Fulbright Senior New Century Program

Applications Invited for New Century Scholars Program on Sectarian, 
Ethnic, 
and Cultural Conflict 

 Deadline: October 1, 2002 

 The aim of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) 
New 
Century Scholars Program (NCS) for 2002-2003 is to identify those 
settings 
that might provide cases for intensive study relevant to the research 
theme: "Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic and Cultural Conflict within and 
Across National Borders." NCS will provide a unique research opportunity 

for scholars selected from the U.S. and abroad to pursue individual 
research objectives as well as to engage in ongoing collaboration and 
interaction focusing on the research theme. 

 Approximately twenty-five to thirty leading scholars and professionals 
representing a variety of disciplines from the U.S. and abroad will be 
selected as NCS Fellows. Fellows will receive grants in the amount of 
$41,500 to cover expenses related to participation in the program. 

 Prospective applicants are invited to submit research proposals that 
reflect ongoing research addressing issues relevant to the NCS theme. 
Possible topics might include, but are not limited to cross-border 
ethnic 
identity and diaspora; stateless nations; religious nationalism and 
religious pluralism; the role of clergy in ethnic mobilization; clashing 

values of tradition and modernity; reconstruction of civil society; 
community development and reconstruction; innovative governance in 
multi-ethnic states; new initiatives for resolution of ethnic conflicts; 

democratic solutions to long-standing conflicts; third-party 
intervention/mediation in ethnic conflicts; emigration and immigration 
as 
factors in multiculturalism; effects of refugee resettlement on the 
creation of new civil societies; and women's groups in processes of 
reconciliation. 

 Leading scholars and professionals in any area of the social sciences, 
history, law, public policy/administration, media, and comparative 
religious studies are eligible to apply. Successful candidates will be 
active in the academic, public, or private sector and will demonstrate 
outstanding qualifications and a distinguished record of experience, 
research, and accomplishment in an area clearly related to the NCS 
theme. 

 See the program's Web site for complete eligibility information and 
application procedures. 

 RFP Link: http://www.cies.org/cies/NCS/text_NCS.htm 

 For additional RFPs in International Affairs/Develoment, visit: 
 http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_international.jhtml