Fulbright Fund ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** The Fulbright Commission was founded in 1991 by a bilateral agreement between the governme States and the Czech Republic with the objective to enhance mutual understanding through e scientific and cultural exchanges based on governmental scholarship programs, information, services. The Fulbright Program and the work of the Fulbright Commission are co-financed by the gove United States and the Czech Republic. Activities The main work of the Fulbright Commission consists of administering fellowships and grants research, and teaching in the U.S. for Czech citizens and in the Czech Republic for U.S. c administration includes activities concerning both the selection process and assistance du other country. Simultaneously, the Fulbright Commission provides complex, unbiased, and up-to-date inform opportunities for study in the U.S. and free advising services to all interested candidate Advising Center operated by the official information network EducationUSA. The Center also resource for information about study and research in the Czech Republic and assists repres schools and educational organizations. Fulbright Fund – Scholarships for US citizens The Fulbright committee may also provide financial support for American students, research to facilitate their research and study sojourns in the Czech Republic. This funding is dis the following scholarship and grant programmes: 1) Fulbright U. S. Student Programme provides funding to American BA graduates, MA and PhD students, young professionals and ar enabling them to study and work on their projects in the Czech Republic. Deadline for appl 21 2) Fulbright U. S. Scholar Programme provides funding to American scholars (both researchers and teachers), thus enabling them to lecture or participate in studies development plans in the Czech Republic. Deadline for August 1 3) Fulbright Senior Specialist Programme provides funding for short-term internships of American specialists with Czech institution the Scholar Programme. Deadline for applications: Unspecified 4) Fulbright High School Teachers Exchange Programme This programme fosters teacher exchange, making it possible for American high school teach college teachers to swap their respective schools, teaching loads, possibly even apartment Czech colleagues. Deadline for applications: October 15 Applications for individual programmes may be filed in all fields of study – humanities, s technical disciplines (with the exception of MBA and clinical medicine). The programme com applications in the fields of American and Central European studies, also encouraging the pursue multicultural and interdisciplinary aspects of the chosen area of study. The primar criterion in all the programmes is the expertise of the applicants and the quality of thei The selection procedure for the American applicants is administered by nonprofit organisat why any interested party should primarily approach the following organisations. • Institute of International Education (student programme): http://www.iie.org [ URL "http www.iie.org/"] • Council for International Exchange of Scholars (for researchers and lecturers): http://w [ URL "https://www.cies.org/"] • Website: Relevant information about the available range of study subjects, application procedure, d seminars, etc. is available from http://www.fulbright.cz [ URL "https://www.fulbright.cz"] navigation menu on the right side). The following link provides helpful guidance to US citizens who are interested in studying Republic; it includes the list of universities with accredited study programmes conducted https://www.fulbright.cz/en/i-want-to-study-in-the-czech-republic/ [ URL "https://www.fulb want-to-study-in-the-czech-republic/"] (by clicking on the „Charles University in Prague“ get to https://cuni.cz/UKEN-1.html [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-1.html"] ) Fulbright Fund – Scholarships for Czech citizens The Fulbright scholarship programme enables Czech citizens to study, teach or do research scholarship funding in all programmes is granted to applicants who succeed in selection pr held once a year for each programme, usually in Autumn (Fall) or Winter (see the breakdown programmes) and is awarded for the study sojourn that is to be realised in the following a Applications for individual programmes may be filed in all fields of study – humanities, s and technical disciplines. The programme entrance committee welcomes applications in the f American and Central European studies, while also encouraging the applicants to pursue mul and interdisciplinary aspects of the chosen area of study. The primary selection criterion programmes is the expertise of the applicants and the quality of their projects. A seconda the consideration whether the applicant has previously been on a long-term study sojourn t there are several competing projects of comparable quality, the committee tends to favour has not had the chance to go on a long-term study in the USA. Levels of study: 1) Graduate Czech university graduates or students who are about to graduate from a university, in a B programme, can apply to graduate or postgraduate study programmes in the US. If a student or is about to finish an MA or MSc study programme, they can generally apply for study in restrictions, for both graduate and postgraduate study programmes. However, students who h a BA degree yet have to first make sure whether the American school of their choice acknow degree as a sufficient qualification for enrolling into the respective graduate programme. 2) ESL Language Courses (English as a second language): • Intensive English Programme (IEP)  • Semi-intensive English Programme   • Professional English Programmes    3) Short-term mobility (short-term expert courses, guest study at universities, student su