[Aaus-community-list] [aaus-list] Fwd: Grant Announcement: IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium | Transnational Crime and Corruption in EE/Eurasia

[Alexandra Hrycak]

Dear Colleagues,

Enclosed please find an announcement for the 2012 IREX/WWC Regional  
Policy Symposium.  IREX would like you to share this with your  
contacts who may be interested in this opportunity for junior scholars  
to share their research on crime and corruption.

Regards,
Alexandra

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Grant Opportunity for Graduate/PhD Students
Pre-Tenure Faculty, Scholars, and Professionals

2012 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium:
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN EASTERN EUROPE AND EURASIA

Application Deadline: December 9, 2011

IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center  
for Scholars' Kennan Institute (WWC), is pleased to announce its 2012  
Regional Policy Symposium, "Transnational Crime and Corruption in  
Eastern Europe and Eurasia."

The research symposium, supported by the United States Department of  
State (Title VIII Program), will bring American junior and senior  
scholars and members of the policy community together to examine and  
discuss transnational crime and corruption in Eastern Europe and  
Eurasia from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Topics may include:  
organized crime, corruption, human trafficking, drug trafficking,  
illicit trade, terrorism, cyber crime, financial crime and  
environmental crime, among others.

Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to  
present their current research on the topic of the Symposium. Grants  
will be awarded to approximately ten junior scholars.

The Symposium is scheduled to take place April 18-20, 2012 in the  
Washington, DC, metropolitan area and will involve two full days of  
reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the  
dissemination of research results to the policy community through a  
networking event.

Technical Eligibility Requirements:
*Applicants must be US citizens

*Applicants must either be currently enrolled in an MA, MS, MFA, MBA,  
MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD or PhD program or have held a graduate degree  
for 10 years or less.  Applicants who hold an academic post must be  
pre-tenure.

Grant Provisions:
*Round-trip airfare (provided by IREX through its travel office)  
and/or surface transportation from anywhere in the United States to  
the symposium site.

*Meals and accommodations for the duration of the symposium.

To learn more about the 2012 Regional Policy Symposium, please send  
e-mail inquiries to symposium at irex.org<mailto:symposium at irex.org> or  
visit the program webpage:  
http://www.irex.org/project/regional-policy-symposium

Application materials are available on the IREX website at:  
http://www.irex.org/application/regional-policy-symposium-application

We encourage all applicants to read our recommendations for writing  
successful international research proposals, found here:  
http://www.irex.org/news/10-tips-writing-successful-international-research-fellowship-proposal




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Julia Hon
Program Coordinator
Education Programs Division
IREX | www.irex.org
jhon at irex.org
phone: 202.628.8188 x211
fax: 202.628.8189
skype: julia.hon
Make a Better World | www.irex.org/donate<http://www.irex.org/donate>




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