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Fulbright Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals

Fulbright Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals. WWW.CIES.ORG. Fulbright Scholar Program. U.S. government’s premiere exchange program Created in 1946 by legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright Sends over 750 U.S. academics and professionals abroad each year

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Fulbright Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals

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  1. Fulbright Grants for U.S. Facultyand Professionals WWW.CIES.ORG

  2. Fulbright Scholar Program • U.S. government’s premiere exchange program • Created in 1946 by legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright • Sends over 750 U.S. academics and professionals abroad each year • Brings 750 foreign scholars and professionals to the U.S. • Funded by U.S. government, host countries, universities, corporations and foundations • Sponsored by U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs • Administered by the Council For International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)

  3. Grants in 140 countries available for: • U.S. faculty • Administrators • Professionals Types of Awards • Lecturing • Research • Lecturing/Research • Seminars

  4. Eligibility Requirements • U.S. citizenship • For faculty, a master’s or Ph.D. • For professionals/artists outside academe, recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments • Teaching experience at the level required by award • Cannot have lived abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding application • At least three years since any previous Fulbright award (not including seminars or student awards) • Sound mental and physical health • No felonies

  5. Language Requirement • Most lecturing awards are in English • Latin America countries usually require Spanish or Portuguese • Francophone Africa generally requires French • Research awards may require knowledge of language appropriate to project • Check award description!

  6. U.S. Fulbright Opportunities • Distinguished Chairs Program • Traditional worldwide awards • Seminars for administrators

  7. Distinguished Chairs Program • Application Deadline MAY 1 • 34 awards available in 13 countries in Europe and North America • Majority of awards for lecturing • Applicants must have prominent record of scholarly accomplishment • Submit letter of interest and curriculum vita • Contact: kadams@iie.org

  8. Worldwide Grants for U.S. Facultyand Professionals • Application deadline AUGUST 1 • Awards in 140 countries Research 20% Lecturing / Lecturing Research 80%

  9. Special Multi-Country Awards • African Regional Research Awards • Minority Studies Regional Research Program • European Union Affairs Research Award • Middle East, North Africa, South Asia Regional Research Program • Aegean Initiative in Greece and Turkey

  10. Special Joint Country Awards • Argentina/Uruguay--Environmental Sciences • Argentina/Brazil/Uruguay Joint Award in Trade Integration: Mercosur and NAFTA • Austria/Hungary--Joint Research Award

  11. Seminars for Administrators • Application Deadline NOVEMBER 1 • Two- to three-week programs in Germany, Japan and Korea • Open to full-time administrators affiliated with a four- or two-year college or university • Applicants should be involved with international programs

  12. Why Apply for a Fulbright? • Meet new colleagues and establish new institutional linkages • Help internationalize home and host institutions • Understand your discipline in a global context • Gain new teaching and research insights • Increase personal knowledge of another country • Share your knowledge • Provide opportunity for spouse and family to experience a different culture

  13. How to Apply • Use CIES Web Site www.cies.org • From home page, find links to discipline lists as well as complete listing of awards by country • Check stipend information and program overview • Consult ‘Tips for Prospective Applicants’ • Downloading the application requires MS Word 6.0 or higher or Acrobat 3.0 or higher • Read both general instructions and electronic file instructions • Consult the site for updated award information

  14. Use the printed Awards Book • Request from CIES • 3007 Tilden Street, NW Suite 5L Washington, DC 20008-3009 Phone: 202/686-7877 • E-mail: apprequest@iie.org • Be sure to read initial instructions

  15. To select an award • Check index • Check stipend chart • Read country information • Read specific award description • Consider ‘Any Field’ award if no specific award matches your expertise

  16. For additional help • Check country and host institution Web sites • Contact CIES program officer(s) with questions about specific awards or countries Making Contacts Abroad • Check CIES Web site for host institution • Ask CIES program officer for university contact sheets • Talk with visiting scholars from other countries • Ask international division of your professional organization for ideas

  17. Submitting a Competitive Application • Meet all eligibility requirements • Write a clear, focused proposal • Follow instructions and format precisely • Make certain application is complete • Meet application deadline • Get three good reference letters • One from a person to whom you report at your institution (crucial for teaching report) • One from someone not at your institution • One from a colleague who knows your work well

  18. Consider the audience when you write the proposal • Focus on what you plan to DO--not your biography • Write so that people outside your field can understand your project and why it is important

  19. Special tips for: • Lecturing awards • Research awards • Lecturing/research awards

  20. Lecturing Awards • DO your homework: research host country and host institution • WHAT will you teach? • HOW will you teach the material in a different culture? • WHY are you suited for this award? • Make certain your expertise matches award description • Check to see if a letter of invitation is needed for ‘Any Field’ awards • Include sample syllabi for courses planned • Explain why you want to teach in this particular country

  21. Research Awards • WHAT is your project? • HOW do you propose to do the research? • WHY is this research needed? • WHAT will be contributed to both countries and the discipline? • WHY must this research be done in this country? • Is the research strategy feasible, and is there adequate time for the project? • Consider the culture and politics of the host country • Discuss dissemination plan for research results

  22. Lecturing/Research Awards • Follow directions for completing a lecturing application AND directions for completing a research application • Divide the 5-page proposal proportionally between lecturing and research (50/50 or other ratio)

