The Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Outreach, invites organizations with substantial and wide-reaching experience in administering research and training programs to serve as intermediaries conducting nationwide competitive programs for U.

S.

scholars,

credit: brighthorizonsfoundation.org

students and institutions pertaining to advanced research and language training on the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

U.S.-based public and private nonprofit organizations and educational institutions may submit proposals to carry out Title VIII-funded programs that 1) support and sustain American expertise on the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia 2) bring American expertise to the service of the U.

S.

Government, and 3) further U.

S.

foreign assistance and policy goals.

An explicit connection must be made to U.

S.

policy, the maintenance of U.

S.

knowledge and expertise, and national capability.