OTHER GRANTS 

Other grants and programs for US citizens administered or facilitated in some way by the Commission but not funded through the Commission's normal budget:

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program

This seminar gives participants, who are selected through the US Dept of Education the opportunity to develop a broad appreciation and introductory cultural orientation to the region.

MACECE has coordinated 5 seminars thus far, and is planning a sixth in summer 2008 on the Delicate Balance between Traditional Identity and Modernization in Morocco.  The last seminar (2006), entitled Grassroots Community Development, was a two-country seminar covering Morocco and Mali.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grants (DDRAP).
A program of the US Department of Education for graduate students wishing to conduct dissertation research in Morocco.

IIE-funded Grants (IIE).
Though these grants are not funded by the Commission, those awarded them are often chosen from among alternate and runner-up candidates for the standard Fulbright student awards and share the same basic prerogatives as other Fulbright grantees.

American Institute of Maghrebi Studies (AIMS) Grants.
MACECE provides logistical and practical assistance to certain AIMS research grantees.

Social Science Research Council's (SSRC) International Pre-dissertation Fellowship Program (IPFP).
MACECE provides fee-based logistical and practical assistance to some SSRC grantees.

Middle East and North Africa Regional Grant (CIES).
For Senior Scholars whose research requires them to spend time in two or more countries in the region. These grants are funded directly by USIA with the Commission providing logistical support and-assistance.