U.S. Fulbright
FLTA
Want to know what it’s like to be a Fulbright FLTA at Vassar College? Listen to Amira’s Story.
March 6, 2013
U.S. Fulbright
Fulbright-mtvU applications are due Friday, March 1! Make sure you’ve reviewed the online application checklist.
February 27, 2013If you’ve been working on a Fulbright-mtvU application exploring music as a global force for promoting mutual understanding, you know that the deadline for applications is just around the corner.
All Fulbright-mtvU online applications are due Friday, March 1, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and we strongly recommend that you fully review the online checklist before submitting your materials.
Before Submitting the Application
Make sure that all of the required fields on the Biographical Data pages have been filled in, including the Project Title and Abstract of Proposal sections.
Check to make sure that the Statement of Grant Purpose, the Personal Statement, and the transcripts have been uploaded into the correct sections of the application.
Confirm that recommenders and language evaluators have submitted their documents.
Double-check the supplementary materials to make sure that they will play/display properly (for candidates applying in a creative or performing arts field).
Preview the complete application in the Embark system.
Print a copy of the application for your records.
Questions? Contact Ashley Prather. Good luck!
U.S. Fulbright
Want to know what a Fulbright experience in Egypt can be like? Check out Fulbright Alumni Ambassador Munir Sayegh’s video.
February 20, 2013
Zigfried Hampel-Arias, 2009-2010, Argentina, working on a detector element of the Pierre Auger Observatory
As a physicist, I study cosmic rays—high-energy particles that zip around the universe. If scientists are lucky, these cosmic rays land on detectors set up on the ground. For my Fulbright grant, I worked at the Pierre Auger Observatory, a detector located in Mendoza, Argentina. By analyzing the information gained from the detector, physicists can better understand the origins and fate of our universe.
My Fulbright research focused on how the observatory was aging and its potential impact on the search for the elusive sources of cosmic rays. Initially, I thought that the project would be fairly straightforward, but that was not to be the case. After consulting with my Argentine colleagues, I realized that I had to write my own computer simulation program to solve the problem. I had to simplify the physics involved and to incorporate only those interactions that were essential to the problem. Another surprise was that I have been able to use the simulation I wrote during my Fulbright for my current doctoral research in physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This was not what I was expecting, but early into my grant period, I realized that unexpected experiences are an integral part of the Fulbright experience.
Shebana Coelho, 2006-2007, Mongolia, experiencing adventures in eagle wrangling on the road to Terelj, outside of Ulaanbataar.
I know there was a time when Mongolia didn’t feel like another home, before I went there on my Fulbright grant, before 2006. But I can’t remember it. Every time I speak Mongolian, it feels like a homecoming. I spoke it last on December 21 at the Embassy of Mongolia in Washington, DC. I said, “Sain bain uu, bi Shebana baina,” “hello, I’m Shebana,” to the group of about seventy people who had gathered to hear my multimedia presentation about being on the move in Mongolia. It was co-organized by the Embassy of Mongolia and the Mongolian Cultural Center, based in Arlington, Virginia.
I went to Mongolia looking for nomads, I said in my presentation, but I also found the city, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia’s capital where I took intensive language lessons. My time in Mongolia ranged between learning the language in the city and living with nomadic families in the “yag hoodoo,” the countryside proper. Each season, I went to a different Mongolian province: Eastern Mongolia, during calving season in the spring; the green north, where I learned sheep herding in the summertime; the Gobi Desert, for autumn adventures in camel herding; and Western Mongolia, with Kazakh families during the winter. I recorded nomadic families at work, rest, and play, and returned with tons of audio and photos including interviews, ambient sounds, and songs.