#USCGetFunded: Apply Now for the Fulbright-Hays

The Fulbright-Hays Grant funds doctoral student research in Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

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A student is eligible if he or she:

  • Is a citizen, national or permanent resident of the United States;
  • Is a graduate student in good standing who, when the fellowship begins, is admitted to candidacy
  • Is planning a teaching career or planning to utilize their language skills in the fields of government, international development and/or the professions.
  • Possesses adequate skills in the language(s) necessary to carry out the project.

Key Dates:

Tuesday, March 24, 2:00pm – 3:00pm GFS 329
Fulbright-Hays Info Session sponsored by the USC Graduate School

Wednesday, April 8
Fulbright-Hays Proposal Narrative due to Graduate School

Monday, April 13 – Tuesday, April 14
Proposal Narrative Review by Graduate School and USC faculty

Monday, April 20
Final Fulbright-Hays Proposal & all letters of recommendation and/or affiliation submitted to DOE G5 application portal

Friday, April 24
USC Graduate School submits all student proposals.

IMPORTANT: USC applicants for the Fulbright-Hays must submit through the Graduate School. Dr. Meredith Drake Reitan, Associate Dean for Graduate Fellowships serves as USC’s Program Director.

More information is available: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/02/27/2015-04137/applications-for-new-awards-fulbright-hays-doctoral-dissertation-research-abroad-fellowship-program

SPOTLIGHT: Sarah Goodrum, Fulbright Scholar and AAUW Fellow

Goodrum_Sarahby Adam Feinman

Sarah Goodrum is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History. She was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship for the 2012-2013 school year and a Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for the 2014-15 school year. She’s now in Germany, researching the photography of East Germany during the Cold War.

 

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