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The '''Edmund S. Muskie Internship Program''' is a professional exchange program supported by the [[United States Department of State]]. It provides summer internship placements, career training, and financial support to Eurasian [scholars and graduate students studying in the United States.
The '''Edmund S. Muskie Internship Program''' is a professional exchange program supported by the [[United States Department of State]]. It provides summer internship placements, career training, and financial support to Eurasian scholars and graduate students studying in the United States.


Eligible fields of study for the Muskie Program are: business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health or public policy.
Eligible fields of study for the Muskie Program are: business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health or public policy.

Revision as of 21:07, 20 March 2015

The Edmund S. Muskie Internship Program is a professional exchange program supported by the United States Department of State. It provides summer internship placements, career training, and financial support to Eurasian scholars and graduate students studying in the United States.

Eligible fields of study for the Muskie Program are: business administration, economics, education, environmental management, international affairs, journalism and mass communication, law, library and information science, public administration, public health or public policy.

The program was established by the United States Congress beginning from 1992 fiscal year (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 102–138, Sec. 227) and was designated Edmund S. Muskie name by the Freedom Support Act of 1992 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 102–511, Sec. 801).

In the past, the program was administered by International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and American Council of Teachers of Russian/American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language (ACTR/ACCELS).

The Muskie program was discontinued in 2013, and re-launched with a renewed format and scope in 2015.

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