It is with great excitement that the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies would like to announce the launch of the Vladimir Gross Memorial Endowed Fund to honor the legacy of Vladimir Gross, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, who taught Russian language at the UW for nearly four decades.
REECAS would like to request applications for the new, annual Gross Undergraduate Fellowship for exceptional undergraduate students interested in studying in Russia. Priority will be given to undergraduates to travel to Russia to study the Russian language, but funds may also support undergraduate students to travel to Russia to study the country’s history, literature or culture.
One award of up to $1000 will be offered toward airfare or lodging
between June 2009 and May 2010.
To apply: Submit the following required material: (1) a 2-page essay, double-spaced, 12 font (Courier, Arial or Times New Roman), with 1 inch margins on all sides, in which you explain your study abroad plans and how these funds will assist you, (2) a budget outlining your expenses, (3) one faculty letter of support, and (4) an unofficial copy of your transcript.
Applications are due February 27, 2009.
Please send application materials to: Marta Mikkelsen, Associate Director
REECAS Program, Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195