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How to Request a Fulbright
Specialist
The form for requesting a Specialist is now
available Online to Fulbright Commissions and
Embassies. To make a new request, log in to
the Fulbright Specialists Project Management
System. Click Here to Log in >
FSP Roster Login
Potential foreign university hosts that have
been approved by Fulbright Commissions or Embassies
will be granted user IDs and passwords by CIES
to access the public FSP Roster. Click Here to Login >
Non-U.S. Academic Institutions
Abroad Wishing to Host a Specialist
Foreign academic institutions interested in
requesting a Fulbright Specialist must
make their request through their local Fulbright
Commission or the Public Affairs Office at the
U.S. Embassy if no such commission exists. CIES
cannot receive project requests directly. To find out whether the program is being
utilized in a specific country, host institutions
should contact their local Fulbright
Commission or U.S.
Embassy Public Affairs Section.
Step 1) Approval of project request
by commission or embassy
The local Commission or Public Affairs Office
approves project requests in accordance with
the Fulbright Program in that country. The commission
or embassy works with the host institution to
complete the request form. Host institutions
may include the name of a preferred candidate
on the form. However, it is important to note
that this is not a promise of a grant to the
preferred candidate. Other equally qualified
candidates will also be considered for the grant
opportunity.
Step 2) Approval of project request
by Fulbright geographic branch at the Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department
of State.
Once the commission or embassy approves the
program request, it submits the request to the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at
the Department of State for a second approval
from the Fulbright geographic Branch.
Step 3) Matching of Fulbright
Specialists with project requests
CIES processes approved requests by contacting
potential candidates to ascertain availability
and, if necessary, requests an application from
potential candidates. CIES then proceeds with
both peer review and Fulbright Board approval.
Qualified candidates are then sent to the host
institution and commission/embassy for final
selection.
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