Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program

Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program

The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program provides fellowships for Master’s degree-level study to emerging leaders from Eurasia for study in the United States in the various fields. The program provides fellows with intensive academic study and professional training in their chosen fields. In addition to their academic programs, Muskie fellows gain exposure to American values through community service activities and develop professional skills through a full-time internship in their field of study. The program is open to graduate students and professionals from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan for one-year non-degree, one-year degree or two-year degree study in the United States. Eligible fields of study include: business administration, economics, education, environmental policy and management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health and public policy.

The program is administered by International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Please contact IREX local office for more information about the program deadlines: www.irex.az; www.irex.org; http://exchanges.state.gov/academicexchanges/muskie.html

Applications are currently available for the 2012 cycle of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program. Paper applications, including all supporting documents, are due to the IREX office in your country of citizenship by 5 PM Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Online applications may be submitted until 11:59 AM EST Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

List of documents for 2012:

a. 2012 Muskie Paper Application Instructions with cover page

b. 2012 Muskie Application - Fillable

c. 2012 Muskie Paper Supplemental to Application-Fillable

d. 2012 Muskie Resume EXAMPLE

e. Academic Integrity Handout 2012

f. Advice for Test Takers 2012

g. General Muskie Program FAQs

h. 2012 Muskie Lecture Series