Deadline: 1 July 2017
The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States of America is inviting applicants for its Fulbright African Research Scholar Program (FARSP) for the 2018/2019 academic year.
Types of Grants
FARSP will offer two different types of grants:
- Senior Research Scholar Grants: provides an opportunity for senior academicians and scholars who already have their PhD degree (or equivalent) to conduct postdoctoral research and lecturing at U.S. universities and colleges beginning no earlier than August, 2018 and no later than March, 2019. Awards vary in duration from three to nine months. Most grants are for approximately six months. Grants of up to nine months are made only when a research proposal justifies the need for extended time. Awards are given on the basis of academic excellence, the quality of the research project proposal and recommendation letters.
- Program and Curriculum Grants: grant enables university or academic institute members to undertake a planned program of reading and research beginning in August 2018. The rationale behind this grant is that many senior scholars, because of heavy teaching loads, extensive administrative and advising responsibilities unrelated to their field of academic specialization as well as lack of access to all of the latest literature in their fields, need a period of time to bring themselves up-to-date in their professional fields. Applicants with at least a Master’s Degree and five years of university teaching experience will be considered for awards in this category.
Eligibility Criteria
- There are no restrictions as to age, gender, faculty rank, or academic discipline for either type of FARSP grant.
- Preference will be given to proposals that promote the spirit and goals of the Fulbright program – that is, to increase and enhance mutual understanding between the United States and African countries through interpersonal contact and the sharing of professional academic experience and expertise.
- Applicants must have had extensive university teaching experience and a productive scholarly record.
- Their research proposal must relate directly to their ongoing teaching and research responsibilities.
- Scholars who have received a Fulbright grant for study, teaching, or research in the United States within the last five years are ineligible to apply.
- proposals involving doctoral dissertation research, postdoctoral research immediately following completion of a doctoral degree, or general professional travel, are ineligible.
- Preference will be given to individuals who have had no experience or only limited experience in the United States.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through the CIES online application given on the website.
For more information, please visit U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia.