CESSI 2025 Applications Open!

Rolling Admissions Open Through April 1

Title VIII Fellowship Competition for CESSI 2025 Has Closed

The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute is supported by the Title VIII Program. Administered by the U.S. Department of State, Title VIII provides funding for research and language training to American scholars and students for the study of Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Independent States of the Former Soviet Union). Title VIII maintains U.S. expertise in the regions and brings open-source, policy-relevant research to the service of the U.S. government. For more information, click here.

CESSI is supported by Title VI and Title VIII grant funding provided by the U.S. government.