National Research Competition

This competition provides funds for both collaborative and individual research projects. Research Contracts support collaborative projects involving multiple post-doctoral scholars, or individuals with comparable research skills who do not hold PhDs, including at least one U.S.-based scholar or researcher with a maximum award of $70,000. Research Grants support research projects conducted by individual U.S.-based scholars or researchers, with a maximum award of $40,000. The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) was created in 1978 to develop and sustain long-term, high-quality programs of research in the social, political, economic, environmental, and historical development of Russia, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe.