SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
Application for 2011 Study of United States Institutes Program is now available
Baku, April 4 (AZERTAC).The Study of the United States Institutes for Azerbaijani Young Leaders on Civic Engagement (SUSI) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The SUSI program provides opportunities for undergraduate students from Azerbaijan to attend a six week non-degree program in the United States. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition. The SUSI Program consists of Pre-departure orientation in Azerbaijan; an Academic Residency Program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) which focuses on exploring civic engagement and includes one week of intensive English language study; a Regional Study Tour to significant U.S. civil rights sites in Selma, White Hall, and Montgomery Alabama; a Regional Study Tour to the Tohono O`odham Indian Reservation in Arizona; a Closing Workshop in Washington, DC.
The fellowship is fully funded and provides: J-1 Visa Support; Round-trip travel from fellow`s home city to host institution in the United States; Accident and sickness coverage; Tuition and university fees; Room and board (housing and meals); Domestic travel related to Regional Study Tours; Limited allowance for books, cultural activities and baggage; and a variety of alumni networking and granting opportunities.
This program is contingent on U.S. government funding. Application deadline is 5:00 PM, Friday, April, 22, 2011. Applications for the 2011 Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) can be obtained by visiting www.irex.az or by contacting the IREX office in Baku prior to April 15.
IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development.
IREX has been registered in Azerbaijan since 1998. Working throughout the country, IREX currently administers a variety of civil society, higher education and media development programs funded by USAID and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the US Department of State.