Council of American Overseas Research Centers
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| Formation | 1981 |
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| Type | NGO |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
Executive Director | Mary Ellen Lane |
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The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private not-for-profit association of centers that research, conserve and record cultural heritage and modern societies.[1] CAORC, founded in 1981, helps arrange research projects that span national boundaries, in which member centers collaborate.[2]
Funding
The council is funded in part by the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Smithsonian Institution, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Getty Foundation, as well as through fees paid by members.[2]
Scholarships
The CAORC supports a multi-country research fellowship program for scholars who have obtained a Ph.D. in the humanities or social sciences and who want to conduct regional or trans-regional research.[3] Under the National Security Language Initiative, the United States Department of State funds scholarships in the "Critical Language Scholarships Program" that were originally organized by CAORC. These scholarships are now administered by the American Councils for International Education. [4]
Member centers
The member centers as of 2012 were:[5]
- American Academy in Rome (AAR)
- American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
- American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)
- W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)
- American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
- American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS)
- American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)
- American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)
- American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
- American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
- American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS)
- American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)
- American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
- American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS)
- American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
- Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI)
- Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)
- Mexico-North Research Network (MNRN)
- Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
- The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII)
- West African Research Association (WARA)
References
- ↑ "Council of American Overseas Research Centers". West African Research Association. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- 1 2 "About CAORC". Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ "The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program for Advanced Multi-Country Research". University of Arizona. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ "United States Department of State Council of American Overseas Research Centers Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes (CAORC)(DOS)". Columbia University. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ "American Overseas Research Centers". Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Retrieved 2012-03-28.