Category: Study Abroad

Attention:  Students planning to apply for a Fulbright Scholarship grant next fall!  Check out this MiddBlog post by Olivia Noble.  She interviewed three recently-notified Middlebury Fulbright winners, who share what they learned about  pulling together a successful proposal.   http://midd-blog.com/2011/05/02/the-fulbright-grant-program/

Note the early deadlines for 2011-12, so heed their advice to START EARLY.  Come see me or let me know of your intent to apply by June 1:  agibansm@middlebury.edu, x 5103.  I look forward to hearing from you.

For those juniors (or aspiring sophomores) interested in pursuing a British Scholarship, you may want to check out these two links to help you narrow your search for the right UK institution that best matches your interests and needs:

The Complete University Guide provides institutional profiles, as well as Tables and Rankings that sort and assess institutions overall and by subject, using nine quality factors:  http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/

The 2008 RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) provides quality ratings for research across all disciplines at UK institutions.  Panels use a standard scale to devise Tables of Excellence to rank institutions overall and by subject quality.  The Tables rank according to the percentage of faculty who are conducting “world leading” research or scholarship and how much of the work is judged to reach national or international levels of excellence.  http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Journals/THE/THE/18_December_2008/attachments/RAE_2008_THE_RESULTS.pdf
Both of these resources can be found on the Marshall Scholarship website: http://www.marshallscholarship.org/

If you are interested in pursuing a British Scholarship but missed the meeting last night, you can make an appointment to see me.  Note that two of the deadlines are in early September so you need to be preparing now.

-Amy McGlashan, agibansm@middlebury.edu,  x5103.

For juniors and aspiring sophomores, the Fulbright Grants Information Session will be on Tuesday, May 3 at 4:30pm in Library 201.

The US Fulbright Scholars Program is open to seniors and alumni and supports one academic year of study, research, or teaching in any of over 155 countries, with the goal of promoting cross-cultural interaction and mutual understanding. Open to U.S. citizens with a GPA of 3.4 or above and with appropriate language skills.  For more information view our Fellowships page or go to http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applynow.html.

The application cycle for 2012-13 will open in early May.  The Middlebury deadline for applicants is early-to-mid-September, so be thinking NOW about proposal ideas.  Come see Professor Jeffrey Cason in Study Abroad (cason@middlebury.edu, x5745) or Amy McGlashan, Fellowships Advisor in the Center for Education in Action (agibansm@middlebury.edu, 5103).