COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN EDUCATION REFORM
APPLICATION DUE DATE: JANUARY 5, 2012
We are pleased to announce the 2012 CIES International Travel Award
for Distinguished Service in Education Reform. The travel award was
established through an endowment from George Soros and the Open
Society Institute (OSI) to encourage distinguished researchers and
practitioners from developing countries to participate in CIES
conferences. Launched at the 2009 CIES conference, the endowment
attempts to facilitate the participation of international education
experts who serve in countries where international projects are
implemented.
We are extraordinarily pleased to announce that a total of fifteen
(15) grants of $1,000 each will be awarded this year for the 2012
conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Conference participants from
developing countries with at least five (5) years of professional
experience in educational development are eligible to apply.
Applicants must have submitted their CIES conference presentation
abstract by the submission deadline (October 31, 2011) through the
conference online submission system. Applicants who are selected for
the travel award will receive $1,000 provided that their proposal has
been accepted for presentation at the conference. The application
deadline is January 5, 2012 and awardees will be notified by January
20, 2012. Awardees will be announced on the conference website as well
as in the CIES newsletter.
The 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International
Education Society marks the twenty-third anniversary of the fall of
the Berlin Wall and the beginning of a new era in education and
development. Arguably, OSI was the largest and most influential NGO in
the post-socialist region and has left a deep mark on educational
development in these thirty and more countries. In 1992, OSI funded
travel and accommodation for 15 ministers of education from the newly
established countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States as
well as from Eastern Europe. Since this historic moment, OSI has
provided numerous scholarships and travel grants for residents from
the post-socialist region, and more recently, from other countries
that are dependent on external financial assistance.
For information on how to apply for an International Travel Award and
to access the application form, please visit: http://www.cies.us.htm
or http://www.cies2012.psu.edu/cies-awards.html.
For more information on the 56th annual meeting of the CIES, please go
to http://www.cies2012.psu.edu/index.html. Questions about the 2012
International Travel Award can be directed to
cies.travel.award@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Zeena Zakharia and Andrew Shiotani
CIES International Travel Award Committee Co-Chairs
