The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program offers the Moldovan citizens opportunities for one-year non-degree, one-year degree or two-year degree study in the United States. All fellows selected by contest will attend classes full-time for one to two years and will be required to create and implement a project related to their professional interests that benefits the local community. Fellows will also be required to participate in a full-time summer internship after their first academic year. The fellowship provides J-1 visa support, round-trip travel from fellows’ home cities to their US host institutions, university tuition and mandatory university fees, accident and sickness coverage, monthly allowance for living expenses, limited book allowance, limited allowance for professional enrichment activities, pre-academic English-language training (if necessary), and a wide variety of alumni networking and training opportunities. The Muskie Program selects outstanding candidates to receive fellowships for Master’s level study in the United States in the fields of business administration, economics, law, public administration, public policy, education, environmental management, international affairs, library and information science, journalism/mass communications, and public health. Applications for the Muskie Exchange Program can be obtained and submitted by contacting IREX/Moldova office. Applications can also be downloaded from www.irex.org or www.irex.md. The deadline for applications is October 31, 2008. The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, and administered by IREX. The program provides fellowships to graduate students and professionals from Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.