Project Overview Fulbright Scholar Grants

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Fulbright Scholar Grants for U.S. Faculty and
Professionals
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Presentation Overview

1. Introduction
2. Fulbright opportunities for U.S. faculty and
   professionals
3. How to apply for the traditional program
4. Fulbright Visiting Scholar opportunities

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Fulbright Scholar Program

• Established in 1946
• Sends U.S. academics and professionals overseas
• Brings scholars and professionals from abroad to
  the U.S.
• Sponsored by U.S. Department of States Bureau of
  Educational and Cultural Affairs
• Administered by the Council for International
  Exchange of Scholars (CIES)

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Why Consider a Fulbright?

• Discover new research directions
• Gain new teaching insights
• Share your knowledge
• Understand your discipline in a global context
• Meet international colleagues and establish
  long-term professional relationships
• Allow family to experience a different culture

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Eligibility Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• A Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal
  degree in your field
• For professionals and artists outside academia,
  recognized professional standing and substantial
  accomplishments
• Teaching experience as required by award

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Language Requirements

• Most lecturing awards are in English
• Research awards require knowledge of language as
  appropriate for project
• Latin American countries may require Spanish or
  Portuguese
• Francophone Africa generally requires French
• Some awards in the Middle East require Arabic

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Grants in 140 countries for

• Faculty
• Administrators
• Professionals

Types of Awards

• Lecturing
• Research
• Lecturing/Research
• Seminars

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Fulbright Opportunities

• Traditional Worldwide Awards
• Distinguished Chairs Program
• Seminars for International Education
  Administrators
• German Studies Seminar
• Senior Specialists Program
• New Century Scholars
• Alumni Initiatives Awards

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Traditional Worldwide Awards

• 800 faculty and professionals
• Awards in 140 countries
• Application deadline AUGUST 1

Research
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Lecturing Lecturing / Research
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Distinguished Chairs Program

• Most prestigious awards in Scholar Program
• About 35 awards in Europe, Eurasia, Australia,
  Brazil, Canada and Israel
• Applicants must have prominent record of
  scholarly accomplishment
• Submit letter of interest and curriculum vitae
• Application Deadline MAY 1

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Seminars for International Education
Administrators

• Two to Three-week group programs in Germany,
  Japan and Korea
• Open to full-time education administrators
  directly involved with international programs
• Application Deadline
• Japan Korea NOVEMBER 1
• Germany FEBRUARY 1

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German Studies Seminar

• 25 grantees annually participate in an intensive
  two to three-week group summer seminar in Germany
• 2005 Topic Current Trends in Contemporary German
  Literature
• 2006 Topic Muslim Minorities Opportunities and
  Challenges in West European Societies. German and
  French Experiences.
• Open to scholars in fields related to the topic
  or in German Studies
• Application Deadline NOVEMBER 1

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Senior Specialists Program

• Two- to six-week consulting opportunities with
  foreign colleagues and institutions
• Structured to meet the needs of foreign
  institutions
• Academic matchmaking process
• Online application with rolling deadline

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New Century Scholar Program

• Thirty eminent scholars and professionals from
  the U.S. and abroad work collaboratively to
  examine a theme of transnational significance
• 2005 topic Higher Education in the 21st Century
  Global Challenge and National Response
• Participants maintain contact and exchange
  research ideas during the program year
• New Century Scholar Distinguished Leader directs
  a culminating plenary seminar
• Application Deadline FEBRUARY 1, 2005

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Alumni Initiatives Awards Program

• AIA grants help translate the individual
  Fulbright experience into long-term institutional
  impact
• Small institutional grants to former Fulbrighters
  for projects that will foster sustainable,
  mutually beneficial institutional relationships
  between home and host institutions
• Proposal should demonstrate evidence of
  commitment of scholars home institution
• Examples distance learning innovations, summer
  seminars, curriculum development
• Application Deadline visit www.cies.org/aia/

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How to Apply for Traditional Program

