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  Fulbright Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.
A Fulbright Commission provides scholarships to citizens of countries participating in the Fulbright Program who wish to study in the US, and to US citizens who wish to study in those countries.
William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding established in 1993 is awarded by the Fulbright Association to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fulbright_Program   (341 words)

  
 About Fulbright
The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange, was proposed to the U.S. Congress in 1945 by then freshman Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas.
Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools.
The Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program was established in 1979 to bring accomplished mid-career professionals from developing countries to the United States at a mid-point in their careers for a year of study and related professional experiences.
www.cies.org /about_fulb.htm   (825 words)

  
 Fulbright :: USEFI - United States Educational Foundation in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is an important aspect of the Fellowship experience as it encourages Fellows to reflect critically upon their goals and objectives and provides them with the opportunity to become acquainted with many members of Congress and their staffs, thereby exposing Fellows to the different dynamics, personalities, and styles of the Congress.
The Fellowship is designed as an early-to-mid career program dedicated to expanding knowledge and awareness of Congress by selecting participants whose ongoing careers can capitalize on translating a pivotal personal experience to a broader public.
Fulbright Fellows enter the United States on an Exchange Visitor (J-1) visa and are subject to the two-year home-country residence requirement associated with the J-1 visa.
www.fulbright-india.org /fellowships/indians/APSA.htm   (3318 words)

  
 Global Fulbright Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fulbright exchanges are U.S. government programs administered through the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education.
Fulbright German Studies Seminars on current German society and culture, administered by CIES.
The Fulbright Association is the private, nonprofit membership organization of Fulbright alumni and friends.
www.fulbrightalumni.org /olc/pub/FBA/gfn/grants.html   (531 words)

  
 Congressional Fellowship Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Fulbright/APSA Fellowship is a twelve-month grant designed to give foreign scholars and professionals the opportunity to study the workings of Congress as a Congressional fellow and staff person working full time in a Congressional office for approximately six to nine months of the grant.
The Fellowship will begin in late August 2005 when the Fellows arrive in the U.S. and are affiliated with an academic mentor at a local university in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
Fellowship recipients will be jointly selected by the Fulbright Program and the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program.
www.usembassy.hr /pa/fulbright/congressional.htm   (890 words)

  
 Doctoral Student Wins Fulbright-Hays Fellowship For Study In India
Gupta has a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the UI Writers' Workshop and is focusing his doctoral work on tackling the problems of literary translation between Hindi and English, two geographically and culturally distant languages.
The Fulbright-Hays fellowships are designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States by providing opportunities for doctoral candidates to conduct research abroad.
The awards are highly competitive and are made based on candidates' academic records, foreign language skills, and ability to conduct research in a foreign cultural context.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/1998/may/0528india.html   (171 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program, Fulbright-Hays Faculty ...
These amendments are needed to improve the application review process and to update the regulations in light of developments in the field of foreign language, area, and international studies, including political developments abroad, modifications in the policies and practices of the J.
Dependent means any of the following individuals who accompany the recipient of a fellowship under this program to his or her training site for the entire fellowship period if the individual receives more than 50 percent of his or her support from the recipient during the fellowship period: (1) The recipient's spouse.
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board means the presidentially appointed board that is responsible for supervision of the program covered by this part.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/1998/August/Day-31/f23262.htm   (8202 words)

  
 Fulbright Fellowship Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Today the Fulbright Program is the U.S. Government's premier scholarship program and enables U.S. students to benefit from unique resources in every corner of the world while promoting cross-cultural interaction.
The program is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) which coordinates the annual competition for scholarships, most of which are for one academic year of study or research.
Taken into consideration is the nature of the project, its originality, the academic preparation for completing the project described, including language proficiency, and the interest of the student as evidenced by any advance research done to determine that the resources needed to accomplish the proposed project are in fact available in the host country.
www.jhsph.edu /SFR/fulbright.html   (361 words)

  
 Construction Management Program : MSU
The Fulbright program is intended to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through educational and cultural exchanges.
The goal of Syal’s research was to understand the correlation of social parameters and urban housing and share it with housing researchers in the U.S. and south Asia.
According to the Fulbright Scholar Program News, MSU tied for second place nationally in the number of U.S. Fulbright Scholar awards for 1999-2000.
www.canr.msu.edu /cm/newsletter/Fulbright%20Fellowship.html   (334 words)

  
 Fulbright & Jaworski Fellowship Awarded to UT Law Student for Summer Public Interest Work
The fellowship is awarded to the fellow whose summer public interest internship proposal receives the highest number of votes during TLF’s annual spring pledge drive.
Texas Law Fellowships is a student-run non-profit organization that raises money from the UT Law and Texas legal communities to fund fellowships for UT Law students who work in public interest internships during the summer.
Students applying for fellowships submit descriptions of their proposed public interest internships; these are voted upon by all donors during TLF’s spring pledge drive.
www.utexas.edu /law/news/2004/062204_tlf.html   (387 words)

