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Research grants up to $15,000 are available to encourage academics in all fields of scholarship to study topics of interest to the equipment leasing and finance industry. General topics of research interest are: funding; industry compensation models; strategic management/planning; Accounting/financial reporting; and finance; tax and legislative/ regulatory; credit/collections; economics; portfolio management; contracts/documentation; technology benchmarking; strategic importance of captives; operations; and best practices.

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The sponsor makes a distinguished lecturing award for a scholar to teach undergraduate and graduate classes. Opportunities exist for research in areas including labor law, public and constitutional law, comparative law, history of law and criminal law. Award durations are for three months, tenable at the Faculty of Law, Univarsity of Trento.

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The sponsor provides support for a distinguished lectureship in the field of law at an institution in the People's Republic of China. The award is for five or ten months.

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The sponsor provides a distinguished lectureship for a scholar to lecture at the graduate and undergraduate levels in any field at York University. The award term is four months.

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The sponsor makes a distinguished lecturing/research award in environmental studies. The award duration is three months, and is tenable at the Polytechnic Institute of Turin.

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The sponsor awards a distinguished lecturing award for a scholar to teach graduate level seminars (LLM program courses) of thirty-six hours each to approximately thirty students. The courses will be advanced. The award is for three months. The award is tenable at the School of Law, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon. A stipend of approximately 3,500 euro per month is provided.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in law at the Faculty of Law, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any of the wide range of disciplines at the following possible host institutions: University of Antananarivo, University of Antsiranana, University of Mahajanga, University of Toamasina, University of Fianarantsoa and University of Toliara. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at: Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar; or Gatson Berger University, Saint Louis. English is sufficient for lecturing in American literature; conversational French is helpful. Fluent French is required for lecturing in other disciplines. The award is for ten months. Two or more awards are available.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in education, social sciences, humanities, American studies, professional fields and arts at a South African institution. The award is for six to eleven months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at Makerere University. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research and lecturing awards in law. All teaching is in English. The award is for five or ten months. Approximately four awards will be available.

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The sponsor provides research awards in all disciplines at an institution in Japan. The award is for three to nine months. Applicants should be proficient in Japanese if it is needed for research.

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The sponsor provides lecturing awards in the study of the United States at an institution in Japan. The award is for five to ten months. Approximately six awards are available.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing award in the social sciences and humanities at an institution in Mongolia. Lectures are in English, but the ability to speak Mongolian or Russian is advantageous. Grants are for four or ten months in duration.

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The sponsor provides lecturing awards in the study of the United States at an institution in the Philippines. Grants are for five months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in global issues at an institution in the Philippines. Grants are for five months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing awards in the social sciences and the humanities at an institution in Taiwan. Grants are for five to ten months in duration. Approximately five awards will be provided. All teaching is done in English.

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The sponsor provides research awards in any discipline at an institution in Vietnam. Grants are for three to ten months. Approximately three awards are available. All teaching is in English.

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The sponsor awards lecturing or lecturing/research grants in any field at an institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The institute affiliation is to be determined by program needs and local conditions, but applicants may express a preference for one or more universities in Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla, Bihac or Mostar. English is sufficient for lecturing. Grants are four to nine months in duration.

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The sponsor makes awards for lecturing, lecturing/research and research in any field at an institution in Bulgaria. Grants are for five months in duration. English is sufficient for lecturing. Conversational Bulgarian is useful.

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The sponsor makes lecturing or lecturing/research awards in public policy, international relations and law at an institution in Bulgaria. Grants are for five months in duration. English is sufficient for lecturing.

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The sponsor provides lecturing awards in the social sciences at an institution in the Czech Republic. Grants range from three to nine months in duration.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field, tenable at: Department of Public Administration, University of Tartu; Department of Political Science, University of Tartu; Department of Advertising and Marketing, Tallinn University. Grants are five to ten months in duration.

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The sponsor provides junior research, lecturing, lecturing/research, or research awards in any field at an institution in Germany. Approximately two awards are available in junior research, thirty awards for lecturing, lecturing/research, or research, and five awards providing travel expenses only in lecturing, lecturing/research, or research. German proficiency must be appropriate for the proposed project. Grants are two to ten months in duration.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field at an institution in Bangladesh. Grants are four to ten months in duration. Instruction is in English. Applicants must be a scholar holding the rank of professor or associate professor and have at least five years of post-doctoral teaching experience.

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The sponsor provides lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in any discipline at an institution in Canada. French language ability commensurate with the requirements of the project and/or the host institution is required at any of the country’s Francophone institutions. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Recent Ph.D.s, experienced professionals and both junior and tenured faculty members are encouraged to apply. Individuals who will have received the Ph.D. by December 2008 are eligible to apply.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in law at any school of law in Chile, with preference for: University of Chile; Catholic University; and University of the Andes. Grants are three to six months in duration. Preference is for candidates with senior status (five years of experience following the terminal degree) and graduate level teaching experience, but junior scholars as well as professional candidates with compelling proposals will also be considered. Good to fluent Spanish is required.

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The sponsor provides up to four lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any discipline at the University of Costa Rica; National Autonomous University; Costa Rica Technological Institute; National University of Distance Education; or EARTH University. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Good to fluent Spanish is required.

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The sponsor provides lecturing awards in legal education at the School of Law, Central American University, San Salvador. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Fluent Spanish is required. Applicants must have a J.D. and teaching/training experience, and experience with rule of law in developing country contexts. Professional candidates will be considered in addition to candidates with academic appointments.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any discipline at an institution in Guatemala. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Fluent Spanish is required. A Ph.D. is preferred, although a master's degree with professional and teaching experience will be considered. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the developing world.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any discipline at an institution in Panama. Applicants holding a Ph.D. are preferred, but individuals with a master's degree and at least three years of teaching experience will be considered. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Good to fluent Spanish is required.

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The sponsor provides up to three lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in any discipline at an institution in Paraguay. Applicants with a Ph.D. are preferred, however, professional candidates with a minimum of five years of experience will be considered. Grants are four to six months in duration. Fluent Spanish is required. Guarani is required only if necessary for research projects.

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The sponsor provides lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in any discipline at an institution in Uruguay. Fluent Spanish is desired. Grants are for three months. Applicants with at least four years of experience beyond the terminal degree are preferred.

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The sponsor offers lecturing or lecturing/research awards in all disciplines at Baku State University; The University of Languages; Azerbaijan State Economic University; The Academy of Public Administration Under the President of Azerbaijan; and Azerbaijan State Technical University-Baku. Applicants should hold the appropriate terminal degree and have at least three years of teaching experience or the professional equivalent. Grants are four to nine months in duration. Conversational Azeri or Russian is recommended but not required. Approximately three awards will be made.