FULBRIGHT PROGRAM

2008-2009 FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM

The Government of the United States of America is pleased to announce the opening of the annual Fulbright competition for scholars who wish to pursue post-doctoral research in the United States during the 2008-2009 academic year.

Benefits: The Fulbright program provides transportation and a living allowance to do research for a period of up to nine months in an American university or relevant professional establishment.

Criteria: Applicants must have the following qualifications to apply for the program:

• Doctoral degree from Georgian academic institution or Master's degree from European or U.S. universities.

• Proficiency in English appropriate to proposed lecturing or research.
• Project to be carried out in the United States.
• A detailed statement of proposed activity for research or lecturing at a U.S. institution.
• Certification of good health.
• Applicant’s research topics must be in the following fields of study:
  

Architecture, urban planning, economics, business administration, communications/journalism, law, international and/or security affairs, public administration, American Studies, American literature, political science, education, public health, sociology (contemporary social issues, public opinion, demography, social work, etc.), religious studies, linguistics, music, theatre/dance, art, film studies, chemistry, physics, biology.

Applicants who returned to Georgia from the U.S. government educational exchange program after 2004 are not eligible to participate in 2008-2009 academic year Fulbright program.

Please note that although the application form itself lists a wide range of possible disciplines, each year's program is confined to a smaller number of disciplines. Please refer to our list of disciplines provided above when considering the Fulbright program for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Electronic version of the application can be downloaded here:

Application in MS Word.   
Application in PDF.   

For further information and useful hints, please see:

Fulbright Program Frequently Asked Questions and Application Instructions   

Deadline for application submission is November 30, 2007.

For further information or to submit the filled out application, please contact:

Magda Magradze
Public Affairs Section
Embassy of the United States of America
11 George Balanchine Street, 0131 Tbilisi, Georgia
Phone: (995 32) 277-148
Fax: (995 32) 53-23-19
e-mail: magradzem@state.gov