The Office of International Affairs represents UIC regarding the Fulbright Program. We recognize the opportunities Fulbright offers to our academic community. Promoting scholar and faculty exchange advances the internationalization of the faculty itself, and subsequently of the entire campus. OIA's role in promoting the Fulbright Program is to:
- Function as the UIC contact point for Fulbright commission administrators
- Distribute to the UIC community, the announcement of the annual U.S. competition for Fulbright awards
- Publicize the Fulbright Program in campus publications, Listservs, and Web sites
- Publicize the names of the faculty and administrators who receive Fulbright grants
- Organize annual campus workshops for faculty who are who are considering applying for the Fulbright Program
- Encourage participation in the Scholar-in-Residence and Occasional Lecturer Programs
- Alert the campus community to the presence of visiting scholars
- Undertake campus programming which takes full advantage of the valuable presence of Fulbright visitors
HISTORY
Following the Second World War, the U.S. Congress created the Fulbright Program with the intention of creating international bonds. In the last 59 years, the Fulbright Program has seen more than 255,000 participants chosen for their leadership potential. Since the establishment of the Fulbright Program, more than 42,000 Americans and 158,000 participants from other countries have benefited from the Fulbright experience.
U.S. SCHOLARS
The following programs offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture, conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars.
CORE FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM
The core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
Deadline: August 1, 2011.
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FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST PROGRAM
The Fulbright Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals. Shorter grant lengths give Specialist greater flexibility to pursue a grant that works best with their current academic or professional commitments.
Rolling Deadline!
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FULBRIGHT DISTINGUISHED CHAIRS PROGRAM
Awards in the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Candidates should be senior scholars and have a significant publication and teaching record.
Deadline August 1, 2011!
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FULBRIGHT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS PROGRAM
These IEA seminars are designed to introduce participants to the society, culture and higher education systems in Germany, India, Japan or Korea through campus visits, meetings with foreign colleagues and government officials, attendance at cultural events and briefings on education. Participants gain new perspective on the need to internationalize U.S. campuses and insight into how it can be done.
Deadlines for Germany - Feb. 1, 2011 (TBD for 2012); India - August 1, 2011; Korea and Japan - November 1, 2011
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FULBRIGHT GERMAN STUDIES SEMINARS
Participate in a group seminar on current German society and culture. Participants in this seminar gain a firsthand look into how Germany's political, economic and cultural systems deal with contemporary issues. For U.S. scholars, the engagement in substantive dialogue with political, academic, scientific, journalistic and cultural leaders in Germany can strengthen research and teaching.
Deadline: October 14, 2011
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FULBRIGHT NEXUS REGIONAL SCHOLAR PROGRAM
The Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) Program will bring together a network of junior scholars, professionals and mid-career applied researchers from the United States and other Western Hemisphere nations for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience.
Deadline: TBD 2011
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Academic Year 2011-2012
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS VISITING UIC
Makhbatsho Bakhmorov, Director, PRISMA Research Center Visiting Scholar at the School of Public Health
Research: Drug Using Tajik Migrants in Moscow and Their HIV Risk of and Protection From HIV.
Leonel Morales Diaz Professor, Universidad 'Francisco Marroquin', Guatemala Visiting Scholar in the Computer Science Program, Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Research: User Interface Design Decomposition and Evaluation Using the Structured User Interface Design Methodology.
Muhammad Raffi Principal Scientist, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
Research: Development of Nanofluids for Efficient Thermal Management Systems.
Maxat Kassen Associate Professor, Eurasian National University Visiting Scholar in Political Science, LAS
Research: A Comparative Analysis of E-government in Kazakhstan and the United States: Establishing New Democracy.
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Chang, Hui-Ching; Associate Professor and Director, Department of Communication.
Lecturing and Research: Intercultural Communication in the Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Lingual Ukraine Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine Ivan Franko L'viv University, L'viv, Ukraine Tavrida National University, Simferopol, Ukraine May 2012 - July 2012
Hoobler, Jennifer Marie
Associate Professor, Department of Managerial Studies, CBA
Research: The Impact of Race and Gender on the Career Progress of South Africans
University of Pretoria, South Africa
July 2011 - May 2012
Potowski-Meece, Kimberly
Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, LAS
Lecturing and Research: Spanish Language Arts for U.S. Latino Heritage Speakers
Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, Mexico
August 2011 - May 2012
Academic Year 2010-2011
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Casabianca, Leah Beck
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, LAS.
Research: Hyperpolarized Solid State NMR Spectra of Materials and
Catalysis Using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
August 2010 - March 2012
Chang, Hui-Ching
Associate Professor and Director, Department of Communication.
