Fulbright Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals

1. Fulbright Grants for U.S. Facultyand Professionals WWW.CIES.ORG

2. Fulbright Scholar Program • U.S. government’s 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 State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs • Administered by the Council For International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)

3. Grants in 140 countries available for: • U.S. faculty • Administrators • Professionals Types of Awards • Lecturing • Research • Lecturing/Research • Seminars

4. Eligibility Requirements • U.S. citizenship • For faculty, a master’s 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

5. 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!

6. U.S. Fulbright Opportunities • Distinguished Chairs Program • Traditional worldwide awards • Seminars for administrators

7. 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@iie.org

8. Worldwide Grants for U.S. Facultyand Professionals • Application deadline AUGUST 1 • Awards in 140 countries Research 20% Lecturing / Lecturing Research 80%

9. 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

10. Special Joint Country Awards • Argentina/Uruguay--Environmental Sciences • Argentina/Brazil/Uruguay Joint Award in Trade Integration: Mercosur and NAFTA • Austria/Hungary--Joint Research Award

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Use the printed Awards Book • Request from CIES • 3007 Tilden Street, NW Suite 5L Washington, DC 20008-3009 Phone: 202/686-7877 • E-mail: apprequest@iie.org • Be sure to read initial instructions

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Special tips for: • Lecturing awards • Research awards • Lecturing/research awards

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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)

23. 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 • Applicant’s cultural sensitivity

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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@iie.org (to request an application) scholars@iie.org (questions about the program)

28. 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 scholar’s home institution to the project • 20 to 25 awards from $1,000 to $20,000 • Application deadline JUNE 1 • Contact Micaela Iovine, miovine@.iie.org

29. 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@cies.iie.org

30. 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

31. Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programs WWW.CIES.ORG

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. Contact CIES • scholars@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

38. 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

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

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