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Fulbright Canada

May 26, 2021 /

The Fulbright U.S. Scholars competition is open. Recall, Dr. Mark Fairchild was recently awarded one of these to continue his research in Turkey. Congrats again, Mark!

There are opportunities closer to home, as well. For example, this post contains information about Fulbright in Canada.

For 2022/2023, Fulbright Canada is offering more than 50 Research Chairs at top Canadian Institutions. The grants support research with your colleagues across Canada for a four- to nine-month period. Applications are accepted through September 15, 2021. These opportunities are for a start date of either September 2022 or January 2023.

Scholarly categories include:

  • Arts, Humanities, and Culture
  • Agriculture & Food Studies
  • Policy, Law, and Governance
  • Business and Management
  • Health Studies
  • Language, Culture & Identity
  • Education
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Science and Technology
  • Environmental Studies
  • Public Affairs in North America
  • Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship on Global Economies

Additionally, Fulbright Canada hosts a series of Distinguished Chairs offered for nine months by Carleton University in Ottawa on these topics:

  • Arts and Social Sciences in Canada and North America
    Entrepreneurship
  • Public Affairs in North America: Society, Policy, Media
  • Environmental Science
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

See the full list of awards here.

Requirements to apply:

  • Be a U.S. citizen (Permanent residence is not sufficient)
  • Hold a PhD, MFA, … or equivalent professional/terminal degree
  • Applicants who have resided abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the application deadline are ineligible. A period of nine months or more during a calendar year constitutes a full year.
  • Recipients of a Fulbright Scholar award are eligible to apply for another award two years after the date of completion of the previous award.

Detailed eligibility requirements are here.

You can view a webinar, How to Prepare a Successful Application, here.

I will be happy to assist you with any questions you may have at kdrury@huntington.edu.

Posted By: Kevin Drury

 

Posted By: Kevin Drury