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(Advanced graduate students from all parts of the world are encouraged to apply for the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/davisgrant.html"><b><span style='color:#CC6666;background:white'>Davis Student Travel Grants</span></b></a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#330000'>Grant Amount:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Up to $1,000 USD plus convention registration fee waiver<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#330000'>Deadline:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Applications are due<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span class=deadline><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#FF3300;background:white'>May 1, 2013</span></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>. All applicants will be notified of their status by </span><span class=deadline><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#FF3300;background:white'>June 1, 2013</span></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#330000'>Eligibility:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>All applicants must be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Permanent resident in any of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>A regular member of ASEEES at time of application (affiliate, joint, and student members are not eligible to apply);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Presenting a paper on a regular panel (chairs, discussants, and roundtable participants are not eligible to apply);<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>For more information and application, see <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/regionalgrant.html">http://www.aseees.org/convention/regionalgrant.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'>DONATE:<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Please consider contributing to the new Regional Scholar Travel Grant Fund. Help us increase the number of grants that we can provide: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/support.html">http://www.aseees.org/support.html</a> <b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Lynda Park, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>203C Bellefield Hall <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>+1 (412) 648-9788 (direct), +1 (412) 648-9911 (main)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>+1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.aseees.org/">www.aseees.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000'><a href="http://www.aseees.org/support.html"><span style='color:#C00000'>Support ASEEES</span></a> – Ask Me about Planned Giving</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-Slavic-East-European-and-Eurasian-Studies/141362775903086">Find us on Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2585509">Join us on LinkedIn</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aseeestudies">Follow us on Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>