Applications are being accepted

for the 2008 Study of the United States Institutes for Secondary Educators 

and the 2008 Study of the United States Institutes for Scholars

The United States Embassy in Sofia is pleased to begin accepting applications for the 2008 Study of the United States Institutes for Secondary Educators and the 2008 Study of the United States Institutes for Scholars to take place over the course of six weeks beginning in mid June 2008.

The Study of the United States Institutes are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign university faculty and other scholars the opportunity to deepen their understanding of American society, culture and institutions.  The ultimate goal is to strengthen curricula and to improve the quality of teaching about the United States in academic institutions abroad.

All participant costs will be covered.

For more information see the special box on the right side of this page.