Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad
Program
Spring/Summer
2011
Closing Date: October 6
th
, 2010
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides
opportunities for overseas experience. The program is open to educators
and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in
fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. Topics and
host countries of the seminars vary from year to year. All seminars are
in non-western European countries. Seminars are designed to provide a
broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country
(ies). The program is geared towards those educators with little or no
experience in the host country (ies) who demonstrate the need to develop
and enhance their curriculum through short-term study and travel
abroad. There are ten seminars being offered for Summer 2011 with 14-16
positions per seminar, subject to
the
availability of funds. For more information, please see the Web site at
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap
.
Country seminars to be offered in 2011 include:
Elementary Seminars
Argentina
India
Turkey &
Greece
Secondary Seminars
China-History &Culture
Mexico
Thailand & Vietnam
Postsecondary Seminars
Brazil
Morocco
& Tunisia
Chief State School
Officers, Deputy Commissioners,
(and other
high-level public school administrators)
Australia
Presidents, Vice Presidents and
Provosts
Jordan & Oman
T
ERMS
OF THE A
WARD
I
NCLUDE
:
▪ round-trip economy
airfare ▪ room and board ▪ program-related travel within
the host country
(ies). Participants are responsible for a cost share of
$450.00
.
T
HOSE
Q
UALIFIED
T
O
A
PPLY
T
O THE FOUR
-
TO SIX
-
WEEK SEMINARS
:
Elementary School
Teachers in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including
languages
Middle or High School
Educators in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including
languages
Administrators or
Curriculum Specialists who have responsibility for curriculum in the
fields of social sciences,
humanities, including languages;
Librarians, Museum
Educators or Media or Resource Specialists who have responsibility for
curriculum in the
fields of social sciences, humanities, including languages; and
Faculty or Administrators
from public or private, 2- or 4-year institutions of higher education
whose discipline is
related to the social sciences, humanities, languages and/or
area studies.
Presidents, Vice
Presidents, and Provosts
AND
Chief State School
Officers
who are responsible for
establishing and/or refining the international vision and agenda
of their institution or system.
B
ASIC
E
LIGIBILITY
R
EQUIREMENTS FOR THE
FOUR
-
TO SIX
-
WEEK SEMINARS AND
THE TWO
-
WEEK SEMINARS
:
Citizenship - must be a
citizen or a permanent resident of the United States.
Academic Preparation -
must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
university.
Professional Experience -
(1) must have
at least 3 years of
full-time experience by the time of departure for the
seminar; (2) must be currently employed full-time in a U.S.
school system, institution of higher education, Local
Education Agency, State Education Agency, library, or museum.
Teaching as a graduate, teaching assistant or
student teacher is not applicable toward the three years of
required full-time professional experience;
(3) must
be currently employed full-time in a teaching or administrative
position at the level for which the candidate is
applying.
Health -The candidate
must be physically and psychologically able to participate in all phases
of the seminar.
Award recipients must provide a physician’s statement to reflect participant’s readiness for travel.
Those individuals who
have participated previously in short-term Fulbright awards such as the
Fulbright-Hays
Seminars Abroad Program or the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects
Abroad Program may become eligible to
participate again two years after completion of a previous
program. Please be sure to check with the Fulbright-
Hays office concerning your eligibility.
Program Officer: Carly Borgmeier –
Carly.Borgmeier@ed.gov
Program Officer: Loveen Bains –
Loveen.Bains@ed.gov
The application package will be available starting August 20
th
, 2010.
You may apply online at:
http://e-grants.ed.gov