Fulbright National Geographic Powerpoint- Polishing Your Application. Supplementary to webinar held on 08/20/2014

1. fulbright.state.gov
Sponsored by: U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs
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Institute of International Education (IIE)
www.iie.org

2. Fulbright – National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship
2015-16 Themes / Special Interest Areas
• Nature and Environment
• Biodiversity, Conservation, Climate
Change
• People and Places
• Cities, Cultures, Women, Youth,
Global Health
• Sustainability and Production
• Agriculture/Food Security, Energy,
Water/Oceans, the Arctic,
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in
the Green Economy
For more information, visit:
Photo: Michael Nichols, National Geographic
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-nat-geo-fellowship

3. Fulbright – National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship
Application Timeline
Prepare Application
Application Deadline
Application Review by National Screening Committees,
Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassies
May – October 2014
October 14, 2014
January-March 2015
Summer 2015
Late Summer / Fall 2015
Finalists Reviewed by Blue Ribbon Panel and
Selected by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
May-June 2015
Fulbright-National Geographic Fellows Named,
Pre-departure Orientation in Washington, DC
Fellowship period begins, Fellows Depart
For more information, visit:
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-nat-geo-fellowship

4. Application Process
Photo: Michael Nichols, National Geographic
For more information, visit:
1. Biographical Data
2. Statement of Grant Purpose (3 pages)
• Detailed project description
• Timeline
3. Affiliation (letters or list)
4. Resume (1 page) &
Digital Storytelling Portfolio (2 pages)
5. Personal Statement (1 page)
6. Foreign Language Assessment (as necessary)
7. References (3)
8. Transcripts
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-nat-geo-fellowship

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8. Questions?
For more information, visit:
Photo: George F. Mobley, National Geographic
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-nat-geo-fellowship

9. fulbright.state.gov – click “Fulbright-National Geographic Fellowship Program” on right menu, or
http://eca.state.gov/fulbright/fulbright-programs/program-summaries/fulbright-national-geographic-storytelling
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