SearchFULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
Am I Eligible?
If you are a US citizen and will have your Bachelor's degree by the time you begin your fellowship. Depending on the country you are interested in, there may be a language requirement (check Fulbright website for details).
What Will I Receive?
Winners will receive one year of study or research in one of over 100 different countries.
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How do I apply?
All applicants from Creighton must contact our university representative, Dr. Amy Wendling, Department of Philosophy, wendling@creighton.edu. All candidates from Creighton must have their applications reviewed and approved by Creighton prior to the national deadline, and must sit for on-campus interviews. Students are advised first to visit the program website and read all information there thoroughly.
2007 Deadlines:
The CREIGHTON application procedure consists of the following steps:
January 17 – 31, 2009
Carefully review the Fulbright website to determine your eligibility (includingl anguage proficiency).
Carefully review relevant Individual Country Summary and Regional Summary sections to confirm that there are awards to the country in which you are interested.
February 5 – 9, 2009
Individual meetings Fulbright Program Advisor (FPA), to discuss your eligibility, country choice, and plans for research/study or teaching.
You must bring an inofficial copy of your transcripts to this meeting, as well as a print-out of the relevant Individual Country Summary or Regional Summary.
At this meeting we will identify a faculty member who can conduct a Language Evaluation (if required by your country of choice) to ensure that you have, or will be able to acquire, the necessary proficiency.
February 9 – 28, 2009
Begin designing your proposed project:
a) Identify and speak with Creighton professors and advisors who can help you establish contacts and institutional affiliations abroad
b) Conduct research on the Internet: explore the university’s or institution’s Website
c) Begin putting together a bibliography for your project.
February 28, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Language Evaluation forms due.
Submit a status report (e-mail) to Dr. Wendling that includes:
a) the name of the institution to which you plan to apply
b) the names of Creighton faculty with whom you have spoken and a brief summary of your conversations
c) the names of faculty abroad whom you plan to contact to establish affiliation
d) a 3-5 sentence summary of your proposed project.
March 14, 2009
Mandatory meeting to discuss procedures for establishing institutional affiliation, writing the project proposal, and obtaining letters of recommendation. Time and location to be announced.
March 18 – April 15, 2009
Mandatory workshop for writing personal statements, directed by Dr. Bridget Keegan.
April 11, 2009
Submit (e-mail) project proposal to FPA: double spaced, 1.5” margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font.
April 12 – April 18, 2009
Individual meetings with FPA to review project proposals and status of institutional affiliation, and to determine course of action for the summer.
April 18, 2009
Submit (e-mail) personal statement to FPA: double spaced, 1.5” margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font.
Submit (e-mail) to FPA the names of three people who have seen your project proposal and have agreed to write letters of recommendation in support of your application.
September 3 – 7, 2009
Mock interviews.
September 10, 2009
Completed applications due.
September 17 – 21, 2009
Interviews with Fulbright Campus Committee.
Early October
Final applications submitted to Fulbright.
January 2010
Notification on outcome of first state of the screening process.
April – June 2010
Final decision on those applications recommended to individual countries.
Additional Information:
You can apply for a full grant to pursue research or scholarship at a foreign university or to serve as a TA teaching English in a foreign country. Some countries (i.e, France or England) are highly competitive, while other locations are less so. Fulbright provides data on the ratio of applications received to grants available.