Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program provides the Moldovan students with the opportunity to obtain a Master’s degree in the United States. All fellows 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. Eligible fields of study for the Muskie Program are: business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health, and public policy. Applications for the Muskie Exchange Program can be obtained and submitted by contacting IREX/Moldova office and representatives in Eurasia. Applications can also be downloaded from www.irex.org or www.irex.md. The deadline is November 16. The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program is a programme of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, and administered by IREX. The program provides opportunities for graduate students and professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan