(NAME-MCE) Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program - Summer 2009

[Anselmo Villanueva]

The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides opportunities for
overseas experience. The program is open to educators and
administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in
fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. Topics and
host countries of the seminars vary from year to year. All seminars
are in non-western European countries. Seminars are designed to
provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular
country(ies). The program is geared towards those educators with
little or no experience in the host country(ies) who demonstrate the
need to develop and enhance their curriculum through short-term study
and travel abroad. There are nine seminars  being offered for Summer
2009 with 16 positions per seminar, subject to the availability of
funds. Seminars take place from late June to mid-August for a duration
of four to six weeks.

Country seminars to be offered in 2009 include:

Elementary Seminars
India
Mexico
New Zealand & Mongolia

Secondary Seminars
China - For Language Instructors
Poland
Turkey

Postsecondary Seminars
China - History & Culture
Jordan & Oman
Senegal

Terms of the award include: ▪ round-trip economy airfare ▪ room and
board ▪ fees ▪ program-related travel within the host country(ies).
Participants are responsible for a cost share, $400.00. Updated
application forms are now available. The Summer 2009 application and
reference form deadline is September 12, 2008.

Those Qualified To Apply:

- Elementary School Teachers in the fields of social sciences,
humanities, including languages;
- Middle or High School Educators in the fields of social sciences,
humanities, including languages;
- Administrators or Curriculum Specialists who have responsibility for
curriculum in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including
languages;
- Librarians, Museum Educators or Media or Resource Specialists who
have responsibility for curriculum in the fields of social sciences,
humanities, including languages; and
- Faculty or Administrators from public or private, 2- or 4-year
institutions of higher education whose discipline is related to the
social sciences, humanities, languages and/or area studies.

For additional information, please contact Gale Holdren:
gale.holdren at ed.gov; Program Assistant: Michelle Ward:
michelle.ward at ed.gov.

The application package is available, you may apply online at

http://e-grants.ed.gov/egWelcome.asp