For: faculty and professionals to conduct academic research in the United States
Program Length: 4 to 9 months
Application Deadline: October 15 every year
Program Opportunities: Research opportunities at American universities for scholars, researchers and other professionals. Grants are awarded for a period of 4 to 9 months.
Program Description
The program aims to provide educational exchange experiences which would be valuable not only to the scholar, but also to the recipient's home institution, its faculty, and its students, as well as to the U.S. host institution. Fulbright Scholars serve as cultural ambassadors; they should be prepared to speak not only about their research with academic colleagues but also about their country and culture with academic and community groups.
The program provides opportunities to Ukrainian scholars and professionals to establish new contacts with academic and professional colleagues in the U.S.; to develop collaborative research relationships with U.S. scholars and professionals; and to pursue scholarly work in the U.S. without interruption. Grant recipients will have free and open use of their host institution's extensive library resources to enhance their knowledge, gather literature unavailable in Ukraine, and to revise or create new scholarly publications.
The grant also provides funding for the immediate family (spouse and minor children) of the grantee to travel and live in the U.S. with the grantee for part or all of the grant term.
Eligibility & Requirements

• Ukrainian citizenship.
• Doctoral degree (a Kandidat Nauk or Doctor Nauk) or equivalent (more than 5 years) professional training or experience at the time of application.
• High proficiency in written and oral English.
• Able to receive a U.S. J-1 visa which requires returning to Ukraine for 2 years following program completion
• Has not traveled to the U.S. a Fulbright Program grant recipient for at least five years
• Was not an employee (or family member of an employee) of a U.S. mission or agency of the U.S. Department of State. Such persons are ineligible during the time of employment and for one year after termination of employment
  (http://exchanges.state.gov/education/fulbright/ffsb/policies/2006/chap900.pdf).

Starting with 2007, the Fulbright Scholar Program has been expanded to include science, technology, and engineering fields
Eligible Fields of Study:

How to Apply:
By October 15, 2010 the candidate must submit a document packet which includes:

• completed application form
• detailed project statement
• 3 letters of recommendation
• curriculum vitae (CV).

Applications can be downloaded or requested by e-mail from scholar@fulbright.com.ua. All documents are submitted in Ukrainian and English languages with the exception of the application form (in English only).
Selection Process:
The selection process will consider the candidate's professional achievements, feasibility of the proposed project, and benefits of the project to the grantee's field and to its continued development and/or impact in Ukraine.

• First screening of applications is done by the Fulbright Program in Ukraine. Applications are reviewed for completeness and candidate eligibility.
• American and Ukrainian area experts review approved applications and recommend semi-finalists.
• Semi-finalists are invited to an interview conducted in English before a selection committee composed of U.S. and Ukrainian scholars and officials.
• The selection committee recommends finalists and alternatives to the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for final decision. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) in Washington, DC will assist in determining the hosting U.S. university.

Fulbright Program in Ukraine
4 Hrushevskoho St., Suit 305, Kyiv 01001
Tel.: (044) 279-1850, 279-2324
Fax: (044) 230-2060
E-mail: scholar@fulbright.com.ua
nzalutska@fulbright.com.ua
Program Manager: Natalia Zalutska

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