• Go to CIES Web site www.cies.org
• Use online awards catalog and application
• Read Frequently Asked Questions
• Read Tips for Prospective Applicants and
  program overview
• Consult Web site for updated award information

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• OR request the printed Awards Catalog from CIES
• 3007 Tilden Street, NW
• Suite 5L
• Washington, DC 20008-3009
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail apprequest_at_cies.iie.org

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Selecting an Award

• Decide if you want to lecture, research or do
  both
• Check discipline and professional indexes
• Read award descriptions and stipend information
• Find an award that fits single or multi-country
• Use an All Discipline award if no specific award
  matches your expertise
• Check Country Pages on CIES Web site
• Contact CIES program officer(s) for more
  information about awards and countries

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Multi-Country Opportunities

• Africa Regional Research Awards
• Middle East Middle East, North Africa, South
  Asia Regional Research Program
• Asia Northeast and Southeast Asia Regional
  Research Program
• Europe EU Affairs Research, Austrian-Hungarian
  Research Award
• Western Hemisphere Argentina/Uruguay
  Lecturing/Research Award in Environmental
  Sciences

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Making Contacts Abroad

• Most awards dont require a letter of invitation
  from an overseas institution, although many All
  Disciplines awards do
• Contact the international division of your
  professional organization
• Talk with international office on your campus

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• Use university search Web sites such as
• Braintrack - www.braintrack.com
• Petersons - www.petersons.com
• Use the online U.S. Scholar and Visiting Scholar
  directories for contact information of former
  grantees
• Ask the CIES program officer for names of
  institutions that have hosted scholars

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Submitting a Competitive Application

• Be sure your expertise matches award and your
  experience qualifies you for all award activities
• Follow instructions and format precisely
• Write a clear, focused project statement
• 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

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• Get three strong, current reference letters
• One from your supervisor (crucial for a teaching
  report)
• One from someone not at your institution
• One from a colleague who knows your work well
• Consider how each part of application relates to
  the whole and supports your candidacy
• Meet all eligibility requirements and application
  deadline

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TIPS The Project Statement

• Vital part of a successful application package
• Must be persuasive
• Must explain
• What the applicant proposes to do
• How it will be done
• Why it is important to do it
• Why the applicant wants to do it

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Project Statement Lecturing Awards

• Describe
• What you propose to teach
• What related courses you have taught in the past
• How you will adapt the material and your teaching
  style to fit the different culture and setting
• Why you are suited to this award
• Why you want to teach in this particular country
  and why you want this experience

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• Draw attention to relevant expertise and
  experience
• Show evidence of flexibility and adaptability
• Organize carefully dont make reviewers search

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Project Statement Research Awards

• Describe
• What you will do
• How you propose to do the research
• Why this research is needed
• Why it must be done in this country
• How you will face the challenge of conducting
  research in a foreign language, if applicable

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• Address what will be contributed to both
  countries and to the discipline
• Demonstrate that the research strategy is
  feasible, including its time frame
• Consider the culture and politics of the host
  country
• Indicate a dissemination plan for your results

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TIPS For All Awards

• Do your homework research host country and
  institution and award particulars
• Limit discussion on project background use
  bibliography instead
• Know that collaborative projects are more
  compelling
• For Lecturing/Research awards, amount of
  attention in proposal to respective activities
  should match award description

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Review Process and Timetable

• Step 1 Program officers review applications for
  eligibility, completeness, etc. (August)
• Step 2 Specialist review committees read
  applications in the arts, hard sciences and
  professional fields. They provide a preliminary
  review from a discipline specific perspective
  (September/October)
• Step 3 Specialist reviews accompany
  applications, which are then screened by U.S.
  peer review committees. Committees represent many
  disciplines and focus on one world area. (October
  to December)

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• Step 4 Applicants receive notice of their
  status, either recommended or not recommended
  (November through January)
• Step 5 Applications of recommended candidates
  are forwarded to host countries for selection
  and to the J. William Fulbright Foreign
  Scholarship Board, which has final approval.
  Applicants are notified as approvals are given
  (February through May)

