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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsCustomsCornerPublicationsSourcesof FinanceFinanceLinkLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | November 1998The U.S. Department of Commerce's Special American Business Internship Training
Program
(SABIT) announces the availability of grant funding for U.S. companies and organizations
interested in training
managers and scientists from the NIS.Applications for the program will be available immediately after notice of funding has been
published in the
Federal Register in November 1998.  Applicant proposals will be accepted through January 1999,
and will be
evaluated on a rolling basis.internships last for a period of 3 to 6 months.U.S. companies can host up to 10 English-speaking experienced scientists or business
managers.The interns may be preselected by the grantee or selected by SABIT if the grantee does not
have suitable
candidates in mind.SABIT will reimburse grantees for round-trip international airfare, as well as certain housing
and per diem
costs.U.S. organizations are required to pay all other costs associated with the training, including
visa and insurance costs.
To receive more information and/or an application, contact SABIT by telephone at (202)
482-0073 or  by e-mail
at [email protected], or  visit SABIT's web site at www.mac.doc.gov/sabit/sabit.html.  
This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States
(BISNIS)