Fellowships

Applicants must:

-Be a citizen of and currently reside in Iraq;

-Be proficient in written and spoken English;

-Hold a full-time position with the title of Vice-President, General Director, Director, Dean, Vice-Dean, Department Head/Chair, Director, or equivalent position focusing on higher education administration at one of the following institutions: University of Baghdad, University of Technology, Baghdad, University of Tikrit, University of Duhok, Salahaddin University, University of Kufa, University of Basrah, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

The Kosovo UGRAD Program is open to undergraduate students from Kosovo for one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college. Please carefully review the application instructions for detailed eligibility requirements.

The Crimea UGRAD Program is open to undergraduate students from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college.

TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Candidates will be considered without respect to race, color, religion, national origin, or gender. Persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Competition for the Community Solutions Program is merit-based and open to community leaders, ages 25-38 at the time of application, who meet the following criteria:

• From a participating country (U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the U.S., and individuals who have applied for U.S. permanent residency in the past three years are not eligible for this program)

• Currently living and working in his/her home country (Individuals participating in academic, training or research programs in the United States at the time of application and individuals residing or working outside their home countries at the time of application are not eligible for this program)

• Currently working on a community project or initiative in his/her home country; and, has at least 2 years of professional experience in this capacity at the time of application

• Able to begin the program in the United States in 2013, and is committed to returning to his/her home country after completion of the program

• Able to receive a U.S. J-1 visa (Individuals who have participated in an exchange visitor program sponsored or funded by the U.S. Government who have not fulfilled their two-year home residency requirement by the time of application are not eligible for this program)

• Proficient in spoken and written English at the time of application
 

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES

Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

East Asia and the Pacific: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey

South and Central Asia: Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Near East & North Africa: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and West Bank/Gaza

Western Hemisphere: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago

Applicants must:

• Be a citizen of and reside in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda or Ukraine at the time of application and participation in the program;

• Submit a complete application with all required documents by the application deadline;

• Have a level of proficiency in written and spoken English sufficient to work independently in the United States and engage colleagues;

• Be able to receive and maintain a J-1 visa;

• Be able to participate in fellowships for approximately eight weeks in Fall 2012, or Winter 2013;

• Be committed to producing a case study on a topic of university administration while in the United States; and

• Hold a full-time position with the title of Vice-Rector, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, Vice-Dean, Department Chair, or equivalent at one of the eligible universities or working in an equivalent management position focusing on higher education reform in the Ministry of Education. 

Applications not meeting the above eligibility requirements will not be forwarded to the selection committee.

Current IREX employees and consultants and their immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings) are not eligible to compete in any IREX-administered grant programs, either as individuals or as the responsible party representing an institutional applicant.

Must be U.S. citizen
Must be enrolled in a graduate degree program or currently be holding a graduate degree at the time of application.
Eligible Countries of Research
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Be secondary-level, full-time teachers with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English, English as a Foreign Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, or Science. 

• Be citizens of one of the following countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda

• Be proficient in written and spoken English with a TOEFL score of 500 or higher

Former participants of ILEP, TEA, Partners in Education (PiE) or the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program are ineligible to apply. If you have participated in other programs funded by the US government, please talk to the Fulbright Commission/US Embassy in your country about your eligibility.

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Be secondary school-level, full-time teachers with five or more years of classroom experience in TEA teaching disciplines: English as a Foreign Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, or Science

• Have proficiency in written and spoken English with a TOEFL score of 450 or higher

• For the program year 2014, be citizens of and residents in eligible TEA countries:
Africa: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia

East Asia and the Pacific: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Europe and Eurasia: Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Near East: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Tunisia, West Bank/Gaza, Yemen

South and Central Asia: Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

Western Hemisphere: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela 

Eligible countries are subject to change.

Former participants of ILEP, TEA, Partners in Education (PiE) or the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program are ineligible to apply. If you have participated in other programs funded by the US government, please talk to the Fulbright Commission/US Embassy in your country about your eligibility.