The deadline for this application is 5:00 pm, March 1, 2012.
The application for the 2012 Study of The United States Institutes (SUSI) Program for Azerbaijani Student Leaders on Civic Engagement is now available!
SUSI is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, and administered by IREX. SUSI is open to undergraduate students from Azerbaijan for non-degree study in the United States for six weeks during the summer of 2012. All students will attend a pre-departure orientation in Azerbaijan, participate in an academic residency program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a focus on exploring civic engagement and including one week of intensive English language study, travel to significant U.S. civil rights sites in Selma, White Hall, and Montgomery, Alabama and to the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation in Arizona during a regional study tour, and attend a closing workshop in Washington, DC. All participants will stay in UAH dormitories. The fellowship provides J-1 visa support, round-trip travel from fellows' home cities to the host institution in the United States, accident and sickness coverage, tuition and university fees, room and board (housing and meals), domestic travel related to the regional study tour, limited allowance for books, cultural activities, and baggage, and a variety of alumni networking and granting opportunities.
Applications, including all supporting documents, are due by the deadline for this application is 5:00 pm, March 1, 2012. Before beginning your application, please carefully review the instructions.
APPLICATION
Electronic: Applicants may download the application form which can either be completed electronically or handwritten. Electronically completed as well scanned handwritten applications along with two (2) references may be submitted by sending a message to education@irex.az [7] per the e-mail submission guidelines found in the application instructions document.
Paper: Applicants may turn in one (1) original and (2) copies of the paper application to the IREX office in Baku, Azerbaijan. Three (3) complete copies of all application materials must be received by the IREX office in Baku, Azerbaijan in one package by 5PM local time on 5:00 pm, March 1, 2012.
Application Instructions [8]
Download Your Application [9]
Download Your Reference Form #1 [10]
Download Your Reference Form #2 [11]
Remember you need to submit references from two different people.
All applicants are encouraged to apply early and to submit their application well in advance of the March 1 deadline. Applicants may apply by sending or bringing an application hard copy (original and two copies) to the IREX Azerbaijan office or by email to education@irex.az [7].
If you have questions about the SUSI program, please contact IREX Azerbaijan at:
Caspian Business Center
40 J. Jabbarli, 3rd Floor
Baku 1065 Azerbaijan
Tel:+994 12 497 39 02
education@irex.az [7]
See application for eligibility requirements.
This program is contingent on U.S. government funding.