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BEFORE WE GET STARTED

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Fulbright Opportunities in Canada, the Caribbean,
Central and South America
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Todays HostsDebra Egan, Assistant Director,
Western Hemisphere and Sub-Saharan Africa,
degan_at_cies.iie.orgJoseph Graff, Program
Officerjgraff_at_cies.iie.org
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TODAYS WEBINAR WHAT TO EXPECT

• A brief overview of the Fulbright Program
• Highlight of Grants Available in Canada, the
  Caribbean, Central and South America
• An opportunity to ask questions! Type any
  question into the question module on your screen.
  We will do our best to answer as many questions
  as possible at the end of the presentation.
• If theres time, a guided tour of the new CIES
  Website, www.cies.org

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General Facts About the 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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What is the Traditional Fulbright Program?

• The original core of the Fulbright program
• Over 800 awards each year for U.S. applicants,
  including over 120 in Western Hemisphere (WH)
• Lecturing, Research, or combined Lecturing and
  Research
• Lengths vary from 3 to 9 months in WH
• Awards based on requests from host country and
  host institutions

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Eligibility Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• A Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal
  degree in your field note, masters and college
  teaching experience is acceptable for some awards
  in Central America
• For professionals and artists outside academia,
  recognized professional standing and substantial
  accomplishments
• Teaching experience as required by award
• Limits apply to prior Fulbright Scholar grantees

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How To Find the Right Award for YOU

• Search the online Catalog of Awards by World Area
  and Country Western Hemisphere
• Use the Awards by Discipline index
• Note, all 22 countries in WH also have awards
  open in All Disciplines in some countries the
  open awards are titled Science and Technology and
  Social Sciences and Humanities
• Research awards are available in Bolivia, Brazil,
  Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and
  Venezuela
• For non-academics, use the Index of Awards Open
  to Professionals

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Another Tool to Find Awards

• Here is an Index of 2010-2011 Awards in Western
  Hemisphere
• Award numbers, Country, Type of Award and
  Language Requirements are provided
• Index begins with awards open in All Disciplines
• Use Index to locate awards in 34 broad discipline
  areas, from agriculture through urban planning

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Canada

• Research chair awards at 19 possible host
  institutions
• 7 multidisciplinary themes for research awards
• Business, Trade and Finance
• Education, Music, Math or Science
• Environment, Health and Sustainability
• Governance, Peace and Security
• Identity, Citizenship and Cultural Studies
• Legal Studies
• North American Studies

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Canada

• In each research award description, in the
  Comments section, click on 2 flyers
• List of Canada Host Institutions by Award Theme
• List of Canada Host Institutions by Institution
• Flyers provide host contact information, host Web
  site, specializations requested for applications
  and distinguishing features of the host
  institutions
• In application, indicate use of English or French
  as needed for project and host institution

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Caribbean

• Barbados and Eastern Caribbean
• Dominican Republic
• Jamaica
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Lecturing or Lecturing/Research Options
• Lecture in English except in Dominican Republic
  (Spanish)

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Caribbean

• All Disciplines and Specific Opportunities
• Allied Health, Barbados
• Business, Antigua, Dominica, Jamaica
• Economics, Jamaica
• Environmental Studies, Biotechnology, Plant
  Pathology, Trinidad and Tobago
• Gender and Development, Feminist Methodology and
  Epistomology, Trinidad and Tobago

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Central America

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Good to fluent Spanish required, submit language
  proficiency report in online application

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Central America

• All Disciplines Plus Fields Requested in Specific
  Awards
• International Business, Legal Education, Library
  Science, Mechatronics, El Salvador
• TEFL, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
• Food Technology, Graphic Design, Honduras
• Economics, Industrial Engineering, Nicaragua
• Business Administration, Public Administration,
  Political Science and Renewable Energy Science
  and Technology, Panama

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South America

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

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South America

• Language
• Submit language proficiency report with online
  application for Spanish (or Portuguese for
  Brazil) submit Part I only if native speaker,
  Parts I and II otherwise
• Flexibility to lecture in English if indicated by
  host in invitation, particularly for graduate
  teaching in science and technical fields, in
  Agrentina, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay

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South America

• All Disciplines Awards in Social Sciences and
  Humanities plus Science and Technology
• Particular Fields of Interest in other awards
• TEFL Chile, Mexico
• Agriculture Uruguay
• Study of the U.S. - Venezuela

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Western Hemisphere

• Joint Awards
• Canada and Mexico, research in North American
  Studies
• Argentina and Uruguay, lecturing and research in
  Environmental Sciences
• Border Award
• Mexico lecturing, lecturing/research or
  research applicants from U.S. institution
  located in a state on border with Mexico,
  affiliate with institution in Mexican border
  state, maintain U.S. residence, spend at least 8
  work days/month in Mexico

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QA
Note We will answer as many questions as we can
during todays broadcast. If we do not get to
your question, please send an email to
degan_at_cies.iie.org for Canada and parts of South
America or to jgraff_at_cies.iie.org for Central
America, Caribbean, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
and Venezuela
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Thank you for your time today

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