CEP receives funding from HESP and a variety of private and governmental sources. For the Visiting Lecturer program, CEP selects Western scholars to serve as lecturers for an academic year at universities in the region. The Eastern Scholar Program supports Western-trained nationals of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as CEP Fellows in their home countries.
Fellows teach courses in English, French, German, and local languages.
In addition to classroom teaching, Fellows work with their host universities to improve social science education through projects which include assisting in the design of new curricula, improving teaching methods, organizing academic events for students and faculty, developing local-language teaching materials, securing book donations, facilitating regional cooperation, seeking research funds, and identifying opportunities for talented faculty and students to receive training outside their home country. Application deadline for the Eastern Scholar Program is March 1, 2001.