Does anyone have a good parka I can borrow?

The information below came in an email from Susan Lehmann. She's super! If you want to be added to her FIPSE distribution list, just send her an email with your name, email, telephone, and school info- Susan.Lehmann@ed.gov.

Also, here is a link to the "Russia Factpage"  by the CIA: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html   You will see that Russia is "the world's largest exporter of both oil and natural gas and is also the third largest exporter of steel and primary aluminum - and other less competitive heavy industries that remain dependent on the Russian domestic market. This reliance on commodity exports makes Russia vulnerable to boom and bust cycles that follow the highly volatile swings in global commodity prices. The government since 2007 has embarked on an ambitious program to reduce this dependency and build up the country's high technology sectors, but with few results so far. A revival of Russian agriculture in recent years has led to Russia shifting from being a net grain importer to a net grain exporter."

United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education

The Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the 2010 U.S.-Russia Program competition. The program emphasizes the development of innovative projects and partnerships between Russian and American institutions of higher education (IHEs) that promote educational and academic exchanges of students and teaching faculty, contributing to the advancement of education and science in both countries. The funded projects are expected to use the educational study content as a vehicle for the learning of languages and cultures, sharing of knowledge, and the formation of long-term relationships among the institutions and between the two counties. The Program is open to all disciplines, professional fields, and vocational programs, as well as cross-disciplinary studies, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.


The competition notice was published in the Federal Register (Vol. 75, No. 57, March 25, 2010, page 14431 – 14435) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/ . The deadline for applications is May 18, 2010.

A PDF file of this Notice can be found using the link http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=53517024277+2+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

The full application package (application guidelines, forms and instructions) can be downloaded from http://e-grants.ed.gov Look under e-Application tab and under ‘Application Packages’ Section using CFDA # 84.116S. For more information about this FIPSE program, please consult www.ed.gov/programs/fipserussia/index.html .

An American institutions funded under this program will receive up to $400,000 over three years. Russian institutions that are consortia partners with a U.S. institution will receive the ruble equivalent from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.


For FY 2010, the Department and the Russian Ministry have jointly decided to make up to six (6) new awards in the following three areas:
Grant Category A – Science and Technology
Grant Category B – Environmental Science
Grant Category C – Education, Culture and Society


The competition is open to thirteen IHEs in the Russian Federation listed below, and to all IHEs in the U.S. An institution in the U.S. interested in submitting an application should contact one of the thirteen IHE in the Russian Federation with the aim of developing a bi-lateral educational consortium. Russian partners in the consortium interested in applying for these grants should contact the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for further information.


U.S. applicants should contact
Krish Mathur, Ph.D.
U.S.-Russia Program Manager
U.S. Department of Education, FIPSE, Office of Postsecondary Education
1990 K Street, NW, Room 6155
Washington, D.C. 20006-8544
Tel: 202-502-7512
Fax: 202-502-7877
Email: Krish.Mathur@ed.gov