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Office of External Scholarships,
Fellowships & Awards

Director: Janice McDonald
Email: jmcdona@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4324
FAX: 607-777-6768
Office: CIW Library 107
Recent Recipients
 
Undergraduate

2011 American Political Science Association Minority Fellowship - Jacqueline Tello ‘11

2010-2011 Association of SUNY Council Members and College Trustees Excellence Scholarship – Joshua Stewart ‘11

2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – William Marsiglia ‘13

2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – Jared Schmitz ‘12 

2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention – Matthew Antalek ‘12

2011 Ralph Bunch Summer Institute - Vanessa Quince ’12

2011 Critical Language Scholarship, Russia – U.S. Department of State, Christine Hubbard ‘11

2011 Critical Language Scholarship, South Korea – U.S. Department of State, Richard Sosulski ‘12 

2011 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, South Korea - Dong Woo (Philip) Kang ‘09

2011 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Germany– Michael Lemp ‘11

2011 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Germany – Chelsea Solan ‘10

2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Recipient – Vincent Ialenti ‘08

2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention – Jacqueline Tello ’11, Adam Hill ’10, Jiri Stehlik’10, Sheila Saia ‘07

2011 Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship, Junior Summer Institute at UC Berkeley - Luisa Batiz ’12

2010 American Political Science Association Minority Fellowship Recipient – Edgar Alfonseca ‘10

2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – Adam Blanden ‘11

2009 and 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention – Bilal Ahmed ‘11

2010 Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship – Dennis Chen ‘11

2010 Boren Undergraduate Scholarship National Security Education Program – David Lundgren ‘10

2010 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – Kristyn Mohr ‘10

2010 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – Luke McDonald ‘11

2010 Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship – Yao Liu ‘11

2010 Math for America Scholarship Recipient – Jennifer Chen ‘10

2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention – Gregory Stoddard ‘10

Graduate

2011 Critical Language Scholarship, India – U.S. Department of State, Latoya Lee (Sociology)

2011 Critical Language Scholarship, Jordan, Dellvin Williams (Sociology)

2011 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Jamaica – Heidi Savery (Anthropology)

2011 Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant – Chunghoon Shin (Art History)

2011 Mendel Fellowship, Lilly Library at Indiana University – Laine Little (Art History)

2010 – 2012 National Research Service Award from NIHM and a Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Dissertation Award - Lindsey Stone (Psychology)

2009-2011 SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellowship – Ashley Raba (Watson)

2009-2011 SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellowship – Justin Garcia (Biological Sciences)

2009-2011 National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health – Kristen Dupre (Psychology)

2008-2011 Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship; 2010 Puffin Foundation Ltd, Artist’s Grant; 2010 New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Brooklyn Arts Council Community Regrant – Jennifer Kennedy (Art History)

2010 National Research Service Award F31, National Institutes of Health – Anne Maloney (Psychology)

2010 Northeast Asia Council Grant for Short-term Research Travel to Korea – Chunghoon Shin (Art History)

2010 Scott Opler Graduate Student Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians – Deniz Karakas (Art History)


 

 

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

NOTE: The on-campus deadline is September 14, 2012.  Detailed information on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is available online at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html.

The Fulbright Program, started in 1946, is sponsored by the United States Department of State. This flagship U.S. international exchange program aims to increase mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange. Each year the Fulbright Program offers fellowships to U.S. students for research and study in nearly all disciplines/fields, including the sciences and creative and performing arts, or to teach English.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program welcomes applications from graduating seniors and from graduate students at any point in their graduate career.

Types of Funding

1,700 Fulbright U.S. Student Awards are made each year to approximately 150 countries for study/research in all fields of study and English teaching assistantships.

Types of Grants (All grants last approximately 9 -12 months)

Who Can Apply

Must be a U.S. citizen, hold a BA/BS degree before the start of the award but have not yet received a PhD, have sufficient language proficiency to carry out research in the host country, and be in good health.

When to Apply

Online application opens May 1 (available on the Fulbright website, http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html); the on-campus deadline is mid-September; students hear in late January if their application has been recommended to the host country; and applicants receive word from Fulbright anytime from March to June.

How to Apply

All the materials you fill out are submitted online on the Fulbright site.  Applications include information on your degree(s), what honors or awards you received, and a listing of any time you spent abroad.  Your proposed activity for the research grant is presented as a two-page statement; the ETA statement is only one page.

Research Grant Statement (2 pages)

This statement will include, among other information, what research you want to do, why it's an important topic/area/problem to research, where you'd like to work (plus why there), with whom you plan to work with abroad (a letter of support from that person or organization is needed), when you plan to go and how that timing fits with your academic or professional time table. Reviewers want to see a strong, feasible and compelling project.

English Teaching Assistantship Statement (1 page)

The ETA statement discusses why you want to undertake a Teaching Assistantship and why in a particular country, any special qualifications or experiences, how you expect to benefit from the experience, and what use will you make of your time outside the classroom.

Personal Statement (1 page)

For both grants, applicants submit a one-page Personal Statement (narrative CV) describing yourself and how you prepared for this time abroad..

Additional Information

The application also includes three letters of recommendation, transcripts from any academic institutions you attended, a letter of support from a person in the country you plan to visit (only for research grants, not required for ETAs),  plus a language report from a competently trained instructor (if necessary for the country).

All online application materials are submitted to the Binghamton University Fulbright committee by the campus deadline in mid-September.  The Binghamton committee reviews the application and arranges for an interview of the applicant. During the interview, the committee members ask questions about the proposed project, clarify the methodology to be used, and ask about the applicant’s motivation for doing this work abroad.  The committee may make recommendations for modifications.  The committee will also attempt to gain an appreciation for the applicant’s understanding of the country of interest as well as to ascertain how good a cultural ambassador for the US the person will be abroad. Following the interview, the applicant will be given the opportunity to revise and resubmit the application, if necessary.   The Binghamton Committee  then submits the application to the New York office in time for the October deadline.

How to Get Started

Go to the Fulbright Program page, http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html, for detailed information on  the Fulbright Program and the application process.  Please review the “Program Overview” section, for information on the types of grants and benefits, and the “Participating Country Summaries” for country-specific information.  Pay attention to information on Affiliation – this needs to be arranged before the application is submitted (see following). Also, pay particular attention to the “Preparing an Application” section, the entries on Study/Research Project Statements, the ETA Statements, and the Personal Statement.  These are clearly written and useful.

Special Notes

Affiliation

All Fulbright recipients must have a host country affiliation. English Teaching Assistants are placed by the host country; applicants do not need to arrange their own placement or an affiliation. For Study/Research Grants, an affiliation with an educational institution or other entity (a library, lab, NGO, museum, etc.) is required, even if you are engaged primarily or solely in research or artistic activity and do not plan to enroll in classes. Applicants are, in most cases, responsible for arranging their own affiliation and providing documentation (a letter) of the affiliation.

Engagement with Host Country

All project statements, for both Study/Research Grants and English Teaching Assistantships, must state a clear commitment to, and description of, how the applicant will engage with the host country community. You should include examples of how you will interact with the host community through volunteer or extracurricular activities.

NOTE: The on-campus deadline is September 14, 2012

For additional information, please contact Janice McDonald, Office of External Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards, jmcdona@binghamton.edu.

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