The Council of American Overseas Research Centers develops and administers programs in collaboration with our member Centers and affiliated partners.

• The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program for Advanced Multi-Country Research - The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. more information
• Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research Fellows - The program of fellowships enables Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak scholars in the humanities and allied social sciences to carry out research at institutes of advanced study in other countries. more information
• Getty Research Exchange Fellowship Program for the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East - This program of research fellowships will serve to build cooperative networks among practitioners and scholars from Afghanistan, Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yemen whose research and professional interests focus on studying or preserving cultural heritage. more information
• Critical Language Scholarship Program for Intensive Summer Language Institutes - A program of United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2010. The on-line application for CLS Program awards is now available, and the deadline to apply will be December 18, 2009. more information.
• The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Research Fellowship Program - The SQCC and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) are pleased to announce the SQCC Research Fellowship Program. The Program, open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, supports research in 1) traditional Omani music and 2) date palm cultivation, industry, and date and palm tree byproducts, for doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. more information

• Fulbright-Hays 102(b)6 Report: Recipients of U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award - In 1998, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) conducted a survey of recipients of U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays 102(b)6 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships under a Title VI International Research and Studies grant. View results of the survey here. Please note: in order to read this file you will need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer.

For additional programs administered by American Overseas Research Centers, please see their websites, which can be accessed through the Centers page