Fulbright One-Year Doctoral Student Fellowships for Israel Candidates, USA

August 26, 2010

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Job Description: The United States – Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF) intends to award about two grants to Israeli students, enrolled in a doctoral program at an accredited Israeli university, who are about to undertake a year of activity at a US university within the framework of their Israeli program of study. Program grants provide $12,500 in support of the recipient’s year of study in the United States.The grants offered are for students who will begin their programs of study in the United States in either the Fall or Spring semester of the 2011/2012 academic year.

This program is open to students in all fields of study, except those in which hands-on contact with patients is required. Students in medicine, dental medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing and other programs which involve treatment of patients are not eligible for Fulbright grants.

Candidates must arrange affiliation with a US university on their own initiative. Applications may be submitted even if applicants have not yet received official confirmation from a United States institution of its agreement to grant the requested affiliation by the submission deadline date.

Before taking up their grants, those selected as program fellows will be required to provide proof that they have received official notice of affiliation to a university in the United States.

The highest-ranked candidates will be invited for an interview in Israel in late March/early April. All interviews are held on the same day. In order to be considered for an award, applicants must be available for interview in person on the date fixed by USIEF.

The Foundation reserves the exclusive right to determine, within the framework of applicable law and regulations, the qualitative standards for the evaluation of applications. The Foundation is not under any obligation to provide the reasons for its decisions regarding the allocation of Fellowships.

Candidates should note that receipt of a Fulbright-Israel Student Fellowship affects eligibility to receive a Post-Doctoral Fellowship. A former Student Fellow is not eligible to begin work in the United States as a Post-Doctoral Fellow until five years have passed since the conclusion of his/her stay in the United States as a Student Fellow. See the regulations regarding repeat fellowships in the Fellowships section above.

Grant benefits

* $12,500 award
* limited health insurance for grantee only
* pre-departure orientation meeting

Eligibility criteria

* Candidates must be enrolled as students in a doctoral program at an accredited Israeli university.
* Candidates must be Israeli citizens. Dual American-Israeli citizens or permanent residents of the United States are not eligible to apply.
* Candidates must be resident in Israel at the time of application and must continue to be resident in Israel until the beginning of their doctoral studies in the United States as Fulbright Fellows. Students who have already begun their program in the United States or who are planning to begin study in the US before the Fall 2011 semester are not eligible to apply.
* Students in medicine, dental medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing and other programs which involve treatment of patients are not eligible for Fulbright grants.
* Prior to activation of grants awarded, candidates selected must give proof of affiliation to an accredited university in the United States.
* Candidates must be in good health. All applicants selected for a Fulbright grant are required to submit a Medical History and Examination Report before their grants can be activated.
* Candidates selected must give proof of having obtained adequate financial support for their stay in the United States prior to activation of grants awarded.
* Prior conviction or current indictment for a felony may result in disqualification.

Application Deadline : December 1, 2010

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