Future Fulbrighters | May 2019

• 1 Queen's University Belfast Award in Global Security and Borders- Borders have become a key site and central concern of global security practices and theory, from the Mexican-United States border to the Mediterranean ports of the EU. The many facets of borders are introduced and analysed in this programme: they are understood as containers of identity, sites of power, and points of weakness where the mobility of people (e.g. terrorists, migrants) and things (e.g. drugs, weapons) can disrupt prevailing forms of security. This programme aims to help students navigate this complex terrain by providing a firm grounding in critical border studies, offering the chance to apply their academic insights within a work-based environment with borders/security professionals through the Borders Internship module.
• 2 Debate Coach/Trainer Awards in Taiwan- Help coach and build up debate programs at Taiwan’s top school. Build up a local debate circuit and run and judge local tournaments. Train interested Fulbrighters, including English teaching assistants, students, and scholars, how to coach debate. Traveling with teams to tournaments.
  

English Teaching Assistants (ETAs)

• Narrow down countries of interest.
  • Is the host country language required?
  • Do you have experience teaching, mentoring, or volunteering with the designated age group?
  • What is the host country looking for in an ETA?
    
• Gain more teaching-like experience!
  • Volunteer with 826LA
  • Use Idealist.org to search for volunteering opportunities
  • Ask LMU faculty if you can T/A over the summer (or maybe fall)
    

Independent Research or Creative Arts Awards

• Narrow down countries of interest.
  • Why do you need to teach conduct research or pursue a creative project in X country?
    
• Send emails to faculty at prospective institutions abroad!
  • Read about letter(s) of affiliation here.
• Create a tentative project timeline for you proposed research/creative arts project.
  • Be as detailed as possible
  • Make of list of what you will need to accomplish your project
    • Equipment? Access to archives? A translator?

Study Awards

• Narrow down graduate programs of interest
  • Use ONIF's Postgraduate Study Assessment form
    
• Send emails to faculty at at your prospective graduate institution(s) abroad!
  • Even if a letter of affiliation is not required for your award, you should try to obtain one. It will make you a more competitive applicant.
  • Read about letter(s) of affiliation here.

• June 1:        Submit Intent-to-Apply. Examples: Study/Research, ETA
• June 7:        Fulbright Overview for LMU Applicants, 12 p.m., Online
  
• June 15:      Study/Research applicants are assigned a Faculty Mentor
• June 15:      ETA applicants are granted access to Brightspace course
• July 15:       Deadline to create your Slate account
  
• July 31:       Submit essay drafts to ONIF
• Aug 16:       Submit your campus interview availability
• Aug 28:       Before You Submit Webinar, 6 p.m., Online
  
• Aug 31:       Campus deadline, all application materials submitted in Slate
• Mid Sept:     Campus interviews
• Sept 27:       Foreign language evaluation deadline
• Oct 8:           National application deadline
  

• LMU ONIF Connections LinkedIn Group (join today!)
• LMU Fulbright Alumni Directory
• LMU Faculty Fulbrighters Directory
• Fulbridge (for ETA applicants)