The U. S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has announced a competition to identify potential host institutions for the 2012 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq. The 10-week summer program will sponsor 35 junior Iraqi scholars to be placed in five discipline-based cohorts of seven scholars each at selected U.S. institutions for faculty development, mentoring, and cultural exchange activities. The program is designed to equip grantees with the knowledge and tools needed to build the capacity of universities in Iraq and to advance the education of future generations of Iraqis. In addition, it lays the foundation for Iraqi scholars and their U.S. hosts to develop long-term institutional relationships and to identify areas of cooperation that can be sustained beyond the grant period.
Study Subject(s):Faculty development, mentoring, and cultural exchange activities.
Eligibility:
Cohorts of visiting scholars will be comprised of junior Iraqi faculty. The junior faculty will be, at a minimum, full-time instructors or lecturers with M.A./M.S. degrees. Some may have Ph.D. degrees. All scholars will also have several years of university-level teaching experience in one of the five academic fields. They will be highly motivated to engage with colleagues and others within their communities and campuses in the United States. Selected visiting scholar participants will meet the following criteria:
* A permanent or tenured position with an institution of higher education in Iraq.
* A commitment to advancing their own academic/professional development and to contributing to the development of Iraqi educational institutions.
* Specific plans to undertake a project or activity that will provide opportunity to share knowledge and tools obtained during the program with colleagues and others in Iraqi higher educational institutions. Specific activities may include the development of curriculum, the creation of teaching materials, the promotion of collaboration within and among institutions, or the establishment of substantive and workable relationships with U.S. institutions.
* The ability to communicate fluently in English, both orally and in writing
Deadline: December 16, 2011
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