The deadline for receiving completed applications is February 15, 2001. The MMMF will notify recipients after April 30, 2001. The Edmund S. Muskie and Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship programs provide citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan with the opportunity to pursue graduate study at the master's level in the United States. Students are chosen in the fields of business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communications, law, library and information science, public administration, public health, and public policy. The program provides full scholarships to participants, including university tuition, fees, room, board, health insurance, monthly stipend, book allowance, and international and domestic travel.
Deadlines vary from country to country.
The Umid Presidential Scholarship Program for Talented Youth, the national fellowship program of Uzbekistan, provides students from Uzbekistan with the opportunity to earn an undergraduate or graduate degree at a university in the United States. The program requires that participants fulfill a five-year commitment to work for the government of Uzbekistan upon completion of their degree. Scholars are selected in the fields of business administration, computer science, economics, environmental management, international relations, journalism, law, and other fields. Awards include university tuition and fees, room, board, health insurance, a monthly stipend, a book allowance, and international and domestic travel. Approximately 100 new Umid Scholars are funded each year.