Award Benefits
- Fellowship award of $2,000
- Round-trip international airfare to Central Europe
- Living costs (room and board) for 8 weeks
- Health and accident insurance
- Four-day academic and cultural orientation in Budapest, Hungary
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and managed by the Institute of International Education, CESRI is a fellowship opportunity for U.S. graduate students in science and engineering who are seeking a quality hands-on international research experience in
Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
CESRI hopes to accomplish the following objectives:
- Improve the expertise of the awardees as scientists and help them think and analyze on a broader, global level
- Build individual and institutional partnerships, as well as dialogue between the scientific community in the U.S. and Central Europe.
The 2010 CESRI Fellowship application will become available in August 2009.
The deadline for application submission is February 1, 2010 .
We are especially excited to welcome NSF GK-12 Fellows to apply to the program.






