Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Applications are invited in the following fields only: 

Agricultural Sciences; Applied Economics; Education Policy and Planning; Energy Studies; International Security and Strategic Studies; Public Health Policy and Management; Public Policy (limited to Science and Technology Policy);

Science and Technology (limited to bioengineering, climate change sciences, computer and mathematical sciences, and neurosciences);

Study of India (limited to language/literature/linguistics, history, and visual and performing arts); Study of the United States (limited to language/literature/linguistics, history, and visual and performing arts);

Urban and Regional Planning; Women’s and Gender Studies.

Eligibility

• You should have a Ph.D. degree within the past four years. You must have obtained your Ph.D. degree between July 2011 and June 2015. You are required to upload your Ph.D. degree certificate/provisional Ph.D. certificate in your online application;
• You must be published in reputed journals and demonstrate evidence of superior academic and professional achievement. Please upload a recent significant publication (copy of paper/article) in your online application; and
• If you are employed, please follow the instructions carefully regarding employer’s endorsement. If applicable, please obtain the endorsement from the appropriate administrative authority on the Employer’s Endorsement Form. The employer must indicate that leave will be granted for the fellowship period. You can download the Employer’s Endorsement Form from the USIEF website.

Timeline and Placement Process

July 1, 2015	Application due date for 2016-2017 awards
August-September 2015	Field-specific experts review applications to short-list candidates
Mid-October 2015	National interviews of short-listed candidates in Delhi
Late-October 2015	USIEF notifies principal and alternate nominees that they are recommended
December 2015	USIEF forwards applications of recommended candidates to the U.S. for J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) approval and placement
March-April 2016	USIEF notifies finalists
May-June 2016	Pre-Departure Orientation
August-September 2016	Program begins For more details please visit http://www.usief.org.in/Fulbright-Nehru-Doctoral-Research-Fellowships.aspx