Sabbatical Resources

A Fulbright Scholar grant offers your administrator opportunities to develop new funding sources, foster new programs and enhance the role of your university in scholarly dialogue. Here is a list of tools you can use in conversations with your dean, department chair or chief academic officer about obtaining sabbatical leave for Fulbright participation:

Available Tools to Help You Build Support Among Administrators

• Five Things College Administrators Should Know About Fulbright Scholar Grants succinctly explains how Fulbright Scholar grants can help your administrator in developing institutional capacity.
• The Fulbright Scholar Program: Building International Connections for U.S. Universities offers statistics on Fulbright’s impact on developing study abroad programs and internationalizing campus activity.
• Fulbright Resources for College and University Administrators offers additional information on the benefits of Fulbright grants. Information on Fulbright grants for administrators is also available on this page.
• Fulbright Spotlight on India features a first-person account from Dartmouth Professor David Kotz, whose work during his Fulbright in India led to a collaboration between that institution and Dartmouth. Kotz is now seeking National Science Foundation funding for the initiative. This is the kind of activity fostered through Fulbright grants.
• Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran on Institutions and Fulbright offers insights on how universities – especially small liberal arts colleges – can achieve results through Fulbright from the perspective of the President of Kalamazoo College.
• Vital and Overlooked: The Role of Faculty in Internationalizing U.S. Campuses  provides information on how institutions gain from faculty participation in academic exchange and study abroad programs.

You may also contact CIES Outreach and Public Relations staff at scholars@iie.org for additional information and resources.