Working on applications during the summer

For fellowships with an early fall deadline–Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Churchill, Watson–summer is the time to be working on your applications.  For several of these, you need to arrange for affiliations with an institution, faculty member, or lab as part of the application process–and August is a very hard time to try to reach academics abroad! Project proposals too need a tremendous amount of editing before submission.  And your chances of being nominated for a particular fellowship increase with a convincing, well-considered, and well-written proposal. Faculty mentors can help and I’m available to read and respond to proposals during the summer.  I’m also around for appointments by phone or in person if you’re on campus to discuss any questions you have.  You can reach me at 802-443-3183 or lgates@middlebury.edu .

UK Fulbright fellowships

Here’s a reminder for folks interested in Fulbrights in the UK:

The following universities have agreed to waive tuition fees for any incoming Fulbright students. This means that should one of your students be selected for a Fulbright award to attend one of our fee-waiver universities, they will not pay any tuition and will receive a grant of £10,000 to cover their living costs. Fulbright fee-waiver universities include:
Central School of Speech and Drama
Courtauld Institute of Art
Institute of Education
Keele University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Royal College of Art
University of Aberdeen
University of Dundee
University of East Anglia
For more information on all the award opportunities available to US citizens please see:  http://www.fulbright.co.uk/fulbright-awards/for-us-citizens