To improve and strengthen
international relations of the United States by promoting mutual understanding
among the peoples of the world through educational exchanges.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
The grants are designed to give U.S. and foreign teachers and administrators
the opportunity to live and teach in a foreign country for 6 weeks, a
semester, or an academic year. U.S. and foreign educators, from elementary and
secondary levels, 2-year colleges and 4-year institutions are eligible to
apply for positions abroad. As the only direct, person-to-person Fulbright
Exchange Program, participants receive leave with pay and benefits from their
respective university/college/school authorities. Foreign participants whose
salary is insufficient to defray their cost- of-living receive a top-off
stipend. U.S. educators teach in all fields, including foreign languages.
Grants specify terms and conditions to meet the goals of the program approved
by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarships Board (FSB) in making the
award. Full grants: round trip transportation and health and accident
insurance.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility:
(a) Hold at least a Bachelor's degree; (b) be a
U.S. citizen fluent in English at the time of application; (c) have a current
full-time teaching or administrative assignment in the U.S. or one of its
territories; (d) be in at least the third year of full-time teaching or
administration (teachers applying to the Classics Seminar only need to be in
their second full-year; (e) have not participated in a Fulbright Teacher
Exchange longer than 8 weeks in the last 2 years (there is no required waiting
period for teachers who have participated in exchanges of 8 weeks or less).
Beneficiary Eligibility:
U.S. and foreign teachers and administrators
who want to live and study in a foreign country for 6 weeks, a semester, or an
academic year.
Credentials/Documentation:
Documentation of educational qualifications
and language proficiency may be required.
Not applicable. This program is excluded
from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure:
U.S. educators apply through a nation-wide open
competition. Seventy Peer Review Committees screen their applications and
conduct personal interviews. Foreign educators are screened and nominated by
either U.S. Embassies, by Fulbright Commissions, or counterpart agencies. The J.
William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board gives final approval. The Office of
Global Educational Programs and counterpart staff abroad arrange the pairing of
U.S. and foreign educators, implement two-way exchanges or one-way placements
and supervise the foreign educators while on assignment.
Award Procedure:
Final selection of grantees is made by the
Presidentially appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Deadlines:
Outreach and recruitment efforts are ongoing all year.
Applications are available in March. Deadline for submission is October 15,
2002. The application is available on the internet: www.grad.usda.gov/info_for/fulbright.cfm.
Fulbright Abroad--Personal Accounts of Global Experiences:
www.exchanges.state.gov/fulbrightersabroad.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:
Variable.
Appeals:
None.
Renewals:
Extensions are considered on exceptional occasions.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements:
None.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:
Six weeks, a semester, or an
academic year.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Reports by all academic grantees are required at the end of
their grants.
Audits:
Not applicable.
Records:
As prescribed by grant terms.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification:
19-0201-0-1-154.
Obligations:
(Grants) FY 01 $3,190,000; FY 02 est $4,245,000 and FY 03
est $4,245,000.
In fiscal year 2001, the Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program
awarded 530 grants. It is estimated that 530 awards will be granted for fiscal
years 2002 and 2003.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
An application booklet is issued by the Office of Global Educational Programs,
Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program, 600 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Washington DC, 20024. Telephone: (202) 314-3520. Fax: (202) 479-6806.
Email: fulbright@grad.usda.gov. Website: www.grad.usda.gov/info_for/fulbright.cfm.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office:
None.
Headquarters Office:
Department of State, ECA/A/S/X, Fulbright Teacher
and Administrator Exchange Branch, SA-44, 301 4th Street SW., Washington DC,
20547. Program Contact: Ruta Chagnon. Telephone: (202) 619-4556. Fax: (202)
401-1433. E-mail: rchagnon@pd.state.gov.
