FUNDING ALERT - February 2002 Issue

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AACSB Business and Management Education

FUNDING ALERT - February 2002 Issue

Research and Curriculum Development Grants in Vietnam for Faculty in
Fields Including Economics

Source: Asia Foundation, Faculty Research Grant Program in Vietnamese
Studies

Deadline: March 31

The Asia Foundation, with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, invites
faculty of American institutions of higher education to apply for
five-month research
and curriculum development grants in Vietnam during the period September
2002 to December 2003. The program encourages the development of courses
in
Vietnamese studies in the U.S., and provides round-trip economy class
international airfare, travel allowance, five-month stipend, health and
accident insurance, and
a book allowance.

The candidate will be placed as a visiting scholar at an appropriate
research or educational institution in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. Upon
return to his/her home
institution, he/she will teach the material developed during the
five-month field research in Vietnam.

Applicants must be faculty members at an accredited American college or
university, with doctoral degrees from institutions of higher education.
They also must hold
regular teaching positions in one of the following disciplines:
international relations, political science, economics, sociology or Asian
Studies.

For further information and application details, visit the Foundation's
Web site at http://www.asiafoundation.org/programs/prog-Asia-viet.html or
call the contact
noted below.

Contact: Asian-American Exchange, Asia Foundation, (415) 982-4640, ext.
3304