I would highly recommend membership to other professionals looking to expand their business connections.
Gundars Ziemanis, Latvia branch Country Manager, Siemens Healthineers
The Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF) offers the following scholarship opportunities in the U.S.:
The BAFF Professional Internship Program scholarship is all-inclusive and scholarship recipients receive up to 30,000$ for six-month or year-long internships in the U.S. Live and work in places as diverse as New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, or San Diego! Application deadline is April 2. Click here to read more.
The BAFF scholarship program provides up to ,000 per year to Lithuanians, Latvians, and Estonians who wish to pursue postgraduate studies in the United States. The scholarship is intended to meet the needs of those who only have partial funding, but it may be received for multiple years. Application deadline is April 1. Click here to read more.
BAFF provides up to 60,000$ fellowships for professors and academic researchers to conduct independent or collaborative research projects in the U.S. for up to one year. The Research Scholar Program is meant to foster the exchange of ideas between the Baltic States and the U.S. and to stimulate international collaboration and research efforts. Application deadline is April 1. Click here to read more.
The Baltic-American Dialogue program fosters the exchange of ideas between the Baltic States and U.S. and stimulates international collaboration. Public organizations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are invited to apply for funds to host speakers from the U.S. to travel to the Baltics. BAFF provides successful applicant applicant organizations with financial support to sponsor American speakers on topics of mutual importance and interest. Application deadline is April 15. Click here to read more.
Being part of AmCham community brings valuable networking opportunities in different business areas as well as informal connections within Business After Hours.
Janis Zigurs, Business Manager Baltics & Iceland at Kenvue