WESTERN HEMISPHERE FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARDS

• The 23 countries of the Western Hemisphere program welcome applicants with established relationships with the host country as well as those with little to no prior experience in the country to which they are applying. CIES or the host country can often assist in finding local contacts.   
   

• For the 2003-04 competition all of the countries will accept applications in any discipline, under the ANY FIELD award category, which allows applicants to design their own projects and propose their own affiliation.  Most countries also offer field specific awards with designated host institutions ( e.g. Brazil # 3494 American Studies).  The best prospects for award are if you are a good match for a field specific award, as these awards attract fewer applicants than Any Field.  
   

• The majority of the awards are for a combination of research and teaching.  The teaching component normally consists of one course plus a short seminar, workshops, curriculum development or other program support work as requested by the host institution.  There is no minimum number of contact hours required and ample time is available for research.
   

• The following countries offer full time research awards (in addition to full time teaching or any combination of the two):

Mexico	Ecuador	Uruguay
Canada	Paraguay

• Grant lengths range from 2 to 9 months; the majority of awards are for 4-6 months. Countries offering longer awards are:

Mexico	El Salvador	Trinidad
Canada	Haiti	Venezuela
Barbados	Jamaica
Chile	Panama

In addition, some countries will consider grants split across two consecutive years.

• Grantees to Latin America must be able to work in a Spanish (or Portuguese) speaking environment; in many cases grantees must be prepared to teach in Spanish. For feasibility of English, contact CIES. If the applicant does not have at least a working knowledge of Spanish or need Spanish to undertake the project (as is sometimes the case, depending on the project and discipline) justification should be provided in the project statement. 
   

• The level of competitiveness among countries varies greatly, and varies year by year.  In general the language requirements for Latin America appear to have a dampening effect on the number of applications vis a vis other world areas that do not require a second language.  Presently, those Western Hemisphere countries offering the best opportunities for award are:

Argentina	Ecuador	Paraguay
Canada	Peru	Guatemala
El Salvador	Haiti
Colombia	Nicaragua
Dominican Republic	Panama
Mexico Honduras	Venezuela

Mexico offers excellent opportunities. It is among the largest of the Fulbright country programs, offering an average of 24 awards each year and is among the few countries offering full time research grants. 

 Chile offers new opportunities to scholars who may not have contacts in the country.  The Chilean Fulbright Commission is expanding its contacts and collaboration with universities throughout the country to attract more American scholars in all fields to strengthen doctoral education in Chile.   

             Argentina and Uruguay offer a joint award in environmental sciences

             Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay offer a joint award in trade integration

            Among the English-speaking countries Canada, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad/Tobago tend to be less competitive than Australia, New Zealand or the U.K.

• The most requested fields in general are business/economics, environmental sciences/issues, law, American Studies, international relations and teaching English as a second language/applied linguistics.  

Contact:  Carol Robles, Senior Program Officer, Western Hemisphere crobles@cies.iie.org; (202) 686-6238 or Anneke Archer, Program Associate, aarcher@cies.iie.org; (202) 686-6237

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AWARD CLUSTERS/BEST REPRESENTED FIELDS

WESTERN HEMISPHERE
 

Business/Economics

Barbados Environmental Economics # 3485

AR/BR/UR Joint Trade and Investment # 3478

Bolivia DL in International Business # 3487

El Salvador Business Administration # 3512

El Salvador Economics and Social Sciences # 3513

Guatemala Business Administration # 3517

Mexico DL U.S.-Mexico Relations # 3530

Nicaragua Business Administration # 3534

Panama Heritage Tourism/City of Knowledge # 3540

Paraguay Economics # 3545

Trinidad Business Administration # 2600

Uruguay U of Montevideo Lectureship # 2606

Uruguay Technological Research and Development # 3555

Peru preferred discipline

Canada preferred discipline (trade)

Environmental Sciences/Issues

Joint Argentina/Uruguay Environmental Sciences # 3479

Bolivia Wetlands Ecology # 3490

Chile Environmental Studies # 3498

Costa Rica Geography # 3506

Mexico DL U.S,-Mexico Relations # 3530

Panama Geography # 3539

Panama Heritage Tourism/City of Knowledge # 3540

Trinidad/Tobago Environmental Studies # 3550

Uruguay Agriculture # 3554

Peru preferred discipline

Venezuela preferred discipline
 

Law

Barbados Criminal Justice # 3484

AR/BR/UR Joint Trade and Investment # 3478

Chile Law #3499

El Salvador Legal Education #3514

Honduras Law #3523

Uruguay U of Mont. Lectureship #2606

Canada preferred discipline

International Relations

Brazil UFPE American Studies # 3492

Brazil Eleanor Roosevelt-USP American Studies # 3493

Canada Information Revolution # 3495

Mexico DL U.S.-Mexico Relations # 3530

Venezuela preferred discipline

American Studies

Brazil UFPE American Studies # 3492

Brazil USP American Studies # 3493

El Salvador American Literature and Translation # 3511

Argentina preferred discipline

Peru preferred discipline

Venezuela preferred discipline

TEFL/Linguistics

Mexico TEFL #3532

Nicaragua BICU TEFL #3536

Nicaragua TEFL # 3537

Paraguay Applied Linguistics # 3544

Chile Applied Linguistics/TEFL # 3501

Guatemala TEFL # 3519

Honduras TEFL # 3525

DR preferred discipline