Fulbright Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals

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Fulbright Grants for U.S. Facultyand
Professionals

• WWW.CIES.ORG

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Fulbright Scholar Program

• U.S. governments 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 States Bureau of
  Educational and Cultural Affairs
• Administered by the Council For International
  Exchange of Scholars (CIES)

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Grants in 140 countries available for

• U.S. faculty
• Administrators
• Professionals

Types of Awards

• Lecturing
• Research
• Lecturing/Research
• Seminars

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Eligibility Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• For faculty, a masters 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

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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!

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U.S. Fulbright Opportunities

• Distinguished Chairs Program
• Traditional worldwide awards
• Seminars for administrators

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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_at_iie.org

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Worldwide Grants for U.S. Facultyand
Professionals

• Application deadline AUGUST 1
• Awards in 140 countries

Research
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Lecturing /
Lecturing
Research
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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

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Special Joint Country Awards

• Argentina/Uruguay--Environmental Sciences
• Argentina/Brazil/Uruguay Joint Award in Trade
  Integration Mercosur and NAFTA
• Austria/Hungary--Joint Research Award

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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

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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

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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

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• Use the printed Awards Book
• Request from CIES
• 3007 Tilden Street, NW
• Suite 5L
• Washington, DC 20008-3009
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail apprequest_at_iie.org
• Be sure to read initial instructions

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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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Special tips for

• Lecturing awards
• Research awards
• Lecturing/research awards

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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

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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

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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)

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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
• Applicants cultural sensitivity

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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

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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

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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

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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_at_iie.org (to request an application)
• scholars_at_iie.org (questions about the program)

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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 scholars home institution
  to the project
• 20 to 25 awards from 1,000 to 20,000
• Application deadline JUNE 1
• Contact Micaela Iovine, miovine_at_.iie.org

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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_at_cies.iie.org

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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

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Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programs

• WWW.CIES.ORG

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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

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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

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• 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

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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

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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

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Contact CIES

• scholars_at_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

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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

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Graduate Student Fulbright Awards

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

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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_at_grad.usda.gov
• 800-726-0479 (to request application)
• 202/314-3520 (to speak with a staff member)