  23. Reviewers Look For: • Suitability for award (match) • Publication and scholarly record in relation to career stage • Teaching ability • Innovative projects and methodology • Project feasibility • Value to discipline, scholar, host country • Benefits to home and host institutions • Evidence of host country interest • Demonstrated need to be in country to accomplish project • Applicant’s cultural sensitivity

  24. Review/Selection Process • Applications first screened by U.S. peer review committees • List of recommended candidates then sent to each country and to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board • Final selection is made in country after approval by Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

  25. Notification Time Table • JULY--letter sent to Distinguished Chairs applicants regarding status after U.S. review • DECEMBER--letter sent regarding status after U.S. review for traditional world wide awards • Selections for Distinguished Chairs occur in December and January • Selection dates for August 1 awards vary by country--generally February through April • All recommended applicants receive letters on their final status from the Chair of the Foreign Scholarship Board

  26. Grant Benefits • Stipends and benefits vary considerably from country to country • Consult Awards Book or CIES Web site for details • Payment is made in local currency or U.S. dollars

  27. Contact CIES • Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L Washington, DC 20008-3009 202/686-7877 • E-mails: apprequest@iie.org (to request an application) scholars@iie.org (questions about the program)

  28. Alumni Initiatives Awards Program • Develop and sustain ongoing contacts initiated as a result of the Fulbright experience • Current and former U.S. Fulbrighters who have received CIES administered grants from 1995-96 to 2000-01 (grant completed by 2/1/01) are eligible to apply • Proposal should demonstrate evidence of commitment on part of scholar’s home institution to the project • 20 to 25 awards from $1,000 to $20,000 • Application deadline JUNE 1 • Contact Micaela Iovine, miovine@.iie.org

  29. Fulbright Senior Specialist Program • Short-term Fulbright grants of two to six weeks • Worldwide coverage • Open to U.S. scholars and art, law and journalism professionals • Opportunities to collaborate with foreign colleagues on faculty and curriculum development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities • Contact fulspec@cies.iie.org

  30. Specialist Program Administration • CIES builds rosters of candidates in each program field through an open application process • Approved candidates matched with requests from Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassies • List of finalists sent overseas for final selection • Benefits include travel and lodging plus $200 per day honorarium • Application materials available at: http://www.iie.org/cies/specialist

  31. Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programs WWW.CIES.ORG

  32. Visiting Scholar Program • Foreign scholars apply in home country to conduct research, lecture or pursue combined lecturing/research in the U.S. • Scholars tend to go primarily to large research institutions • U.S. academics or campuses wishing to host a Visiting Scholar can • invite overseas colleague to consider spending two months to an academic year at their institution • suggest the scholar contact Fulbright Commission or U.S. Embassy in his country • provide scholar with detailed letter of invitation • contact CIES for advice, assistance recruiting

  33. Scholar - in ‑Residence Program • Overseas academics and professionals lecture for term or academic year in the arts, humanities social sciences or fields focusing on international issues • Principal objective is to bring scholars and professionals to campuses that do not often have access to such scholars • Can also help campuses initiate international programs, an internationalized curriculum or global studies • Preference is given to • small liberal arts colleges • community colleges • minority ‑serving institutions

  34. Research institutions with both undergraduate and graduate programs may also participate • Proposals from consortia encouraged • Campuses wishing to host scholars‑in‑residence should • Suggest suitable candidates • Or contact CIES for help recruiting • Submit institutional proposals for Fulbright funding • Be prepared to share costs, depending on financial capacity • Application deadline NOVEMBER 1

  35. European Union Scholar ‑in‑Residence Program • Part of Scholar‑in‑Residence Program, but separate funding • Senior European Union official or university faculty come for academic term or year • Designed for research and graduate institutions that have established programs in international affairs, business, political science or related fields • Campuses who wish to host EU scholars should • Contact CIES

  36. Occasional Lecturing Program • Open to all campuses • Preference for small and minority‑serving campuses • Scholars come from the Visiting Scholar, Scholar-in-Residence and European Union Scholar‑in‑Residence programs • Two‑to‑three‑day visit usually • Campuses who wish to host Occasional Lecturers should • Choose scholar from CIES Directory of Visiting Scholars (available each Fall, print and online versions) • Contact scholar directly and issue invitation (scholar requests own travel funding from CIES) • Campus should be prepared to provide local transportation, accommodations and meals

  37. Contact CIES • scholars@iie.org or Call 202/686-8664 • Materials available include • Directory of Visiting Fulbright Scholars • Occasional Lecturer flyer • Scholar-in-Residence Guidelines and sample proposals • European Union Scholar-in-Residence Guidelines

  38. Other Fulbright Programs • Fulbright Graduate Students Program • for predoctoral study and research abroad • managed by Institute of International Education, IIE • Fulbright Teacher Exchange • principally for primary- and secondary- level educators • managed by United States Department of Agriculture, USDA

  39. Graduate Student Fulbright Awards • Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 • www.IIE.org/Fulbright • 212/984-5330

  40. Fulbright Teacher Exchange • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Graduate School 600 Maryland Avenue, SW Room 320 Washington, DC 20024-2520 • www.grad.usda.gov/International/ftep.html • fulbright@grad.usda.gov • 800-726-0479 (to request application) • 202/314-3520 (to speak with a staff member)

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