Western Balkans University signed a cooperation agreement with the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) for the Research Expertise from the Academic Diaspora Fellowship Program (READ).
Prof. Dr. Albana Halili, the Vice-Rector of WBU, has confidently signed an agreement to implement the READ program at Western Balkans University, where #WBU will serve as the host institution.
Albanian-American Development Foundation, in coordination with the Institute of International Education, has established the Research Expertise from the Academic Diaspora Fellowship Program (READ). READ Fellowship Program is a 7-year project that will connect Higher Education Institutions in Albania with the Albanian scientific diaspora and their respective academic institutions.
READ Fellowship Program has three key objectives: sustainability, institutional capacity building and community engagement. READ Program will award up to 100 fellowship grants to members of the Albanian academic diaspora and up to 100 research grants to Albanian resident scholars in these four focus areas:
1️⃣. Co-authored research papers published in peer-reviewed journals;
2️⃣. Joint supervision of Ph.Ds.
3️⃣. New curricula developed and updated;
4️⃣. Co-teaching hours