US/ED Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowships
Description: The U.S. Department of Education (US/ED) Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowships are only for a narrow range of students in certain PhD programs in the social sciences or humanities, and certain other fields, who need to conduct 6-12 months of dissertation research abroad.
Eligibility Criteria: Applicants may be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who will be PhD candidates by the time the actual research begins, and who are currently enrolled in a U-M department or program where they specialize in non-West-European area studies and a modern foreign language. They must prove sufficient foreign-language capability to carry out their proposal, which must be for approved dissertation research that cannot be conducted in the USA. All eligible applicants must be on Beni's US/ED Fulbright email user group no later than Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
Deadline: The deadline will be Friday, June 6, 2014.
Application Submission: All application materials are submitted online through Beni at the International Institute.
Contact: Both the competition and all subsequent awards are administered by Beni at the U-M International Institute. For information, instructions, advice, and application materials, email Beni at unlisted@umich.edu and provide brief answers to the following questions:
(a) in what country or countries do you propose doing your dissertation research?
(b) how much time have you or will you have spent there prior to your planned dissertation research?
(c) what language or languages (other than English) will you use for your research abroad?
(d) how proficient, competent, fluent are you in those languages?
(e) is there anything whatsoever about your planned research that either American officials or host-country officials might find in any way controversial (politically, socially, culturally, or religiously sensitive)?
