From March to August 1, 2009, U.S. faculty and professionals are invited to apply for *Fulbright scholar grants at www.cies.org. Complimentary subscriptions are also available for The Global Citizen, the Fulbright Scholar Program's new, monthly e-newsletter. Sign up at www.cies.org.

*The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government's flagship international exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 286,000 participants from over 155 countries with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, to exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. For more information, visit http://fulbright.state.gov/.

March 1, 2009 - The Competition Begins!

Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2010-2011 is open

The Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants in more than 125 countries around the world.  For the Academic Year 2010-2011, Fulbright lists 29 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in agriculture.  Even better, faculty and professionals in agriculture also can apply for one of the 144 "All Discipline" awards open to all fields.


The application deadline is August 1, 2009.  U.S. citizenship is required.  For other eligibility requirements, detailed award descriptions, and an application, visit our website at www.cies.org <http://www.cies.org/> , or send a request for materials to scholars@cies.iie.org.


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

Hungary: Award #0272 - Agricultural production, environmental management, animal science

Mozambique: Award #0084 - Agriculture and agricultural lab sciences

Philippines: Award #0171 - Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization and its various subfields, including fruit and vegetable production, horticulture, plant breeding/genetics, dairy science, pest control/entomology, and animal nutrition; agriculture engineering and its various subfields, including forest engineering, handling/processing/storage of agriculture products, irrigation and drainage systems engineering, post-harvest technology, soil and water engineering, agricultural waste management, food engineering/process control; agricultural economics and its various subfields, including agribusiness, agricultural policy, farm management.


Katherine Matheson
Program Associate for Outreach and Communications Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street NW, Suite 5-L
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 686- 7866
kmatheson@cies.iie.org <blocked::mailto:kmatheson@cies.iie.org>