International Research & Exchanges Board in Armenia                                        ARM

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, Russian Federation, and Ukraine. Program elements include:

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 US public universities to work on specific university administration reform projects. The fellows will travel to the US in fall 2010. While in the US the fellows are required to prepare a case study on the reform issue addressed. The case studies are then published and distributed to universities participating in the program.

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.

Eligibility Requirements for the Fellowships in University Administration
Applicants must:

Be a citizen of and reside in Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, Russia, 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 high level of proficiency in written and spoken English necessary 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 either in fall 2010 or in winter 2011;

Be committed to researching and writing a case study on a topic of university administration while in the United States and;     

Hold a full-time position with the title of Pro-Rector, Dekan, 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 and Science. Please see page 4 for the list of eligible universities.

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.

Financial and Professional Provisions of the Grant
The program provides the following:

J-1 visa support for the period of the program;

Round-trip travel from fellows’ home cities to the US host institutions;

Accident and sickness insurance 2;  

An orientation in Washington, DC at the start of the program;

Housing and $40/day daily allowance for meals and incidentals;     

Professional development allowance of $1000 for educational materials, professional conferences and membership in U.S. professional associations;

A two-day case study presentation workshop in Washington, DC at the end of the program; 

LIST OF ELIGIBLE ARMENIAN UNIVERSITIES

Yerevan State University

Yerevan State Linguistic University after Bryusov

Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute after Nalbandyan

Vanadzor State Pedagogical Institute after Tumanyan