The deadline to apply for the 2017-2018 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition is Monday, August 1, 2016. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers more than 500 awards in teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2017-2018 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others.

 

Highlighted award categories include:

     •  Distinguished Chair Awards

     •  Postdoctoral and Early Career Awards

Highlighted awards include:

     •  Israel: Postdoctoral Award - Open to early career scholars in all areas of the sciences, arts, humanities or social

         sciences.

     •  France Regional Awards: Proposals for research projects will be evaluated not only for their scholarly, artistic or

         professional excellence, but also for their potential to increase mutual understanding and create future

         collaborations between France and the United States:

             o  Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes Regional Award

             o  Nord Pas de Calais Regional Award (Postdoctoral) 

             o  Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine Regional Award

             o  Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes Regional Award

     •  Mexico: Fulbright-Carlos Rico Award for North American Studies - Multi-disciplinary or interdisciplinary projects

         relevant to the trilateral relationship between the United States, Mexico and Canada.

     •  Taiwan: Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Teach/research in multiple areas of focus, including

         elementary/middle school education, teacher training, and curriculum development.  

For more information about Fulbright Scholar awards, visit the 2017-2018 Catalog of Awards.