  
 Bulletin Online at NC State
She has published extensively and is the recipient of National Endowment for the Arts grants to conduct research on women in design, including a recent grant to research and write a book on the life and work of Cipe Pineles (Norton,1999).
The Fulbright program was founded by Congress in 1946 “to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” It is funded by the U.S. Information Agency.
Fulbright applications are reviewed by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, and final selections are made by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
www2.ncsu.edu /ncsu/univ_relations/news_services/ebulletin/00_08/84/articl17.htm   (198 words)

  
 University of Scranton Professor Receives Third Fulbright Fellowship
She received her first Fulbright Fellowship for graduate study and research to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a graduate student in 1979.
Congress established the Fulbright program in 1946 "to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people of other countries." It is named after the late J. William Fulbright, the U.S. Senator who sponsored the program.
In establishing the program, Senator Fulbright authorized the sale of U.S. war surplus materials abroad for foreign currencies and credits and directed that part of the proceeds be set aside to finance studies, research, instruction and educational activities of Americans abroad and foreigners in American schools.
matrix.scranton.edu /press/pages/107.html   (714 words)

  
 UI students win Fulbright, other prestigious research abroad grants
Eight students were awarded Fulbright fellowships, the most ever garnered at the UI in a single year.
The Fulbright Program is designed to foster mutual understanding between the people of the Unites States and the people of other countries.
Van Hoesen went to Germany and is examining the role of the arts and visual culture in the formulation of German propaganda, which was aimed at discrediting France's decision to occupy the Rhineland during the 1920s with Colonial North African troops.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2002/november/1127student-fulbright.html   (960 words)

  
 Dr. Jennifer Lewis awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Cardiff - ...
Jennifer Lewis was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Cardiff 2005/06 by the US-UK Fulbright Commission.
Lewis is spending her Fulbright year in residence at Cardiff University, Wales working with researchers within Cardiff University’s College of Optometry and Structural Biophysics Research Group, St. Thomas’ Hospital in London and Cambridge University.
The Fellowship experience will bridge application of techniques and expertise from these institutions to study the high-resolution biomechanical structural response of the human cornea with respect to lamellar surgical treatments of varying diameter related to optical zone size.
medicine.osu.edu /ophthalmology/article.cfm?id=2103   (371 words)

  
 Funding Opportunities - Graduate Students - Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program of the U.S. Department of State is administered on the Cornell campus by the Mario Einaudi Center's Fulbright Advisor.
These grants for study or research abroad are awarded on a nationally competitive basis to U.S. citizens who are graduate students or will have earned the bachelors degree prior to September of the year for which the grant is being awarded.
Fulbright brochures and applications are available after May 1, at the Mario Einaudi Center, 170 Uris Hall.
www.einaudi.cornell.edu /funding/fulbright.asp   (404 words)

  
 The US-UK Fulbright Commission : UK Fulbright Awards : Scholars & Fellows
The Fulbright Cancer Research Fellowship is a single award of £15,000 granted to enable a postdoctoral scientist, clinician or allied professional, active in cancer research, to spend between six months and a year in the US conducting research in the field of cancer.
The Fulbright Fellowship in Cancer Research application deadline for the 2006/07 academic year is 3rd March 2006.
The offer of a Fulbright award is conditional upon the formal approval of the J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) in Washington DC.
www.fulbright.co.uk /awards/uk/scholars/cancer.html   (358 words)

  
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Laura Burnham (ID/MA’02) was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to research the environmental and cultural impacts of rapidly expanding ecotourism in Toubkal National Park in Morocco.
Her study investigated local attitudes about the effects of the tourist industry and assess the levels of knowledge of the indigenous environment and culture that visitors bring to the park.
Jeremy Casterson (ID/MA ’02) was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to research local perceptions of deforestation in the Nyandarua District in Kenya.
www.clarku.edu /departments/idce/fulbright.htm   (430 words)

  
 Georgia Institute of Technology :: News Room :: Tech Student to Travel to Budapest on a Fulbright Fellowship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Fulbright program was created in 1946 with legislation sponsored by Sen. J.
Fulbright advisor Amy Bass Henry said Eger’s enthusiasm made him the perfect Fulbright candidate.
The Fulbright Fellowship will pay for his travel, tuition, books, as well as room and board.
www.gatech.edu /news-room/release.php?id=138   (550 words)

