Southeastern Europe through a multidimensional approach that addresses the issue of trafficking before women are lured or smuggled out of countries of origin.

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University Administration Support Program (UASP)

The University Administration Support Program works to improve the administration, integration into the global community, and self-sufficiency of a selected group of well-established state universities that offer classical courses of study in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. UASP is made possible by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. IREX will build on the Carnegie Corporation's work in supporting higher education by including grantees under their Centers for Advanced Study and Education (CASE) program in the pool of participating institutions. The program is designed to provide introductory training to a large number of university administrators and Ministry of Education professionals in the region while providing more concentrated funding to those university administrators who demonstrate they have the initiative, skills, and institutional support necessary to turn their institutions into models of administrative excellence in the region.