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Grants to study refugee issues are available through CIS

The Center for International Studies invites applications for Mellon-MIT grants to study nongovernmental organizations and forced migration. The deadline is Jan. 6.

These small grants, established by the Inter-University Committee on International Migration and supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are for applied research and training on refugee issues. Graduate students and faculty may apply. Awards will range from $4,000 to $6,000 for graduate student research projects. Faculty and senior researchers may receive awards up to $10,000.

For full program information, contact Carolyn Makinson (253-9861, makinson@mit.edu) or Marsha Bolton (258-8552, marsha5@mit.edu).

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 30, 2002.

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