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FULBRIGHT PROGRAM
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Citizen Applicants
Application procedures for Fulbright grants to study or teach
in the United States vary from country to country. Fulbright Commissions
or the American Embassies administer the program, with the assistance
of local educational authorities and institutions.
To learn more about the program or to begin the application process,
contact the Fulbright Commission
in your country. If there is no commission in your country, contact
the American
embassy.
There are three types of Fulbright grants: Students,
Scholars and Professionals,
and Teachers and Administrators.
Fulbright Foreign Student
Programs
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program offers
fellowships to foreign graduate students for study and research
abroad. In academic year 2005-2005, approximately 1,000 new awards
were awarded to foreign graduate students for support at U.S.
universities, and some 1,100 renewal awards were made. The Fulbright
Foreign Student Program is administered by the following cooperating
agencies:
- Institute of International Education (IIE): administers the
Fulbright Foreign Student for Africa, Eurasia, Europe, East
Asia and Pacific, South Asia, and parts of the Middle East and
the Western Hemisphere. Please see www.iie.org/FulbrightTemplate.cfm?Section=Foreign_Student_Program
for more information.
- America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST):
administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for Bahrain,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Syria, Tunisia, the West
Bank/Gaza, and Yemen. Please see
www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/fulbright/default.htm
for more information.
- LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas:
administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program (faculty development
and the Fulbright-OAS Ecology Initiative) for the Western Hemisphere.
Please see www.laspau.harvard.edu/progeng.htm
for more information.
The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA)
provides young teachers of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity
to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of
American cultures and customs while strengthening the instruction
of foreign languages at colleges and universities within the United
States. The FLTA Program is administered by IIE. Please see www.iie.org/flta
for more information.
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Fulbright Scholar Programs
The Visiting Scholar Program awards grants to
foreign scholars to lecture and/or conduct postdoctoral research
at U.S. institutions for an academic year or term. More than 700
scholars come to the United States each year under this program.
The Visiting Scholar Program is administered by the Council for
International Exchange of Scholars (CIES). Please see www.cies.org
for more information.
The Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access
to the Muslim World, a pilot component of the Visiting
Scholar Program, awards short-term grants for three-to-six weeks
to Fulbright Program alumni and other scholars from the Middle
East, South Asia and selected countries in East Asia, Africa,
and Europe to help U.S. higher education institutions and communities
enrich their understanding of Islamic civilization and culture,
and social, political and economic developments in the Muslim
world. Fulbright Visiting Specialists, who are matched with U.S.
applicant institutions, lecture or teach short courses, assist
with program and curriculum development, interact with students
and participate in public outreach programs with community groups,
local school, and civic organizations. The Fulbright Visiting
Specialist Program is administered by CIES. Please see www.cies.org/vs_scholars/
for more information.
The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program
enables U.S. colleges and universities to bring scholars and professionals
from abroad to campus for a semester or an academic year, primarily
to teach undergraduate courses. SIR grantees also assist in developing
curricula and serve as a resource for faculty, students, and the
community. Priority is given to colleges and universities that
traditionally are less involved in international exchange programs
and/or are minority-serving institutions, including Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions,
Tribal Colleges and Universities, small liberal arts colleges,
and community colleges. Approximately 50 grants are awarded annually.
The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program is administered by CIES.
Please see www.cies.org/sir/
for more information.
The New Century Scholars Program is a forum
for international, interdisciplinary collaboration among the world's
outstanding research scholars and professionals. Annually, the
Fulbright Program assembles approximately 30 leading minds to
collaborate on issues of global significance. The research focus
for academic year 2004-2005, "Higher Education in the 21st
Century: Global Challenge and National Response," will encourage
comparative work that examines the central role of institutions
of higher education in addressing the challenges of the 21st century
in such areas as knowledge development, leadership training, and
research and analysis to solve problems. The New Century Scholar
Program is administered by CIES. Please see www.cies.org/NCS/
for more information.
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Fulbright Teacher and Administrator
Exchange Program
The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program
involves one-on-one exchanges of approximately 240 administrators
and teachers from K-12 schools, community colleges, and four-year
institutions. A small number of one-way assignments are also made.
The program operates between the United States and more than 30
countries worldwide. The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange
Program is administered by the USDA Graduate School. Please see
www.fulbrightexchanges.org/
for more information.
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