2023 Title VIII (Research and Training on Eastern Europe and Eurasia)

The Department of State invites applications from U.S. organizations to conduct research and training on Eastern Europe and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. The program aims to develop and maintain American expertise in these regions, support graduate-level and post-doctoral advanced study, and promote analytic outreach and engagement with State Department policymakers and intelligence community analysts. Eligible research programs include those that address U.S. policy interests in the region, and critical language training is also supported. • Eligible countries for research include Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. • The program supports research that focuses on current political, economic, security, democratic, or governance challenges relevant to U.S. foreign policy. • Critical language training is supported, including advanced Russian language study and studies of other languages of Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia.