This group of programs within the DoED Office of Postsecondary Education include the Fulbright-Hayes programs, international language study grants for institutions, fellowships for students, development of national resource centers, and international business education. U.S. awards support exchange programs, travel to Russia and the NIS, and research projects.
Grants support in-country research, exchange of faculty and students.
The Japan Foundation and its Center for Global Partnership support a variety of areas including the exchange of citizens, scholars, and students. Projects do not necessarily have to be based overseas and may involve collaborative research with colleagues in Eurasia and Eastern Europe. That is in the top 25 of any page on the CEC site. There must be lots of good information there so YOU better check it out soon. The primary purpose of the Institute is to provide talented individuals an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of an issue, country or region outside the United States and to share that understanding with interested segments of the English-speaking public.