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Companies and
Organizations Offering Internships and Employment Opportunities
- The Academy for Educational Development -
The Academy for Educational Development is an independent, nonprofit service
organization committed to addressing human needs in the United States and
throughout the world. (Internships and Fellowships).
- Action Without Borders - A non-profit
organization which promotes action on issues of concern, Action Without Borders'
Web site offers a database of non-profit internships by field of interest,
geographical region, etc., along with summaries of available opportunities.
- ACTR/ACCELS - (The American Council of Teachers
of Russian/The American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language
Study) The American Councils administer over twenty exchange programs between
the US and the countries of the Former Soviet Union and eastern Europe. Programs
range from 3 months to 2 years in duration and involve high school students,
teachers, undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and researchers.
- Center for Citizen Initiatives. Programs
& Organizations Focused on US-Russia Relations.
- Center
for Strategic and International Studies - CSIS is a public policy research
institution dedicated to impact on global policy issues.
- Center
for International Private Enterprise - This is the online information
service for the CIPE, a nonprofit organization that works to build democracy
and market economies globally. The Forum is designed to serve as a primary
source of information on efforts to promote economic reform, private enterprise,
and democratic consolidation around the world.
- International Committee of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent- International organization promoting human rights and providing
humanitarian aid in regions across the globe. Lists vacancies.
- International Foundation for Election Systems-IFES
is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 that provides nonpartisan
technical assistance in the promotion of democracy worldwide and serves as
a clearinghouse for information about democratic development and elections.
Since its inception, IFES has grown and worked in more than 100 countries
around the world, earning an international reputation for the highest quality
assistance and research in support of building and consolidating democratic
institutions.
- International
Republican Institute - The IRI is dedicated to advancing democracy worldwide.
As changes occur in the countries around the globe, opportunities abound for
democracy to flourish. With the help of IRI, people who once dreamed of freedom
are now bringing about domestic reform.
- The International Research & Exchanges Board
(IREX) - The International Research & Exchanges Board is a private,
nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting advanced field research and
professional training programs between the United States and the countries
of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus,
Eurasia, China, and comparable contiguous societies.
- National Council for Eurasian and East European
Research - NCEEER was created in 1978 to develop and sustain long-term,
high quality programs of postdoctoral research in the social, political, economic,
and historical development of Russia, Eurasia, and East Europe. Among national
research institutions, NCEER is the largest provider of resources to U.S.
scholars for postdoctoral research in these fields. Its unequaled record of
support for research on the region has produced direct benefits for U.S. policymakers,
the academic and nonprofit communities, and American business. It has also
been directly involved in bringing to the attention of Congress and the executive
branch the national interest served by the training and research of professionals
in academia and government. NCEEER is now building on this exemplary track
record. In addition to focusing its research grants and contracts on gaining
better understanding of current developments and rigorous analysis of their
significance for the future, it is expanding its work by making its network
of American institutions and scholars available to specialists from the region
pursuing training in the social sciences and humanities fields directly related
to reform.
- National
Democratic Institute for International Affairs
- Working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide.
- National
Endowment for Democracy - Supporting freedom around the world. Home of
the Journal of Democracy, the International Forum for Democratic Studies
and the World Movement for Democracy.
- Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe-Lists vacancies and internship opportunities.
- Peace Corps The main page for this
venerable organization.
- Search for Common GroundThis
organization works in Eastern Europe to resolve and prevent conflict.
- Seeds of Peace-Organization that brings
together adolescents from regions of conflict and war to summer camp in Maine.
Hires facilitators. Applications available online.
- Sister Cities International. The
World's Premier Citizen Diplomacy Network
- The Soros Foundation. "The concept
of open society is based on the recognition that people act on imperfect knowledge
and nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth."
- United Nations Jobs-
Lists jobs with UN secretariat, as well as in other UN organizations.
- The Washington Center - This organization
arranges off-campus internships in the Washington, D.C. area for college students
from all majors in government agencies, corporations, and non-profit organizations.
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U.S.Government
Agencies
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- AATSEEL's
Jobs Page - Postings on this page are typically jobs which require the
knowledge of Russian or other languages of the former Soviet Union and/or
Eastern Europe.
