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Roman","serif"">Fulbright Arctic Initiative
Applicant Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Upcoming
Webinar: Program Overview for Applicants</span></b><b><span
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fulbright
Arctic Initiative invites you to attend
an informational webinar for interested applicants.
Representatives from Fulbright and the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of
State, will give an overview of the program, including
information about:
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Program
themes: Energy, Water, Health, and Infrastructure</span><span
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Program
activities: International exchange, in-person
seminars, and collaborative research</span><span
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eligibility</span><span
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Application
process and deadlines</span><span
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Are
you interesting in Applying and would like more
information? Register for one of the two available
applicant webinars below:</span></u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Monday,
December 15, 2014 from 2:30pm EST – 3:30pm EST</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
- <a
href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5245061153768387329"><span
style="color:blue">Register</span></a><br>
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<b>Tuesday, December 16, 2014 from 8:30am EST to 9:30am
EST</b> - </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4781116724870281473"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Register</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About
The Fulbright Arctic Initiative:</span></u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
Fulbright Arctic Initiative will create a network to
stimulate international scientific collaboration on
Arctic issues while increasing mutual understanding
between people of the United States and the people of
other countries. Using a collaborative model to
translate theory into practice, program participants
will address public policy research questions relevant
to Arctic nations’ shared challenges.</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sixteen
outstanding scholars from the U.S. and abroad will be
selected to participate in the program as Fulbright
Arctic Initiative Scholars through an open, merit-based
competition. Selected scholars will participate in an
individual Fulbright exchange of a minimum of six weeks
up to three months, as well as in-person seminars and
ongoing virtual communication, all supporting the
scholars’ collaborative research projects. Scholars will
focus on collaborative work in multidisciplinary and
multinational research teams, and will propose and carry
out an individual exchange element. Program activities
will commence in spring 2015 and conclude in fall of
2016.</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interested
applicants from the eight Arctic Council member states
(Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
Russia, and the United States) are encouraged to </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
href="http://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-arctic-initiativehttp:/www.cies.org/program/fulbright-arctic-initiative"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">join a webinar</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
and
</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
href="http://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-arctic-initiativehttp:/www.cies.org/program/fulbright-arctic-initiative"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">apply</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">!</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
more information, visit
<a href="http://www.cies.org/arctic"><span
style="color:blue">http://www.cies.org/arctic</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best
wishes,</span><span
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fulbright
Arctic Initiative<br>
</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Council
for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
<br>
Institute of International Education (IIE) <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:arctic@iie.org"><span
style="color:blue">arctic@iie.org</span></a>
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
Fulbright Scholar Program, sponsored by the U.S.
Department of State, is administered by CIES, a division
of IIE</span><span
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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