Along with the Watson, it's time also to think about applying for a Fulbright. Deadline on campus is May 1. Get more details here. Excerpt:
Created by the U.S. Congress in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Each year the program allows more than 800 Americans to study or conduct research in over 100 nations.
The U.S. student program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates and master's and doctoral candidates opportunities for personal development and international experience. Students plan their own programs. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination. Recent projects have involved business administration in France, entomology in Madagascar, and Chinese theater in Taiwan.
Selection
Is made on the basis of the student's academic record, language preparation, the feasibility of the proposed study project, and personal qualifications. Among other factors, selections are affected by:
1. extent to which the candidate and the project will help to advance the program aim of promoting mutual understanding among nations;
2. ability of the supervising agencies abroad to arrange supervision;
3. requirements of programs in individual countries;
4. ratio between the number of awards offered in a given country, and the number of applications received.
Application Procedures
All students who are interested in applying for a Fulbright Grant will fill out a Letter of Intent with the Fellowships Office and begin working on their applications in the spring semester of their junior year. There is a Spring Campus Deadline of May 1 when both the Letter of Intent and a draft of the application must be turned in to the Fellowships Office.
