University Administration Support Program (UASP) [17]
IREX is currently accepting applications from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine only. The deadline for application is October 17, 2012.
UASP Application Instructions [19]
With primary support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, IREX has designed the University Administration Support Program (UASP) to contribute to improving administration in a selected number of universities in the following countries: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ghana, Ukraine, Uganda and Tanzania.
Program elements include:
1. Fellowships in University Administration. IREX provides competitively awarded short-term fellowships for mid- and senior-level university administrators to spend approximately eight weeks with counterparts at respected U.S. public universities to work on specific university administration reform projects. While in the U.S., the fellows are required to prepare a case study on the management issue addressed. The case studies are then published on the IREX website.
2. Pilot Project Grants. Fellows in university administration will be eligible to compete for small grants to support pilot reform projects at their home universities upon their return home.
Applicants must:
• Be a citizen of and reside in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda or Ukraine at the time of application and participation in the program;
• Submit a complete application with all required documents by the application deadline;
• Have a level of proficiency in written and spoken English sufficient to work independently in the United States and engage colleagues;
• Be able to receive and maintain a J-1 visa;
• Be able to participate in fellowships for approximately eight weeks in Fall 2012, or Winter 2013;
• Be committed to producing a case study on a topic of university administration while in the United States; and
• Hold a full-time position with the title of Vice-Rector, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, Vice-Dean, Department Chair, or equivalent at one of the eligible universities or working in an equivalent management position focusing on higher education reform in the Ministry of Education.
Applications not meeting the above eligibility requirements will not be forwarded to the selection committee.
Current IREX employees and consultants and their immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings) are not eligible to compete in any IREX-administered grant programs, either as individuals or as the responsible party representing an institutional applicant.
uasp@irex.org [20]