  
 Fulbright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The campus Fulbright Committee then interviews applicants and sends applications and its recommendations to the Institute of International Education, the national administrators of the awards.
Although the program literature states that preference is given to candidates who have not had prior opportunity for extensive study abroad, individuals who have spent one year abroad in a university program are considered to be desirable candidates.
Last year, 4,189 undergraduate and graduate students applied for Fulbright Scholarships throughout the world, and 954 were allocated.
www.honors.uci.edu /sop/fulbright.html   (484 words)

  
 Fulbright fellowship in name of Indian 9/11 victim- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
WASHINGTON: A Fulbright fellowship has been established in the name of a Malaysian of Indian origin who died in the World Trade Centre terrorist attack in New York two years ago.
When his parents heard of the plan, they said that encouraging cross-cultural understanding was a fitting way to remember their son --and that such understanding should be reciprocal.
She said Shanker "exemplified the spirit of the Fulbright Programme in his academic ability, his professional promise, his intellectual curiosity, and his interest in mutual understanding".
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-178658,prtpage-1.cms   (521 words)

  
 Having Fulbright complicates IRA
She was awarded a Fulbright fellowship, from which she will receive about $30,000 for the year.
Fulbright grants are treated for tax purposes the same as scholarships or fellowships, which, when they are nontaxable, would mean that they wouldn't count toward IRA eligibility.
This would be the case if your niece is a candidate for a degree and uses the fellowship only for qualified education expenses, not for room and board, travel and the like.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/19/BUGSCDAKN01.DTL   (858 words)

  
 IDCE  recognizes its five 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
John Granville (ID/MA) received a Fulbright Fellowship to research the impact of traditional culture, religion, and gender roles on health education, particularly AIDS awareness, in Cameroon.
Jessica Jimenez (ID BA/MA) received a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Oaxaca, Mexico, on the effect that the high rate of migration of male partners has had on women’s attitudes and perception about their health.
Jessica also received a fellowship from Refugee International, based in Washington, D.C., to assist their efforts in staff training and program development to create a program to evaluate the condition of refugees in Colombia.
www.clarku.edu /departments/idce/fulbrights1.htm   (249 words)

  
 Georgia Tech Student Wins Fulbright Fellowship
It was his first glimpse at innovative aircraft designs and although most kids would’ve probably wanted to pilot the planes, by the time he was 12, German knew he wanted to build them.
Now, as the winner of a Fulbright Fellowship, the 26-year-old graduate student from Lafayette, Georgia, will get the chance of a lifetime when he flies to Germany in August to spend a year immersed in aerospace research at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin).
The program was created in 1946 with legislation sponsored by Senator J. William Fulbright, who reasoned that nations would be less likely to go to war against each other if people could study abroad and learn about each other’s culture.
www.news-info.gatech.edu /news_releases/fulbrightwinner.html   (476 words)

  
 Office of Graduate Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I spoke with the Fulbright program officer in D.C. this morning, and she hopes that the application will be up soon, but had no target date.
Dear Prospective Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fulbrighters, I have just received word from the US Department of Education that they expect the application to go online "soon." They are hoping that they can keep the same deadline as in past years, c.
Further information on the IIE Fulbright is available from the Office of International Affairs temporarily located in Breckinridge House, 1442 E. 59th Street) or by e-mailing international-affairs@uchicago.edu.
grad-affairs.uchicago.edu /programs/fulbright.html   (1108 words)

  
 Student Wins Fulbright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She is one of approximately 1,600 U.S. grantees selected this year to travel abroad under the Fulbright Program, which is administered by the U.S. Information Agency.
Established under Congressional legislation, the program is designed "to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries." Individuals are selected on the basis of academic and professional qualifications, plus their ability and willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of diverse cultures.
At the conclusion of her Fulbright Fellowship, Permar will attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health to obtain a Ph.D. degree in immunology and microbiology.
www2.davidson.edu /news/news_archives/archives9798/97.07permar.html   (245 words)

  
 Lawrence University Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She was one of approximately 875 college seniors nationally who were awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for teaching and research positions in more than 100 countries.
When her Fulbright Fellowship is completed next summer, she's planning on investigating some volunteer opportunities in Croatia and Bosnia.
The Fulbright Program was created by Congress in 1946 to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/public_affairs/media/release/0001/krieg.html   (524 words)

  
 Penn State Harrisburg: News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Dr. Carol Nechemias’ Fulbright Fellowship is taking her from one geographic area defined by a river to another in Russia.
William Fulbright, confers scholar awards – grants and fellowships – to increase mutual understanding among people of the world through an exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills by funding graduate study, advanced research, and teaching abroad.
Nechemias views a Fulbright Award where the recipient resides within the community as a form of living research in keeping with the mission of the program.
www.hbg.psu.edu /news/nechemias_fulbright.html   (289 words)

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