ATTENTION: U.S. Colleges and Universities
Deadline date is October 15, 2009.

U.S. institutions of higher education are invited to submit proposals to host Fulbright lecturers from abroad for one or both semesters of the 2010-2011 academic year. Preference is given to institutions that are traditionally less involved in international exchange programs, including hosting visiting scholars and to colleges and universities serving minority audiences. Priority institutions include small liberal arts colleges, community colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other Minority-serving Institutions. Colleges and universities sometimes propose to formally or informally share the visiting scholar with neighboring institutions or consortia, and consortia applications are welcome.

The principal activity in which Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence are engaged is teaching at the undergraduate level. Teaching assignments often focus on global issues, or on courses where a foreign lecturer's services can provide a cross-cultural or international perspective. Subject fields are generally in the social sciences and humanities but may be in a wide range of other fields as well. While many scholars have taught history, political science, literature and language, other disciplines certainly are eligible, with previous Scholars-in-Residence in education, law, business, performing and visual arts, architecture, urban studies, public health, women's studies, environmental studies, and journalism, among other fields.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, host institutions are expected to involve the scholar in various activities across campus and in the surrounding community. Outreach often includes student organizations, local service clubs, the media and the K-12 education community, just to list a few examples.

U.S. institutions submit proposals to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) to host a scholar. Institutional applications may designate a specific scholar by name or request that one be recruited by U.S. Embassies or binational Fulbright Commissions abroad. Scholars may be requested from 150 countries around the world.

Grants range up to $40,000, depending upon grant length, U.S. location and the scholar's number of accompanying dependents. Host institutions are expected to provide some type of cost-share, be it monetary and/or in-kind.

Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence often play an important role in assisting colleges and universities to add a new dimension to teaching and to internationalize curricula by providing a unique addition to academic offerings and activities on campus. They also may offer institutions already engaged in international activities, the opportunity to broaden or deepen their international or world area-specific capacities. While U.S. institutions clearly benefit from this Program, significant benefits also accrue to the Fulbright scholars themselves by teaching and living in a foreign culture and by gaining an understanding of Americans and of America -- its institutions, society and culture.

The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program's deadline date is October 15, 2009.

For additional information, guidelines and application materials, refer to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) website: www.cies.org/sir/.