2024 FULBRIGHT U.S.-ASEAN VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM

by dkphung | Jul 27, 2023 | News, Programs for Scholars

The U.S. Mission in Vietnam seeks qualified candidates for the 2024 Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Program. The program provides grants to Vietnamese scholars to travel to the United States for three to four months during the first half of 2025, where they will carry out scholarly and professional research on priority issues to the U.S.-ASEAN relationship. Projects should be recommended that are regional in scope and / or have clear implications for the entire ASEAN region.

BACKGROUND

The United States is committed to sustained engagement across Asia as a strategic priority, including working closely with multilateral institutions such as ASEAN. The objective of the Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Initiative, which was started in 2012, is to deepen people-to-people engagement and strengthen our ties with the 10 member nations of ASEAN, while specifically emphasizing the importance of ASEAN. This program is complemented by two additional initiatives; the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) and, in the last year, the Billion Futures Initiative. Since the program began in 2012, more than 100 scholars from all 10 ASEAN member states have been awarded scholarships to pursue studies focused on a wide range of subjects including public health/pandemic response, jurisdictional issues in South China Sea, engagement across the Indo-Pacific region, ASEAN economic integration, human trafficking, and food safety. In addition, during the past several years, we have included U.S. Fulbright scholars who are selected for Fulbright awards to travel to two, three or four ASEAN countries for research projects relevant to U.S.-ASEAN priorities.

ELIGIBILITY 

• Applicants should be university faculty, foreign ministry and government officials or professionals in the private sector, think tanks and other NGO whose work focuses on U.S.-ASEAN issues
• Applicants will be expected to have a significant record of scholarly or professional accomplishment
• Must be citizens of one of the 10 ASEAN member states
• Must be residing in an ASEAN member state throughout the application and selection process, and must return to an ASEAN country upon completion of their U.S. stay

Preference will be given to qualified applicants who have not had recent and substantial experience in the United States.

Applicants are ineligible if they:

1. Are currently teaching, studying, or conducting research in the United States
2. Have received a Fulbright grant within the last five years; or
3. Have been to the United States as a J-1 Exchange Visitor in the category of Professor or Research Scholar within the past two years.

FIELD OF STUDY

Fields of study could include, but are not limited to:

Proposed programs and topics should reflect priority areas of the ASEAN Secretariat and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN and may also reflect priorities and relevance to the nominating country. Projects that are regional in scope and/or have clear implications for the entire ASEAN region are to be prioritized.

GRANT LENGTH

Three to four months during the first half of 2025

APPLICATION PROCEDURE 

Access the online application at https://apply.iie.org/fvsp2024

The following materials comprise a complete application:

• Application
• Project proposal (3 – 5 pages maximum)
• Bibliography
• Curriculum vitae
• Letters of recommendation (two are required)
• Letter of invitation (preferred, but not required)

DEADLINE

A complete application package must be received by the office of the Fulbright Vietnam Program via the online system by 17:00 on October 17, 2023 (Vietnam time)

AWARD DETAILS

• Monthly Stipend for grantees, between U.S.$2,710 and $3,145/month, depending on the U.S. city
• A direct-flight, round-trip economy-class air ticket
• A $1,250 Professional and Settling-in allowance
• Qualifying university lab and research fees up to $3,000, as necessary
• No dependent support will be available
• Exchanges must be at least three months, but no more than four months in length

Note: Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholars typically convene in Washington, D.C. near the end of their program during the first half of 2025.

Website: https://vn.usembassy.gov/education-culture/fulbright-program-vietnam/us-asean-fulbright-visiting-scholar/

POINT OF CONTACT

Ms. Hoang Phuong, Fulbright Coordinator
Email: HoangPVL@state.gov
Phone: (84-24) 3850-5000

NAIK AND RASTOGI INTERNATIONAL AWARD AT IIT BOMBAY, INDIA 2022

by dkphung | Jan 4, 2022 | News, Programs for Scholars

IU-VNU would like to call for candidates for Naik and Rastogi International Award for excellence in research in the field of Engineering and Technology 2022 established by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India. More details are as follows:

1. About IIT Bombay and the Award:
   • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has been ranked #1 Indian University over the past four years by global standards (the top 50 in the 2021 world QS Ranking for engineering and technology);
   • The ‘Naik and Rastogi International Award’ is envisaged to be the most prestigious award in South East Asia;
   • Value of award: INR Lakh (USD 13.200) and a citation (the award will be presented and a citation on work of the awardee will be read out at the ceremony in the first week of August 2022 tentatively). Besides, it is expected that the awardee will visit IIT Bombay and present their research work and interact with the faculty and students (depending on the situation of Covid-19).
2. Candidate requirements:
   • Individuals from academics or the most acclaimed researchers, institutes engaged in research in the field of engineering and technology with impact in the real world with professional contributions over at least the last 10 years .
   • Age limit: up to the age of 50 (for males) and 55 (for females).
3. Selection process:
   • The professional contributions of the nominees will be evaluated based on the technical, economic and societal impact.
   • The announcement of the award will be made by IIT Bombay in the middle of June 2022.
4. Application guidance:

Submit your application package to Center for International Mobility (CIM) and send the PDF file to nbhan@hcmiu.edu.vn before 15 January 2022 for being supported with necessary paperwork before getting nominated to IIT Bombay. A full application package requires:

• Application form: https://tinyurl.com/yckkz5km 
• A CV containing the following information:
  • Fellowships of National/International bodies engineering and/or science academics/bodies;
  • Awards and honors;
  • Editorship of journals;
  • Books published;
  • The most significant publications in the entire career (up to 10);
  • Other important contribution like books, outstanding technical reports, review articles, professional/technical investigation/consulting reports (up to 10);
  • List of patents filed and granted;
  • List of technology transfers and licensing;
  • List of international journal publications.
• A copy of the Passport information page (still valid at least 2 years).