FAQ

1. Will each scholar need his or her own kitchen access or would joint/communal kitchen access be suitable?
   No, the scholars may not share a communal kitchen. Individual furnished accommodations are required for every scholar including private bedroom, kitchen, bathroom facilities, wireless internet access, and must be either walking distance from the campus or accessible via a campus shuttle or public/local transportation. Graduate housing or campus residence halls are inappropriate. Studio or apartment-style housing is expected.
   
   
2. Each discipline-based cohort may have up to 10 scholars. Does that means each cohort could have anywhere from 2-10 scholars?
   Ten scholars in each cohort are currently projected but the final numbers will depend on the application breakdown.
   
   
3. Can you tell us from which type of institution the visiting professors would most likely represent?
   All types of diversity, including geographical and institutional, are important to the Fulbright Program. We hope to have representation from institutions within Libya that grant undergraduate and graduate degrees. The visiting scholars will be, at a minimum, full-time instructors or lecturers with M.A./M.S. degrees. Some may have recently completed graduate programs and have relatively little university-level teaching experience in one of the six academic disciplines.
   
   
4. Regarding the lab fees, is it acceptable to purchase the scholars iPads as this technology will be very helpful to them as they implement their research and attend technology training around campus?
   Purchasing iPads is not an appropriate use of the lab fees. The lab fees are intended to cover expenses associated with access to university resources, such as obtaining university IDs or email addresses, participating in laboratory safety training, accessing online databases etc.
   
   
5. Do you have any estimation of just how much time scholars tend to spend per week with their mentors?
   The program requires the mentors to meet at least once a week with their respective scholars. The visiting scholars may request more one on one time with their respective mentors at the beginning of the program and then show more flexibility once their individual projects are underway.  
   
   A mentor may be away from campus during part of the program. In that case, we would ask the mentor to communicate his/her schedule with the scholar and make alternative arrangements (i.e. having the scholar meet with another mentor/faculty member) during the mentor’s time away from the campus.