Fulbright Grants

Fulbright US Student Program grants support graduate study, research and other projects in over 100 *foreign countries.* Eligible applicants are U.S. citizens who will hold at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent prior to undertaking the grant. Fulbright Full Grants differ by country in the amount of funding awarded, but most provide round-trip transportation, language or orientation courses (where appropriate), tuition, books, maintenance for one academic year, and limited health and accident insurance.

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Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Permanent residents
  are not eligible.
  Hold a B.A. degree or the equivalent before the start of the grant.
  • Applicants who have not earned a B.A. degree or the
    equivalent, but who have extensive professional study and/or
    experience in fields in which they wish to pursue a project,
    may be considered.
  • In the creative and performing arts, four years of
    professional study and/or experience meets the basic
    eligibility requirement.
  • Applicants may hold a J.D. degree at the time of
    application, but not a doctorate.
  • M.D.s or medical students* or the equivalent (e.g, D.D.S, O.D.) who wish to continue medical or hospital training or to obtain practical clinical experience should apply to IIE./However, M.D.s who have completed formal postgraduate training and propose attachment to a hospital or clinic for independent or collaborative
    research should apply to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. http://www.cies.org/
    
• Be in good health. Grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory Medical Certificate of Health from a physician.
  
• Have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of
  the host country to communicate with the people and to carry out the proposed study. This is especially important for projects in the social sciences and the humanities.

http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_country.html

PREFERENCE IS USUALLY GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO:

• Have undertaken their higher education primarily at educational
  institutions in the U.S. *Foreign study during the junior year or
  other periods of undergraduate study that are integral parts of
  the curricula of American institutions will not be considered a
  disadvantage.
• Have not resided or studied in the country to which they are
  applying for more than six months. Duty abroad in the Armed
  Forces of the United States is not considered disqualifying within
  the meaning of this section.

For most grants, applicants who have had *extensive previous foreign experience* in the country of application are at a disadvantage, but are not necessarily disqualified for that reason.

Complete eligibility requirements can be found on the Fulbright website at: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_eligibility.html
Participating country summaries can be found here: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_country.html

Application Process

• Eligible students should review the campus application information on the Center for Global Initiative's website. Please email questions to the UNC-Chapel Hill Fulbright Program Advisor bkutchma@email.unc.edu.
• Applications are submitted via an online system materials, including references, transcripts and foreign language
  evaluations are due by the *campus deadline*: *September 25,
  2008*. Materials should be dropped off by 5 pm, September 25th at the Center for Global Initiatives located on the third floor of the Global Education Center.