The Fulbright U.S. Student Program promotes personal growth, cultural exchange, community engagement, and mutual understanding by funding nine months abroad to study, research or teach English in countries around the world.
To find out more, advise your students to attend the info session below, or visit the UT Austin Study Abroad Fulbright page and IIE Fulbright U.S. Student Program page. Flyer for info session attached.
FULBRIGHT GRANT INFO SESSIONS DATES AND TIMES:
· Wednesday, April 15, from 3-4pm, CLA 0.128
· Early May, CLA, TBA
Fulbright awards graduating seniors, recent graduates and alumni to travel for academic work in all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts. A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.
If your students aren’t quite ready, the competition happens every year, and we’d like to put the Fulbright Program in exceptional students’ minds as a goal to strive for after graduation!
Timeline:
INFO SESSION: Wed, April 15, 2015, 3-4pm, CLA 0.128 on UT Campus
INFO SESSION: Early May 2015, TBA
ONLINE APPLICATION OPENS: Fri, May 1, 2015
UT APPLICATION CAMPUS DEADLINE: Wed, September 2, 2015
INTERVIEW SLOT ASSIGNED: Fri, Sep 11, 2015
COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS: Mon-Fri, Sep 14-18 and 21-25, 2015 in the UT Austin International Office, 2400 Nueces St, Suite B, Austin, TX 78705, ROOM 104
NATIONAL ONLINE APPLICATION DUE: Tuesday, October 13, 4PM Central Time
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS: March-June 2016
The Fine Print:
The 2016-2017 Fulbright U.S. Student competition will open on May 1, 2015. The Fulbright U.S. Student program is open to graduate students at all levels, undergraduates who will have completed their degree by the beginning of the grant period (for most countries, Sept. 1, 2015) and non-students who hold a bachelor’s degree. The program is restricted to U.S. citizens. The grants are for study and research abroad, and are available for most countries. Grants are awarded for all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts. A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.
An information session for prospective applicants will be presented by an Alumni Ambassador from the Institute of International Education on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from 3-4pm in CLA 0.128.
Deadlines and Procedures:
1. Potential applicants must register with us, by completing the FULBRIGHT REGISTRATION SURVEY 2016-2017:
The survey will ask the applicant’s name, contact information, academic status (i.e., undergrad, grad, alumnus), country or region of interest, and area of study or research topic.
2. The applicant should go to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website
(http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for country summaries, information about preparing an application, and, starting May 1, to begin the online application process.
3. The applicant should also review our campus website:
http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/scholarships/fulbright
4. Campus Deadline: The applicant must submit copies of all application materials electronically to our office by 2 PM on September 3. Interviews are tentatively scheduled between September 14 and September 25. While the deadline for final submission to the national office has not yet been announced, my expectation is that it will be around mid-October 2015.