Kamola Kobildjanova of San Jose awarded prestigious Carnegie Junior Fellowship

ITHACA, NY (04/20/2011)(readMedia)-- Kamola Kobildjanova, a San Jose, Calif. native and Cornell University senior, has been awarded one of only nine 2011-12 Junior Fellowships from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

The award provides a one-year paid internship in Washington, D.C. with a program sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment. Junior Fellows work as research assistants on projects involving non-proliferation, democracy building, immigration, international economics, development and the environment. Eight to ten awards are made annually from a pool of about 100 applicants.

Kobildjanova majors in Economics and minors in International Relations and Law & Society in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences. Her honors thesis explores a dynamic optimization model of water flow in the Aral Sea Basin, focusing on a contractual incentive mechanism for efficient water allocation among Central Asian states claiming water rights.

As part of her fellowship, Kobildjanova will work in the Carnegie Endowment's Russia and Eurasia Program, which treats issues of Eurasian security, including strategic nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, development, economic and social issues, governance and the rule of law.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results.

For more information, visit the website: http://carnegieendowment.org.