- Civic Education Project - International
not-for-profit organization affiliated with Yale University in New Haven,
CT and the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Through its Visiting
Lecture and Eastern Scholar Programs, CEP supports higher education reform
in universities in Central/Eastern Europe and Eurasia by placing advanced
graduate students/faculty in social science departments for a year of teaching
and program development.
- English International-Provides
information on teaching English in Central and Eastern Europe.
- Ed-U-Link. Ed-U-Link provides listings
of educators interested in working outside the United States. They are intermediaries
between the school and providers of services and materials.
- International Schools Services
- Overseas Schools
Site - U.S. State Department listing of schools and job-openings overseas.
- REES (Russian and East European Studies)
Web - The REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic resources on
the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucuses, Central Asia, Central Europe,
the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the former Soviet
Union.
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- ACLS
(The American Council of Learned Societies) offers grants to Individuals
for Training in East European Languages (at Programs in Summer 2003).
- ACTR/ACCELS
- (The American Council of Teachers of Russian/The American Council for Collaboration
in Education and Language Study) The American Councils administer over twenty
exchange programs between the US and the countries of the Former Soviet Union
and eastern Europe. Programs range from 3 months to 2 years in duration and
involve high school students, teachers, undergraduates, graduate students,
faculty, and researchers.
- Foreign
Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. FLAS funds are from the
U.S. Department of Education and are intended to support second language acquisition
among US professionals. FLAS funds are non-service awards providing fellows
with a stipend of $11,000 (AY) or $2400 (for summer language study) and full
payment of tuition and fees.
- Institute of International Education
Professional Development Fellowships - The Institute of International
Education (IIE) announces a fellowship program for young American researchers
in professional, policy and public administration-related fields who want
to develop a specialized knowledge of the NIS. Candidates may apply for grants
to Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia,
Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine or Uzbekistan.
- NSEP Student Fellowship Programs - The
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate International Fellowships
enable U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language
study or to add an important international dimension to their education. NSEP
Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and
world regions which are critical to U.S. national security, but which are
less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the world
other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is hoped
that recipients of NSEP Fellowships will comprise an ever-growing cadre of
experts whose enriched educational and professional experiences will enable
them to provide leadership and direction in our national commitment to economic
growth, international peace and security, and promotion of democracy abroad.
The Academy for Educational Development considers it a distinct pleasure to
serve as the administrative agent for this important program.
- Onelist.com - Eastern
Europe Scholarships - This is a list for the scholarship opportunities
related to Eastern Europe. This is both for Western scholars/students seeking
to study abroad and students from Eastern Europe wanting to study in the West.
- Onelist.com - NIS Scholarships
- This is a moderated listserv for the posting of scholarship announcements
related to the former Soviet Union. Messages will include both opportunities
for study at Western institutions and also institutions in the former Soviet
Union.
- The
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) - The International
Research & Exchanges Board is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated
to promoting advanced field research and professional training programs between
the United States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia,
Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eurasia, China, and comparable contiguous
societies. IREX awards grants to individuals, collaborative groups, and organizations
through the programs that it administers.
- The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
- The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship was established in 1987 to provide
college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on
key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of
Directors selects a small group of outstanding individuals to spend six months
in Washington. Supported by a monthly stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time
project assistants at the participating organization of their choice. In the
Program's first thirteen years, seventy one fellowships have been awarded.
- The Social Science Research Council - The
Social Science Research Council offers fellowships through its Eurasian program
which covers Eastern Europe, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union and
its successor states. The SSRC offers fellowship for individuals and institutional
awards in the social sciences and humanities.
- USIA Fulbright Program - The U.S.
Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's and
doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for
personal development and international experience. The Program promotes cross-cultural
interaction and mutual understanding on a person-to-person basis in an atmosphere
of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom.
- White House Fellowships - Intended
for young professional who have demonstrated academic and professional excellence.
Places recipients in a cabinet-level agency, the Executive Office of the President,
the Vice President's office, or in smaller agencies where they work as full-time
paid assistants.
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