International Programs
Office of the Graduate Dean and Vice Provost for Research

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) provides U.S. graduate students in science and engineering:  1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Deadline for EAPSI 2008 will be December 12, 2007. The stipend amount for EAPSI 2008 will be $5,000.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284 

Edmond S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program confers fellowships for Master’s degree-level study in the U.S. in the fields of business administration, economics, education, environmental policy and management, international affairs, journalism/mass communications, law, library and information science, public administration, public health and public policy for students and professionals from Eurasia. Candidates are recruited through a merit-based competition administered by the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). U.S. host campuses are also selected through a competition process and generally provide tuition waivers of fifty percent. For the 2004–2005 academic year, 160 fellowships have been awarded and 174 are expected to be awarded for 2005-2006
www.irex.org/programs/muskie/index.asp

Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program offers scholarships for one academic year of study in the U.S. to undergraduate students from Eurasia in the fields of agriculture, American studies, business, computer science, economics, education, environmental management, international relations, journalism/communications, political science and sociology. Recruitment, selection and placement are administered through a grant to the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). For the 2004–2005 academic year, 175 fellowships have been awarded and 170 are expected to be awarded in 2005-2006 academic year.
www.irex.org/programs/ugrad/

The Partnerships for Learning Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) Program reaches a broad sector of college age youth who exhibit academic excellence, leadership potential, and a desire to enhance relations between the United States and their home countries who traditionally may not have access to American higher education. PLUS students receive intensive English language training and pre-academic preparation before enrolling in an undergraduate studies program leading toward a Bachelor of Arts degree.
exchanges.state.gov/education/P4L/plus/