Nepal
The Fulbright U.S. Student Research grants offer an opportunity to conduct individually designed research projects in Nepal.
"},{"name":"Grant Period","id":"grant_period","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"July Start","value":"Mid-July through mid-May. Grantees should arrive in time to attend the mandatory mid-July orientation meetings in Kathmandu, and must make their travel plans through the Fulbright Commission.
"}},{"name":"Orientation","id":"orientation","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"In-Country Orientation","value":""}},{"name":"Candidate Profile","id":"candidate_profile","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":"All disciplines will be considered. Applicants must have a well-defined research project and must have demonstrated ability to work independently, have a solid foundation in their subject areas, and have demonstrated high levels of adaptability and maturity. Since university library holdings in Nepal are limited and local faculty supervision is generally not available, grantees usually work without close supervision.
"},{"name":"Accepted Degree Levels","id":"accepted_degree_levels","type":"options","visibility":1,"value":["Bachelor's","Master's","Doctoral"]},{"name":"Supplementary Project","id":"supplementary_project","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"","value":""}},{"name":"Foreign Language Proficiency","id":"foreign_language_proficiency","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"Recommended - Novice","value":"Additional Information:
\nNepali or another local language (e.g., Bhojpuri, Maithili, Newari, Tibetan) language proficiency commensurate with the nature of the proposed project is recommended. Applicants without Nepali or relevant local language skills should include significant plans for language study in their proposals. Regardless of the grantee’s language ability, the Fulbright Commission highly recommends that grantees continue language study throughout their grant periods.
"}},{"name":"Critical Language Enhancement Award","id":"critical_language_enhancement_award","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":""},{"name":"Fulbright Proposal Types","id":"fulbright_proposal_types","type":"options_array","visibility":1,"value":[{"name":"Independent Study/Research","id":"isr","value":"Yes"},{"name":"Graduate Degree Enrollment","id":"gde","value":"No"}]},{"name":"Affiliation","id":"affiliation","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"Letter recommended at deadline","value":"Applicants are required to identify appropriate host institutions for their projects and to include Affiliation Letters with their Fulbright applications.
\nAffiliations may be with local or international non-governmental organizations, university departments, or other institutions. Fulbright grantees do not enroll in university courses, but may find it productive to work with Nepali faculty or graduate students when appropriate. The Fulbright grant is not meant to support internships at organizations in Nepal. Rather, it is meant to support independent research.
"}},{"name":"Affiliation Fees/Tuition","id":"affiliation_fees","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"","value":""}},{"name":"Housing Arrangements","id":"housing_arrangements","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":""},{"name":"Placement Type","id":"placement_type","type":"multitype","visibility":1,"value":[{"type":"options","value":[]},{"type":"text","value":""}]},{"name":"Eligibility","id":"eligibility","type":"multitype","visibility":1,"value":[{"type":"options_array","value":[{"name":"","id":"f_eligibility_01","value":"Dual citizens of this country are not eligible"},{"name":"","id":"f_eligibility_02","value":"Residency in host country not permitted in year prior to grant"}]},{"type":"text","value":""}]},{"name":"Special Application Instructions","id":"special_application_instructions","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":"For students undertaking health-related research, their projects must be approved by the Nepal Health Research Council, which acts as the only Institutional Review Board in Nepal. Health related research projects cannot involve patient contact.
\nThis process can be completed after the grantee arrives in Nepal, but grantees undertaking health-related research should be prepared to devote time to that process at the beginning of the grant period.
\nFor students who are un-affiliated with a graduate program at the time of application, it would be important to address in the application measures expected to be taken to ensure the protection of human subjects, if the research project involves human subjects.
\nStudents should not plan on conducting research in Nepal government-designated restricted areas that require special permits.
"},{"name":"Custom Fields","id":"custom_fields","type":"custom","value":[{"name":"Security Concerns","value":"The Fulbright Commission in Nepal will carefully review all Fulbright proposals for feasibility and security concerns. Applicants must be flexible in response to changing conditions and grantees must comply with all security procedures set in place by the Commission in consultation with the U.S. Embassy in Nepal.
