University Park -- Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Meetings
for Graduate Students
The University Fellowships Office will be holding two information meetings for graduate students interested in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program --
Tuesday, April 5, from 4 to 5 p.m. in 112 Kern Graduate
Building and
Wednesday, April 6, from 7 to 8 p.m. in 104 Rackley Building.
If you are a U.S. citizen with a GPA of 3.50 or higher and would like to
research, study or teach internationally, you should consider applying for
a Student Fulbright Grant.
Fulbright Grants pay for one year of research, study, or teaching in up
to 141 different countries outside the United States. A full grant
covers travel, insurance, tuition and living costs. At the beginning
of the academic year, one year in advance of when you would like to study
abroad, you apply for a Fulbright Grant and, if successful, you fulfill
your grant commitment in the following academic year.
To be successful, you must decide what you want to do. For the majority
of Fulbright grants, your project is up to you. The selection board
has to be convinced that you have the academic background and the maturity
to carry your project out within one year. It is very helpful to get
written approval from a professor or other mentor in your chosen host country.
For example, one engineering student decided to study robotics and got a
letter of support from the professor with whom he worked while in Munich.
Another form of Fulbright Grant provides support for you to teach English
for one year in France, Germany, Belgium/Luxembourg, Hungary, Turkey, Korea
or Taiwan. For the countries of France, Germany and Belgium/Luxembourg,
your language skills must be very good: whereas for the other countries,
you do not need strong language skills. All teaching grants stress
that you be a good representative of the United States and have a good command
of English (as well as some teaching or tutoring experience).
For more information, contact the University Fellowships Office, located in 212 Boucke Building, at (814) 863-8199.
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Release Date: March 23, 2005