IREX
International Research & Exchanges Board

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO)

David Montgomery

Participant Information

Program Overview

The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides students, scholars and professionals with support to perform policy relevant field research, in the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. In addition to engaging in research in the region, the IARO fellowship affords scholars the opportunity to increase their understanding of critical, policy relevant issues, develop and sustain international networks, and collaborate with foreign scholars on topics vital to both the academic and policy-making communities.

Applicants to the IARO program can apply to do research in up to three countries for up to nine months. As part of the IARO fellowship, participants are provided with visa assistance, international roundtrip transportation, a monthly allowance for housing and living expenses, as well as emergency evacuation insurance. IARO fellows also have access to resources available in any of IREX’s 25 field offices.

For a list of recent projects that have been funded as part of the IARO program, please visit the Program Results page.

GRANT CATEGORIES

IARO fellowships will be awarded in each of the following categories:

Master’s Student
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a master’s program during the grant period
Grant Duration: one to three months

Predoctoral Student
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a PhD program during the grant period
Grant Duration: two to nine months

Professional
Eligibility: Must have one of the following degrees (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD) and must not be enrolled as a student during the grant period.
Grant Duration: two to nine months

Postdoctoral Scholar
Eligibility: Must hold a PhD by the application deadline
Grant Duration: two to nine months

All applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES OF RESEARCH FOCUS
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.

APPLICATION MATERIALS
Deadline for the 2011-2012 IARO competition is November 17, 2010, and the application will be available on our website approximately two months in advance

For more information about the IARO program, e-mail iaro@irex.org.

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