Fulbright Scholar Competition Now Open

From the Fulbright folks.

The Fulbright Scholar competition for 2010-2011 is open.

The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing, research or combination lecturing/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2010-2011 academic year. Opportunities are available not only for college and university faculty and administrators but also for professionals from business and government, as well as artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others.

There are awards in 45 different fields or disciplines, and a variety of sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary fields.

What does Fulbright have to offer? Here are a few of the awards for 2010-2011:

People’s Republic of China – Award #0127 – Distinguished Lectureship in Study of the United States – American foreign policy, American history, American literature, American politics, American studies

Brazil – Award #0512 – Fulbright-FAPESP/Sao Paolo Science/Technology Program – biology, biochemistry, biophysics, genetics, immunology, microbiology, parasitology, physiology

Ukraine – Award #0401 – Cultural Resource Management – art conservation, museum studies, management of art organizations

Egypt – Award #0427 – Sciences – multiple disciplines in the sciences, including but not limited to: biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, food and nutrition, genetic engineering research methods, textiles or physics

The application deadline is August 1, 2009. U.S. citizenship is required. For other eligibility requirements and detailed award descriptions visit our website at

www.cies.org, or send a request for materials to scholars@cies.iie.org.