The DDRA program offers doctoral students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of diverse cultures and broaden their global awareness through sustained research abroad. The Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula. The institutional project period is 18 months. Students may request funding for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12.