*New* Apply for the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program (Due 4/23/24)

Posted: 4/3/2024 ()

The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities for faculty to engage in full-time research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula. Faculty may request funding for 3-12 months. FY24 applications will be accepted until 4/23/24.

Program features

Faculty may request funding to support overseas research for no less than three months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance allowances based on the salary of the fellow; and an allowance for research-related expenses overseas. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

Eligible applicants

Institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the United States are eligible to apply for grants under this program. As part of the application process, eligible faculty submit their individual research narratives and application forms to their home IHE. The IHE compiles all eligible individual faculty applications for inclusion in the institutional application that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Faculty scholars are eligible to receive an FRA fellowship from their IHE if they

• are a citizen or national of the United States or a permanent resident of the United States.
• are employed by an institution of higher education.
• have been engaged in teaching relevant to his or her foreign language or area studies specialization for the two years immediately preceding the date of the award.
• propose research relevant to the faculty scholar’s modern foreign language or area studies specialization, which is not dissertation research for a doctoral degree.
• possess sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the research project.

How to apply

The U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education office (IFLE) expects to make 25 new awards, totaling approximately $750,000, under the fiscal year (FY) 2024 FRA program competition. The FY 2024 application is available online through the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 system between Feb. 23 and April 23, 2024.

Please refer to the official Federal Register notice for detailed information about the FY 2024 competition.