Students who participate contribute tuition, fees, room and board to the university in Saratov. Funding to date has come primarily from the United States Information Agency. Matching funds have come from UW in the form of faculty time. Saratov State University has competed successfully for funding to support UW-SSU exchanges. Saratov students attending UW are supported by federally-funded scholarships and from personal resources.
Future programming is predicated upon successful competition for external dollars.
Another goal is to develop a program to implement agricultural extension Saratov together with the Saratov Ministry of Agriculture, the newly organized Saratov Agriculture University, and UW s Cooperative Extension Service and College of Agriculture. David Nicholas, former defense advisor to NATO and Laramie attorney, and John Vandel, Wheatland rancher and pharmacist, have developed a broad interest in Rotary Clubs in Colorado and Wyoming to build relationships between our region and Saratov. Wyoming judges have visited Saratov courts and hosted Saratov justices in Wyoming. In addition, a team of Wyoming judges, lawyers, and law educators have conducted mock trials in Saratov to train judges there in jury trial procedures. Since 1997, the same team of individuals, working with the UW College of Law, have hosted one student annually from the Saratov Law Academy to advance their education formally and to provide internships in Wyoming courts.