The US Mission in Vietnam seeks qualified candidates for the 2024 Fulbright Vietnamese Visiting Scholar Program to lecture and/or conduct research at American colleges and universities.According to the organiser, applicants must hold an M.A. or Ph.D. degree, be a Vietnamese citizen, and be proficient in English.
Applicants should be university faculty, government officials, private sector professionals, work at a think tank, or occupy similar positions. Applicants will be expected to have a significant record of scholarly or professional accomplishments.
Applicants must also reside in Vietnam throughout the nomination and selection process, and they must return to Vietnam upon completion of their US stay.
Applicants are ineligible to apply if they are currently residing, teaching, studying, or conducting research in the United States, or have received a Fulbright grant within the past five years; or They 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.
Applicants may choose a grant for a semester (five months) or full academic year (nine months).
A semester grant (five months) must begin in September 2024 or January 2025 while one academic year grant (nine months) must begin in September 2024.
Applicants who specialise in disciplines within the social sciences and humanities, science, and technology are welcome to apply.
The deadline of application submission is 5:00 p.m., October 17, 2023 (Vietnam time).
Further application details are available at: https://vn.usembassy.gov/education-culture/fulbright-program-vietnam/.