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What Reviewers Look For

• Suitability for award (match)
• Teaching ability and record
• Publication and scholarly record in relation to
  career stage
• Applicants adaptability and cultural sensitivity
• Merits of proposal
• Innovative projects and methodology
• Feasibility
• Value to discipline, scholar, host country and
  institution
• Demonstrated need to be in country for project

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Grant Benefits

• Package includes stipend, in-country living
  allowance, travel for grantee
• Some countries travel for dependents, dependent
  schooling, research allowance, book allowance
• Stipends and benefits vary considerably from
  country to country
• Consult Awards Catalog or CIES Web site for
  details

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Visiting Scholar Program

• Visiting Scholars are accomplished faculty,
  researchers, and professionals who
• Engage in joint research with U.S. faculty
• Conduct individual and group research projects
• Team teach classes
• Help internationalize campuses
• Application is made by overseas scholars to
  Fulbright commission or U.S. Embassy in their
  home countries

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Host a Visiting Fulbright Scholar

• U.S. institutions can host Visiting Fulbright
  Scholars from abroad through the Visiting Scholar
  Program and its various components
• Scholar-in-Residence Program
• Occasional Lecturer Program
• Fulbright Visiting Specialists Direct Access
  to the Muslim World
• If you are interested in hosting a Visiting
  Fulbright Scholar, send an email to
  ScholarHost_at_cies.iie.org

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Scholar-in-Residence Program

• Brings scholars and professionals from abroad to
  campuses that do not often host visiting scholars
• Involves colleges and universities that serve
  student populations underrepresented in
  international exchange programs
• Requires the application be made by the
  interested U.S. institution. Deadline is
• OCTOBER 14

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What SIRs Can Do on U.S. Campuses

• Teach regular courses from a comparative or
  foreign-area perspective
• Serve as resource people for faculty and students
  in interdisciplinary programs or courses with
  international themes
• Create or assist in developing new courses or
  programs
• Participate in special seminars or colloquia
• Interact with primary and secondary schools
  through lectures, curriculum development, and
  other programs

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Occasional Lecturer Program

• Travel support for Fulbright Visiting Scholars
  already in the U.S.
• to visit other campuses for short-term guest
  lecturing
• to deliver papers and participate in conferences
  given on campuses

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Benefits of OLP

• To Visiting Scholars
• Network with colleagues and share research
  interests
• Contribute to campus life
• Experience the diversity in U.S. higher education
• To institutions
• Contributes to the internationalization of
  campuses
• Create linkages between home and host
  institutions
• Introduces the institution to the benefits of
  Fulbright exchange in a simple, low-commitment
  manner.

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Fulbright Visiting Specialists Direct Access to
the Muslim World

• U.S. institutions host Visiting Specialists to
  enrich understanding and knowledge of Islamic
  societies and cultures
• 40 grants for visits of three to six weeks
• Scholars and professionals from the Muslim World
• Disciplines in the humanities and social sciences
• Visiting Specialists serve as consultants to U.S.
  institutions, e.g., teach or team-teach short
  courses, develop curricula, deliver lectures or
  seminars
• Program does not support the teaching of
  languages or research projects

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Other Fulbright Programs

• Fulbright U.S. Student Program
• for recent graduates, postgraduate candidates up
  through dissertation level research and
  developing professionals and artists to study and
  research abroad
• managed by Institute of International Education,
  IIE
• www.IIE.org/Fulbright
• Fulbright Teacher Exchange
• principally for primary- and secondary- level
  educators
• managed by Graduate School, USDA
• Fulbright_at_grad.usda.gov
• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Awards
• for faculty research, group projects and seminars
  abroad in certain social sciences and humanities
  fields
• Managed by the International Education and
  Graduate Programs Service of the U.S. Department
  of Education
• www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/