The Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzstan and The Open Society Institute are pleased to announce the 2008 Social Work Faculty Fellowship for Kyrgyzstan. Each award recipient spends one semester at a university in the United States and returns home to resume teaching. Renewals for up to two additional years are possible.

The Social Work Faculty Fellowship is a non-degree program aimed at facilitating the development of social work departments and associated teaching and research in Kyrgyzstan. The program provides the opportunity for outstanding junior faculty to expand their knowledge of social work and re-specialize in social work through spending time at a U.S. university's school of social work. The program seeks to generate innovative approaches to curricular and pedagogical reform in Kyrgyzstan, and support the development of regional and international institutional partnerships and collaborative projects.

For an application and more information please visit the program web site:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/social_fellowship/guidelines/faculty

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• currently hold a full-time teaching position in social work or a related social science discipline;
• have an excellent academic record;
• possess strong written and spoken English language abilities;
• hold an advanced degree (minimum: five-year diploma) from a recognized institution of higher education;
• able to begin the program in January 2008 and continue through May 2009;
• have approval of home institution to be absent January-May 2008 and January-May 2009;
• be a legal resident of Kyrgyzstan.

The following are ineligible:

• teachers of subjects outside of social work or a related social science discipline;
• teachers of English as a foreign language;
• persons enrolled in a U.S. academic program;
• persons earning a salary or living in the United States;
• persons who have spent three or more consecutive months outside of home country since January 2006.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 18.00, MARCH 10, 2007.

For additional information and Application form (download), please contact: