Middlebury Fellowships and Undergraduate Research
A font of information about undergraduate research, competitive fellowships, application processes and upcoming events and deadlines!
//Upcoming Webinars for Applicants:
A full list of Applicant webinars can be found on the Information Sessions page of the website. All applicant webinars are recorded and can be accessed throughout the competition on the Recorded Webinars webpage.
//Join Dr. LaNitra M. Berger, Senior Director of Fellowships in the Office of Undergraduate Education and affiliate faculty in the African and African American Studies Program, for an expert panel discussion entitled, “Race, Justice, and the Global Civil Rights Struggle” sponsored by the Fulbright Program in the U.S. Department of State on Wednesday, July 1, from 3-4:30pm EDT.
This virtual event is free and open to the public. The program will engage an interdisciplinary panel of Fulbright alumni experts in an academic discussion designed to deepen our understanding of racial injustice and contemporary issues in policing and criminal justice, and to contextualize our current moment in the global history of the civil rights struggle. Please see below for the panelist bios.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6015930337764/WN_GriZQL5cTkmuwG9T_Y7JRw
| Moderator: LaNitra M. Berger is the senior director of fellowships in the Office of UndergraduateEducation and affiliate faculty in the African and African American Studies Program at George Mason University. |
//If you’re thinking about applying for a Fulbright or Watson nomination in the fall, it’s a good idea to begin working on those applications. And yes, you can still apply for these in the fall even if you did not yet submit a preliminary application! Below are a few notes for you:
Dean Gates is happy to talk with you, answer questions and review essay drafts. You can email questions to fellowships@middlebury.edu and/or make appointments at go.middlebury.edu/appt .
Make sure you know the internal deadlines and application processes! See https://go.middlebury.edu/fulbright and https://go.middlebury.edu/watson for details. I often get questions that can be answered by reviewing the information on these pages, so please review carefully and then send me your questions. Note: the fellowships office must register Watson applicants in the online Watson system. As of today, everyone who has notified us of their interest has been registered! If you can’t find a link, check your junk/clutter/spam filters. For technical or password problems with the Watson online system, you must contact the Watson office for help.
If you haven’t sent in a preliminary application for Watson or Fulbright, but want to do so now, that is just fine! Alumni, you can apply for Fulbright through Middlebury; you just have to follow our process and campus deadlines. You will also need to use a Word version of our preliminary application, not the online form. The online applications for both are open and you can begin working on those. However, the preliminary form is great for me to get a quick sense of what you want to do, review recommender choices, and provide some feedback on your ideas.
For more Fulbright info, check out the webinars offered by the Fulbright team–see the schedule here: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/information-sessions
And a few more Fulbright tips: review the specific country/grant type pages carefully to make sure you are a good fit. Criteria do change sometimes from year to year. Also, Fulbright Nat Geo is back this year!
//Beginning Monday, June 1st from 12:00-1:00 pm (EST), 9:00 am (PST) and throughout the summer, our lovely UK hosts will be offering Marshall Mondays Brunch & Learn virtual tour sessions, to include an introduction to top university programs, short lectures, meetings with post-graduate Fulbright & Marshall Scholars and closing with a Q&A session. The Virtual Tour will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform. Sessions will be recorded and posted on the Marshall website here: https://www.marshallscholarship.org/study-in-the-uk/uk-virtual-study-tour-2020.
For those thinking about graduate study in the UK (or a Fulbright or Marshall in particular), this is a tremendous resource for you to learn more about the many excellent universities and programs in the UK. Many thanks to the Marshall Scholarship and the National Association of Fellowship Advisors for organizing this!
Marshall Mondays – Brunch & Learn Schedule and Video Recordings:
June 1 – University of Exeter – Presentation, Recording: https://youtu.be/bLMhDw06ozE
June 8 – University of Birmingham – Presentation, Recording: https://youtu.be/5H5KqTZkcIU
June 15 – University of Southhampton – Register here
June 22 – University College London (UCL) – Register here
June 29 – University of Warwick – Register here
July 6 – University of Manchester – Register here
July 13 – University of Liverpool – Register here
July 20 – University of Bristol – Register here
July 27 – University of East Anglia – Register here
August 3 – University of Nottingham – Register here
August 10 – Imperial College – Register here
August 17 – University of Kent – Register here
June 22 (12:00-4:00pm BST) – Postgrad Live Virtual Study Fair – Register here
//Check out this extensive list of upcoming Webinars for Applicants: