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Fulbright Scholarships
Two identical information sessions
in Spring 2008 are scheduled for:
- Tuesday, January 15 --11am-12pm
- Wednesday, January 16 --
4pm-5pm
Granberg Room, Van
Wylen Library, 2nd floor
If you miss these sessions please
read on...
Deadlines for 2008 submission:
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If you are a junior this year
(Spring, 2008), and are considering applying for a Fulbright
Fellowship in the fall of 2008, (that is, if you want a fellowship
in the 2009-2010 academic year) your chances will improve if
you get an early start on the application process. Here are
the important dates in the 2008 Fulbright Fellowship application
calendar. |
Feb. 1, 2008
(You may do this anytime BEFORE Feb. 1, 2008, but please make
sure you do it BY Feb. 1, 2008 at the latest.)
If starting this process in the fall,
submit as soon as possible. |
Send an e-mail to crossroads@hope.edu, including the following
information:
1) Your full name
2) The kind of fellowship for which you plan
to apply (Fulbright research or Fulbright teaching English)
3) The country to which you plan to apply (Choose
only one.)
4) The names of three faculty referees to whom
you have spoken about writing a recommendation for you. Talk
to your referees early and in person. In addition to
your three referees, include your foreign language evaluator,
if one is necessary for your program.
5) Your phone number
6) Your e-mail address
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Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
If starting
this process in the fall, and you wish personal review of your
CV (personal statement) &/or your project proposal, you
will need to make an appointment with Dr. Gibbs or Dr. Cunningham
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Check your Progress: Turn in the following documents
to the Crossroads office (VZN 182):
1) Working draft of your two-page project proposal (however
much you’ve done)
2) Working draft of your one-page Fulbright curriculum vitae
(personal statement) – again, however much you’ve
done on it. See the Fulbright website and the Hints
for information about preparation of these documents. Keep working
on them, too.
3) A three- to four-page essay on a book (a book! Not a Web
site!) that you have read about the country to which you plan
to apply. Be sure to include full bibliographic information
(author, title, city, publisher, year of publication) for your
book.
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Mar. 7, 2008
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Turn in completed hard-copy drafts of your
curriculum vitae (personal statement) and project proposal to
the Crossroads Project office, Van Zoeren 182 |
Tuesday, Mar. 11, 4 p.m.
OR
Wed., Mar. 12, 8 p.m.
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Attend ONE of the mandatory proposal workshops.
We will schedule one workshop in the afternoon and one in the
evening. You must come to one (but not both) of the workshops. |
Monday, April 21, 8 p.m.
OR
Tuesday, April 22, 4 p.m. |
Attend ONE of the second mandatory proposal
workshops. Once again, we will schedule one workshop in the afternoon
and one in the evening. You must come to one (but not both) of
the workshops. |
Summer 2008 |
You should use the summer to work on your project
proposal and curriculum vitae (personal statement). The campus
deadline for applications is September 17, 2008. |
| Friday, September 19, 2008 |
Turn in your completed application. You will
need to complete an on-line application and turn in a
hard copy at the Crossroads Project office, Van Zoeren
182. We will schedule campus interviews after September 19, 2008. |
Please keep the following points in mind: |
If you think you MIGHT want to apply for a Fulbright, but
are not yet sure, please provide us with the required information
by February 1. Letting us know you are thinking of applying
is not a firm commitment. It is better to start early than
to start late.
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If you want to apply, you must comply with the deadlines
outlined on this sheet. We reserve the right to drop you from
the process if you miss any of these deadlines without a very
good reason (as defined by Professors Cunningham and Gibbs).
This is not a process you can complete at the last minute
if you hope to be successful.
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Be sure to read the materials on the Fulbright Web
site (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html).
Click on the links for “Thinking of Applying” and
“How to Apply” for more information. |
Fulbright Advisors are Dr. David Cunningham and Dr. Janis
Gibbs
Fulbright Grants for Educational & Cultural Exchange
- Since 1946 the United States government has been offering grants
to recent graduates, graduate students and college faculty to conduct
study and/or teaching projects all over the world. These grants usually
last between six to twelve months and cover all livings cost as well
as providing a modest stipend. These are very prestigious awards,
and are available not only to graduates of larger universities but
also of liberal arts colleges such as Hope.
During the academic year 2004-05 three Hope graduates taught in
Germany and Austria with Fulbright awards. In addition, two Hope
College professors received Fulbright awards for this coming year.
So Hope is developing a good track record with these grants.
If you are interested in an academic year abroad right after graduation,
either studying at a university or teaching English, a Fulbright
Grant may be just what you are looking for! It can be anywhere in
the world, not just Europe!
What Exactly is a Fulbright Scholarship?
There are many different types of Fulbright awards,
but the programs of interest to Hope College graduates are the Comprehensive
Grants, which support you for a year of study at a foreign
university, and the Teaching Awards which place you
at a high school or high schools to teach English as an assistant
part time.
- To look at the various opportunities, check out the Fulbright
web site.
- Or stop by the CrossRoads office to pick up a current booklet
(Fulbright calls it a "brochure").
For Comprehensive Grants, students propose a project
that they conduct at the foreign educational institution, and are
given basic travel and living support to carry out their project.
You specify the location.
For Teaching Awards, grantees usually teach about
15-20 hours a week, mostly assisting a teacher in the classroom (i.e.
not actually being the teacher). The rest of the time awardees usually
work on the language, travel and 'hang out'. You select the country,
but that country chooses your placement location.
Hope professor, Lee Forester, had a 2-year Fulbright award in Austria
Vienna as a graduate student. He taught about 10-15 hrs a week whenever
school was in session (which wasn't that often) and otherwise hung
out, finished his dissertation, traveled extensively and got married
in the process. It was a great experience for him!
Who is Eligible for a Fulbright?
To apply for a Fulbright Grant, you must be:
- A US citizen
- A recent graduate or graduate student
- In good health
Because this program is quite competitive, your academic credentials
should be good. A GPA of 3.5 or higher is advised, though we did get
an award for a student with a lower GPA who made it as an alternate.
You also must be ready to spend a LOT of time on your application,
writing and refining your essay, your project proposal and discussing
it with faculty advisors Dr.
Cunningham and/or Dr. Gibbs.
It is quite doable but not a project to be taken lightly or at the
last minute if you want feedback.
How Do I Get More Information?
How Do I Apply?
You need to finish and SUBMIT the online application
by Monday, September 15, 2008. You then need to
print off a good quality hardcopy of your application and submit it,
along with your non-online materials, to the CrossRoads
office (VanZn 182) within a few days (exact date to be determined).
You may submit only one application.
If you would like feedback on your application before the
on-campus interview process begins ( and this is very advisable),
you are strongly advised to work with Dr. Gibbs, Dr. Cunningham, or
another faculty mentor during the Spring semester. We provide stipends
to faculty who work with you, so please don't be afraid to ask for
this one-on-one help. We generally find that students who wait until
September to begin the process will submit substandard (and often
ultimately unsuccessful) applications. The most important
pieces to submit for feedback are your CV and Project Proposal.
These should be e-mailed in Word format.
The "non-online" materials
include:
- A language report, if any level of foreign language is
required or recommended for your country's
program.
- Official transcripts from all colleges you have attended
sent DIRECTLY to our office (i.e., a complete academic
record). Do NOT pick them up yourself!
(if you do, they will be stamped in red ink "ISSUED
TO STUDENT" even though they are in a sealed envelope!)
This must include transcripts from other institutions besides Hope,
unless those courses are listed (with course names) on your Hope
transcript. (If your Hope transcript only lists generic "transfer
credit," you need an additional transcript from the other institution.)
- A letter of affiliation from someone at the institution
you hope to work at in the host country, if such affiliation
is required for your program. (This is not required for
some countries, e.g. Japan, nor for some programs, e.g. the teaching
assistantship programs.)
- If your field is creative or performing arts,
there are additional instructions for submitting samples of your
work. Example: slides of artwork, photographs, portfolios, video
recordings, & audio recordings all have specific criteria and
can be found in the Fulbright "brochure" and will require
Form 4 of the application.
Then you sit on your hands and wait until the spring (April - June)
to find out whether you got an award or not!
NEW PROGRAM...
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