<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rachel Boylan</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:europeeurasia@iie.org">europeeurasia@iie.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM<br>Subject: [Fulbright Scholar Program] Opportunities in Agriculture<br>To: "<a href="mailto:marinspiotta@wisc.edu">marinspiotta@wisc.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:marinspiotta@wisc.edu">marinspiotta@wisc.edu</a>><br><br><br><u></u><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:#c0c0c0;text-align:center;color:1b3a60"><div style="background-color:#c0c0c0;text-align:center;color:1b3a60"><div style="padding:20px 20px"><div style="padding-bottom:10px"><a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9392&eid=199206&puid=2f76295c-0e35-4293-83ae-60f794c95c06" title="View this email in your browser." target="_blank">View this email in a web page</a></div>
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<div><h1>Opportunities in Agriculture </h1> <p><span style="font-size:16px"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px">We are writing to inform you of exciting U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant opportunities in <b>Europe and Eurasia </b>in the field of <b>Agriculture</b><i>. </i>Applications for the 2016-17 academic year are currently being accepted from all levels of faculty, including early career, and professionals.<br> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px">We are soliciting applications for a broad range of awards in your field, including but not limited to:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Russia, </b><a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9391&eid=199206" target="_blank">Distinguished Chair in Agricultural Technology and Education</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Poland, </b><a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9390&eid=199206" target="_blank">All Disciplines</a> (Agriculture among list of preferred disciplines)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Serbia, </b><a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9389&eid=199206" target="_blank">All Disciplines</a> (Agriculture among list of preferred disciplines)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Ukraine, </b><a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9388&eid=199206" target="_blank">Environmental Sciences</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Austria,</b> <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9387&eid=199206" target="_blank">Fulbright-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Visiting Professor</a></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:16px">For more awards in the field of Agriculture, please click <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9385&eid=199206" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Applicants must be U.S. citizens</b> and, as specified in individual award descriptions, hold a PhD or appropriate professional/terminal degree <b>at the time of application</b>. The application deadline is <b>August 3, 2015</b>.<br> <br> In addition, All Disciplines awards are available in many countries and can be a good option if no discipline-focused award matches your expertise. Please visit the 2016-17 <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9383&eid=199206" target="_blank">Catalog of Awards</a> to learn more about the opportunities available in this year's competition. For most awards, English is sufficient for teaching and foreign language proficiency is only needed to the extent required by the proposed research project.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px">For eligibility factors, detailed application guidelines and review criteria, please follow this <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9381&eid=199206" target="_blank">link</a>. You may also wish to register for one of our <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9379&eid=199206" target="_blank">webinars</a> or join our online community, <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9377&eid=199206" target="_blank">My Fulbright</a>, a resource center for applicants interested in the program.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px">Please feel free to share this message with members of your listservs, newsletters or social media. For further information about specific awards, please contact the program staff listed in the award description.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px">Regards,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px">Europe/EurasiaFulbright Scholar Program Team<br> Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)<br> Institute of International Education (IIE)<br> <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9375&eid=199206" target="_blank">http://www.cies.org/us-scholar-programs</a></span><br> </p></div>
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<div><p align="left"><img alt="" src="http://www.cies2.org/s/1064/images/editor/designs/email_templates/eur/russia_woldkowski__paul_2014-2015__1_.jpg" height="171" width="300"></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-size:10px"><i>2014-15 Fulbright U.S. Scholar <a href="http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=9373&eid=199206" target="_blank">Paul Wlodkowski</a> in Russia with class.</i></span></p> <h6 style="margin-left:40px" align="left"><br> </h6> <h2 align="left">Examples of Successful Projects</h2> <p><span style="font-size:13px">- Developing Agricultural and Natural Resource Management Capacity in Russian Community Colleges</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13px">- Preparing for the New Paradigm in Plant Breeding</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13px">- Developing and Testing a Conceptual Framework for Assessing Risks of Pesticides to Beneficial Arthropods</span></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left">"There is no better way [than the Fulbright Program] to promote and encourage the understanding of cultures, philosophical points of view, and the economic diversities that characterizes a people or a nation. At the core of engaging a different political and cultural existence, a deeper and hopefully a more sensitive reevaluation of perspectives and hardened beliefs can make differences less alien and find common ties to bridge these differences."<br> ~ U.S. Fulbrigth Scholar, 2013-14<br> </p></div>
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