NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (2000-2001). Host institution: Boston University. Project: Nonlinear waves in multiphase fluids. Postdoctoral Advisor: Ali Nadim.

The NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science and Engineering are ones of the most prestigious (and therefore highly competitive) fellowships for foreign young scientists and for begining scientists from U.S. intended to visit NATO countries. These fellowships have the following goals: to promote the progress of science and closer collaboration between scientists and engineers of NATO Partner countries, and scientists and engineers in the United States; and to recognize the accomplishments to date of beginning scientists and engineers and to provide an experience abroad which will increase professional competence. The information about the NSF-NATO Fellowship Program can be found at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/nato/.

The success rate for 2000 NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships was very small: only 12.9%. 11 out of 25 fellowships were given to specialists in Life Sciences. Physicists (including me) received 6 fellowships. 17 fellowships were for young scientists from NATO Partner Countries (only two were given to Russia), remaining 8 fellowships were for American scientists.