Lecturing and Research: Intercultural Communication in the Multi-Ethnic,
Multi-Lingual Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
Ivan Franko L'viv University, L'viv, Ukraine
Tavrida National University, Simferopol, Ukraine
September 2010 - January 2011
Juntunen, Jacob Micah
Lecturer, Department of Performing Arts, College of Arts and Architecture,
Lecturing: Repaying My Debt: Starting Polish Students Down the International Path
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
February 2011 - June 2011
Academic Year 2009-2010
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS VISITING UIC
Bonomini, Nicholas Stephen Sergeant, Metropolitan Police, London, United Kingdom
Research: Gangs with Guns: Examining U.S. Strategy for the Investigation and Prevention of Gang Related Gun Crime Visiting UIC, University Police
El Beqqali, Omar Professor, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Research: Pervasive System: Cache invalidation method for Prefetching in Mobile Environment Visiting Scholar in CBA, Department of Information and Decision Sciences
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Pagano, Anthony M.
Associate Professor and Director, Department of Managerial Studies, CBA
Lecturing and Research: International Logistics Management
Santa Maria La Antigua University, Panama City, Panama
January 2010 - May 2010
Watson-Manheim, Mary Beth
Associate Professor, Department of Information and Decision Sciences, CBA.
Research: The Influence of Local Conditions on Performance in the Global IT
Workplace
Indian Institute of Management--Bangalore, Bengaluru, India
September 2009 - February 2010
Academic Year 2008-2009
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS VISITING UIC
Lai, Fu-Chuan; Economics; National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China
Research: System Alonso-Mills-Muth Model With Inter-City Shopping
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Madrid, Alejandro Luis; Latin American and Latino Studies
Research: Dancing Around the Gulf: The Transnational History and Practice of the Danzon Autonomous University of Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Norr, James L.; Sociology;
Research: Scaling-up HIV Prevention: Organizational and Inter-Organizational Issues University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
Academic Year 2007-2008
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Cintron, Ralph; Anthropology; Kosovo
Liechty, Mark F.; Anthropology; Nepal
Orum, Anthony Mendl; Sociology; China
Schaffner, Laurie; Sociology; Mexico
Tabbi, Joseph Paul; American Literature; Germany
Academic Year 2006-2007
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS VISITING UIC
Al-Bsoul, Abla; Biological Sciences; Jordan
Despotova-Toleva, Lyubima; Medical Sciences; Bulgaria
Lambert, Stephanie; Chemistry; Belgium
Paryz, Marek; American Literature; Poland
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Brown, Nicholas Mainey; Language and Literature (non-U.S.); Brazil
Donenberg, Geri Rachel; Psychology; South Africa
Holland, Sharon P.; American Studies; SPain
Orum, Anthony Mendl; Sociology; China
Academic Year 2005-2006
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS VISITING UIC
Elchinova, Magdalena Borisovo, Professor and Chair for Department of Anthropology; Bulgaria; New Bulgarian University
Nguyen, Chi; Geology; Vietnam
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Arnesen, Eric, Professor and Chair for Department of History; Sweden; Univerity of Uppsala
Barnhurst, Kevin G., Associate Professor and Interim Head for Department of Communication; Italy; University of Western Piedmont
Fried, Richard M., Professor for Department of History; Vietnam; Hanoi Foreign Language College
Linsk, Nathan Lawrence, Professor of Jane Addams College of Social Work; Ethiopia; Addis Ababa University
Magin, Richard L., Professor and Head for Department of Bioengineering; Slovak Republic; Technical University
Rosa, Jose Antonio, Associate Professor for Department of Marketing; Chile; University Gabriela Mistral
Taylor, Woodman L., Assistant Professor for Department of Art History; India; Jawaharlal Nehru University
Academic Year 2004-2005
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS VISITING UIC
Drong, Leszek, Professor of Language and Literature; Poland; University of Illinois-Chicago
Mahmood, Khalid; Professor of Geology; Pakistan; University of Illinois-Chicago
UIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARDED FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Hoppe, Kirk Arden, Professor of History (non-U.S. Scholar); for study in Germany; University of Illinois-Chicago
Peacock, Nadine Ruth; Professor of Community Health Sciences and Occupational Therapy; for study in Kenya; University of Illinois-Chicago
Schoeman, Miriam Cassandra; Professor of Education; for study in Japan; University of Illinois-Chicago
The Office of International Affairs will be happy to answer your questions regarding any aspects of the Fulbright Program.
Please contact us at:
Office of International Affairs
509 University Hall M/C 590
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7128
312-996-5455
Fax: 312-996-7857
E-mail: oia@ uic.edu