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Fulbright Opportunities in Western and Southern
Europe
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Todays HostMaria BettuaAssistant Director,
Europe, West and Southmbettua_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 Western and
  Southern Europe as well as some special programs
  in the region
• 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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Senator J. William Fulbright (1905-1995)

• In the long course of history, having people
  who understand your thought is much greater
  security than another submarine.

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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
• Lecturing, Research, Lecturing and Research
  combinations
• Lengths vary from 3 to 12 months
• Types vary discipline specific awards and All
  Discipline awards
• Discipline-specific awards based on requests from
  host country and institutions in each country

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How To Find the Right Award for YOU

• Search the online Catalog of Awards by World Area
  and Country Europe
• Use the Awards by Discipline index
• Search the Awards Open to All Disciplines
• Use the Index of Research Awards by Discipline
• For non-academics use the Index of Awards Open to
  Professionals

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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
• Limits apply to prior Fulbright Scholar grantees

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Western and Southern Europe The Countries.

• Europe, West and South includes 18 countries
• Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Czech
  Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
  Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal,
  Slovak Republic, Spain, Turkey and United
  Kingdom.

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Western and Southern Europe The Offerings

• All countries, except Portugal, have all
  discipline awards, open to all fields.
• Opportunities for research, lecturing/research
  and lecturing.
• Awards in the social sciences and humanities are
  offered in nearly all countries. All academic
  fields and many professional fields are eligible
• The region also offers broad ranging discipline
  specific awards in a over fifty fields including
  the arts, medical sciences, engineering,
  entrepreneurship, and journalism for early career
  professionals

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Western and Southern Europe Offerings

• Research only opportunities are available in
• Austria- Artists in Residence
• France Regional Awards
• Germany International Politics
• Ireland Business Innovation
• Ireland Engineering/Telecommunications
• Portugal Mathematics
• Spain Journalism
• United Kingdom Research awards at Cardiff
  University, Kings College London and Liverpool
  University.

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Western and Southern Europe Specialty Programs

• German International Education Administrators
  Program (GIEA)
• A group seminar on German higher education and
  society designed for up to 25 U.S. university,
  college and community college administrators
  whose current responsibilities have a direct
  relation to international exchanges, career
  services, alumni affairs or development and
  fundraising in higher education.
• Deadline February 1, 2010 (Link)
• German Studies Seminar Program
• Designed for up to 25 U.S. scholars in German
  Studies and disciplines related to the seminar
  topic that will be posted to the CIES web site
  soon. Applications are welcome from U.S.
  university, college and community college
  scholars.
• Deadline November 1, 2009 (Link)

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Western and Southern Europe Specialty Programs

• EU Affairs Research Program
• Program focuses on research in a broad range of
  topics related to EU policy and EU-US relations,
  and can be located in any EU Country (Link)
• Police Studies/Criminal Justice Awards
• Offer an opportunity to enable emerging,
  mid-career, or senior domestic police officers
  and police administrators, with traditional
  experience in public law enforcement, to conduct
  research on an aspect or problem of policing
  shared by U.S. and U.K. (Link)

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Distinguished Chairs Program

• Awards viewed as among the most prestigious
  appointments in the Fulbright Scholars Program
• Offers 40 awards in 14 countries across Europe,
  as well as Australia, Brazil, Canada and Israel.
• Awards often in the fields of American studies,
  American literature, American history and
  political science, but also in religion, law,
  engineering, business administration, media
  studies and alternative energy technology.
• Complete applications by August 1, 2009

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New Opportunities within Distinguished Chair
Program

• Three new awards in the U.K.
• The Urban Lab at the Glasgow School of Art,
  Mackintosh School of Architecture, (Link)
• Leeds University all disciplines award, (Link)
• Chelsea School of Art at the University of the
  Arts London (Link)
• One new award in the Czech Republic
• Fulbright Masaryk University Distinguished Chair
  in Social Studies (Link)
• Two new awards in Italy
• Distinguished Chair at the Polytechnic of Turin
• Science and technology (Link)
• Distinguished Chair at the Parthenope University
  of Naples Environmental science - (Link)

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Other Opportunities within Distinguished Chair
Program

• Austria Fulbright-University of Salzburg
  Distinguished Chair in Intercultural Theology and
  Study of Religions (Link)
• Updated award for a joint lecturing and research
  project in intercultural theology and the study
  of religions
• Russia Nikolay V. Sivachev Distinguished Chair
  in American History (Link)
• Lecture at advanced undergraduate and graduate
  levels in any specialization of U.S. history.
• Affiliation with Moscow State University
• Rank of Associate or Full Professor Required
• Length of Grant 3 5 months
• Sweden Fulbright Distinguished Chair in
  Alternative Energy Technology (Link)
• Ph.D. , 5 years of lecturing and research on
  alternative energy and preferably rank of
  professor Professionals and researchers from
  institutes and corporations will be considered.
• Teach specialized courses, and collaborate on
  teaching and research at Department of Energy,
  Chalmers University of Technology

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Specific Country Program Opportunities
Austria quartier21/Museums Quartier
Artist-in-Residence (0200). (Link) Czech
Republic  Masaryk award  (0237) provides the
opportunity for specialists (Ph.D.s, new Ph.D.s
and professionals with teaching experience) in
NGO management to lecture, L/R or research (link)
  European Union European Union Affairs
Research Program (0188). (Link)
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Special Country Program OpportunitiesSomething
for Everyone!

• Ireland  Offers a variety of 21 programmed
  awards--from art to medical sciences.   A
  culinary arts award is open (0284) to
  professionals with some teaching experience
  (link)
• Italy Offers 14 awards including opportunities
  in math and sciences, mechiatronics engineering
  as well as policies and tools for environmental
  sustainability (Link)
• Netherlands Senior professorships in American
  culture (0334). (Link)
• Portugal Lecturing awards in biotechnology, law
  and economics of competition and theater as well
  as lecturing/research awards in mathematics and
  applied mathematics (Link)
• Spain Two research awards for qualified early
  career professionals in print, broadcast or
  business journalism (0385) (Link)
• Turkey  All Disciplines Collaborative Lecturing
  and Research award (0391) facilitates
  collaborative lecturing and research between a
  U.S. scholar and scholar from Turkey specializing
  in the humanities, social sciences and/or
  sciences. (link)

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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 me an email at
mbettua_at_cies.iie.org or visit our staff listing
at www.cies.org and contact a program officer
directly.
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Thank you for your time today

• Fulbright Scholar Webinars are held each
  Wednesday at 2 PM Eastern (through July 2009),
  and include World Region Workshops and
  Application Workshops.
• Visit www.cies.org for the remaining Webinar
  schedule and Campus Workshop schedules.

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For More Information

• Explore Fulbright via the Catalog of Awards at
  http//www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/index.ht
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• Be sure to sign up for our e-newsletter The
  Fulbright Scholar News by writing
  outreach_at_cies.iie.org.
• For more information, contact Maria Bettua at
  mbettua_at_cies.iie.org or 202-686-6245, OR contact
  program staff listed at www.CIES.org.