Fellowship Opportunity: Fulbright Student Program

Fulbright Student Program Application is Now Open!

Fulbright Study/Research Grants and English Teaching Assistantships provide a full year of study, research or teaching English abroad

The GW Campus Deadline to Apply for 2013-14 Fulbright Awards is September 3^rd, 2012.

FULBRIGHT US STUDENT PROGRAM

Eligibility: Seniors and Recent Graduates;

US Citizens ;

Recommended minimum GPA: 3.4 for research/study grants; 3.2 for English Teaching Assistantships.

Additional eligibility requirements can be found here: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/eligibility

GW Campus Deadline: 11:59pm (ET) September 3, 2012

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the nation's largest study abroad fellowship program, and is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates opportunities for international experience, personal enrichment and an open exchange of ideas with citizens of other nations. The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board looks favorably on qualified graduating seniors, who are still in the process of developing specific career plans.

There are several types of Fulbright grants:

Fulbright Academic Study/Research Grants (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/application-components/academic ): These grants generally provide round-trip transportation; book and research allowances; maintenance for the academic year, based on living costs in the host country; supplemental health and accident insurance; tuition, in some cases; and language or orientation courses, where appropriate.

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/application-components/eta): Opportunities to teach English language and conversation classes have been available in the following countries (the list is regularly updated): Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Spain, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela. A stipend is provided based on living costs in the host country. The Fulbright award covers round-trip international travel, health and accident insurance, and orientation costs.

Fulbright Opportunities in Business: Several countries have offered Fulbright business opportunities in the past, including Australia, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain.

There are a variety of more specialized awards, which may be found at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/types-of-grants

For more information, visit the Fulbright US Student Program at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html