press releases 2008

Media Note: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Traveling Fellowship Call for Applications And Notification About Telephone Conference

April 17, 2008

The Office of UNESCO Affairs within the Department of State is pleased to open the inaugural call for applications for the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship. The deadline for applications is April 23, 2008 by 7:00 p.m.

This fellowship, whose funding has generously come from a private donation, is intended to help fund proposals by American college students to carry out brief work, about 4 to 6 weeks, in foreign countries on topics related to the mandate of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and that seek to build strong ties among nations.

To discuss applications for the fellowship, the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO will hold a telephone conference on May 2, 2008 beginning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. This call will be closed to the public pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) because it is likely to involve discussion of information of a personal nature regarding the relative merits of individual applicants where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

For more information about the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship or the telephone conference, please visit the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO website – www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/103476.htm – or contact the Executive Secretariat at 202-663-0026.