ANNOUNCEMENT

Date:  15 November 2010

To:    All UF Graduate Students

Cc:    All UF Graduate Coordinators and Staff

From:  Bess de Farber, Library Grants Manager, UF Libraries

RE:    November 18: How to Apply for Fulbright US Student Programs

How to Apply for Fulbright US Student Programs - International Funding Opportunities

Presenter: John Denny, Associate Director, Advisor, UF Honors Program

November 18, 2010 
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Room 107, Marston Science Library

Target audience: US citizens, completed BA or equivalent

The Fulbright Program offers fellowships to US students for study, research, and/or teaching assistantships abroad.

Fulbright US Student Program

Synopsis: A US Student Fulbright Grant allows for individually designed study/research projects or an English Teaching Assistantship, provides support for study/research/teaching in a single country, facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in daily tasks and promotes mutual understanding through engagement in the community.

Participants will:

-- become familiar with opportunities for international research and teaching English through the US Fulbright Program
-- understand the components of a Fulbright Grant proposal
-- identify campus resources and receive information on how to prepare a competitive application