Embassy fellowship for travel to Kazakhstan
WASHINGTON. July 25. KAZINFORM To encourage trips of US students to Kazakhstan, the Embassy of Kazakhstan has launched a fellowship in cooperation with Kazakhstan's National Airline "Air Astana", Kazakh Travel Agency Sayat (www.sayat-travel.kz/) and the US-based Russian American Travel Agencies Association (RATA, www.russiantravelusa.com/).
Candidates for Kazakhstan Embassy fellowship were required to submit a 500-word abstract on the topic, "Discovering new Kazakhstan: bringing US innovations to Kazakhstan to develop Kazakhstan-US Science and Technology Partnership."
Out of 15 abstracts, two have been selected and announced. Emin Hasanov from New York University and Charles Santos from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be traveling to Kazakhstan in August of this year to conduct their proposed research projects, the News Bulletin of the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the US.
Charles Santos proposed implementing mobile health services in Kazakhstan, and Emin Hasanov wrote about efficiency of wind farms as alternative source of energy.
They will have a weeklong, free trip to explore the three major cities of Kazakhstan during the period of August 6-12. The fellows will be provided an opportunity to meet with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, Nazarbayev University, Pharmaceuticals National Medical Holding, Zhetysu Public Private Partnership company, US Embassy in Kazakhstan, USAID and Asian Development Bank. The fellowship aims to make Americans more familiar with Kazakhstan, its business opportunities and its science and technology development. All expenses will be paid for with the exception of food costs and other incidentals.
The Embassy of Kazakhstan offers its sincere congratulations to the winners and hope that their research papers will contribute to the scientific cooperation between our countries and help promote genuine friendship between our countries.