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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear ASEEES members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As you may know, the Title VIII program, administered by the U.S. Department of State with funds appropriated by Congress, has supported language training and research on Eastern Europe and Eurasia for over 25 years. Title VIII makes grants to organizations that in turn organizes competitions for individual fellowships and grants and to institutions that run summer language or research programs. In the midst of the general strife over the national budget and debt ceiling, we received news that the Title VIII program – the program that has been so essential in supporting language training and advanced research in our field – did not receive an appropriation for the federal fiscal year 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Unfortunately this means a significant reduction in the number of fellowships and grants available for language training and advanced research in 2013-2014. </span>We have created a webpage to provide information about programs that are impacted by the funding cut: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/new/title8-alert.php">http://www.aseees.org/new/title8-alert.php</a> If a program is not listed, please assume that it will take place as scheduled.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>ASEEES has been actively engaged in advocating for Title VIII funding, and has already begun to work with grantee organizations and others to call for the restoration of these funds for 2014-2015. As part of this effort, ASEEES has formed an<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.aseees.org/about/committees/adhoc-advocacy.html"><b><span style='color:#CC6666;background:white'>Advocacy Committee</span></b></a>, and we welcome any and all offers of support in this critical effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Signed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lynda Park, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Title VIII Grantee Organizations:<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>American Council of Learned Societies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>American Councils for International Education<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Arizona State U Critical Language Institute<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Indiana U SWSEEL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IREX<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NCEEER<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SSRC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>U of Illinois Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Woodrow Wilson Center Kennan Institute<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>