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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.
There are three types of Fulbright grants: Students,
Scholars and Professionals,
and Teachers and Administrators.
Fulbright U.S. Student
Programs
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships
for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young
professionals and artists to study abroad for one academic year.
In academic year 2006-2007, more than 1,200 Americans are studying
abroad in over 140 countries with either full or partial support
from the Fulbright Program. Please see www.us.fulbrightonline.org
for more information.
The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships Program,
an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, is designed
to improve foreign students' English language abilities and knowledge
of the United States. Participants are placed in outside of capital
cities in over 20 countries and are fully integrated into the
host community, increasing their own language skills and knowledge
of the host country. English Teaching Assistants (ETA) may also
pursue individual study/research plans in addition to ETA responsibilities.
Please see www.us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_teaching.html
for more information.
The Fulbright Islamic Civilization Initiative, an element of
the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, funds research and study in
any country where there is a significant Muslim population. Projects
receiving funding under this initiative are specifically selected
for their potential to enhance Americans' knowledge of Islam and
Islamic cultures. Please see www.us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_type.html#islamic
for more information.
Fulbright Scholar Programs
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends approximately
1,1000 American scholars and professionals per year to more than
130 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a
wide variety of academic and professional fields. In academic
year 2006-2007, these fields include agriculture, business, journalism,
public health and technology education. Please see www.cies.org/us_scholars/
for more information.
The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, a
short-term complement to the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program,
awards grants for a period of two-to-six weeks. Fulbright Senior
Specialist activities are designed to provide U.S. scholars and
professionals opportunities to collaborate with professional counterparts
at non-U.S. institutions of higher education on curriculum and
faculty development, institutional assessment and planning, and
a variety of other activities. Please see www.cies.org/specialists/
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.
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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