"}]},{"name":"Dependents","id":"dependents","type":"options","value":["Dependent support is not available"]},{"name":"Placement Locations","id":"placement_locations","type":"multitype","value":[{"type":"options","value":[]},{"type":"text","value":""}]},{"name":"Fulbright Program Management Contact","id":"pm_contact","type":"text","value":"FBstudent.SCA@iie.org"},{"name":"Fulbright Commission/U.S. Embassy Website","id":"embassy_website","type":"link","value":"http://www.fulbrightnepal.org.np"},{"name":"Fulbright Commission/U.S. Embassy Contact","id":"embassy_contact","type":"custom","value":[{"name":"Rakchhya Maharjan","value":"rakchhya@fulbrightnepal.org.np"}]},{"name":"Additional Online Resources","id":"resources","type":"custom","value":[{"name":"rakchhya@fulbrightnepal.org.np","value":""}]},{"name":"Is new for this year","id":"is_new","type":"checkbox","value":false}]} [is_new] => 0 [step] => 6 [status] => 1 [updated_on] => 2021-03-18 13:56:51 [finalized_date] => 2021-03-18 13:56:51 [countryName] => Nepal [regionId] => 19 [countryCode] => NP [countryAlias] => nepal [regionName] => South and Central Asia [regionAlias] => south-and-central-asia [regionColor] => #9e60c0 [regionPosition] => a:3:{i:0;d:3.5;i:1;i:80;i:2;i:32;} [regionBgColor] => #7471a5 [regionBgHoverColor] => #331172 )The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant provides participants the opportunity to assist in the teaching of English in Nepali government schools and immerse in the local culture through home stays. The Nepal program seeks applicants who are able to be flexible while functioning in a challenging, under-resourced school environment and who are eager to immerse in local culture through the home stay experience.
"},{"name":"Grant Period","id":"grant_period","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"March Start","value":"The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program in Nepal will commence in March to align with the Nepali academic year. English Teaching Assistants will arrive in March to participate in an orientation that will include Nepali language training and technical training for one month prior to their placements with English teachers in Nepali government schools. ETAs will be working in their respective schools from April through December.
\nGrant length - 10 months.
"}},{"name":"Orientation","id":"orientation","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"In-Country Orientation","value":""}},{"name":"Candidate Profile","id":"candidate_profile","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":"Applications are welcome from articulate and flexible graduating seniors, recent graduates or Master’s students who demonstrate a high level of maturity, an excitement about cultural immersion in Nepal and the initiative to assist English teachers at the elementary, or lower or higher secondary level.
\nSince all living arrangements for ETAs are in village home stays with Nepali families, and school placements are in rural Nepali government schools with Nepali counterpart teachers, candidates must possess an excitement about cultural immersion in Nepal. Successful candidates must be articulate, fluent English speakers and without dependents.
\nCandidates with degrees in English, Education, TEFL/applied linguistics, Anthropology, or Asian Studies are preferred, but candidates from all majors are welcome to apply. Previous teaching/tutoring experience is preferred. Facilities in most Nepali public schools are extremely limited, especially so in rural schools where ETAs are placed; therefore, applicants must demonstrate flexibility, resourcefulness and the ability to adapt well. A sense of humor goes a long way.
"},{"name":"Accepted Degree Levels","id":"accepted_degree_levels","type":"options","visibility":1,"value":["Bachelor's","Master's"]},{"name":"Supplementary Project","id":"supplementary_project","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"Not Permitted","value":""}},{"name":"Foreign Language Proficiency","id":"foreign_language_proficiency","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"Not Required","value":"Additional Information: The month-long, in-country orientation includes intensive language instruction and the grant includes an allowance for continued language learning, which is encouraged by the Commission, as proficiency in Nepali language or other local languages is very beneficial for the grantee. Grantees will also be given language materials before they arrive in the country.
"}},{"name":"Critical Language Enhancement Award","id":"critical_language_enhancement_award","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":""},{"name":"Fulbright Proposal Types","id":"fulbright_proposal_types","type":"options_array","visibility":1,"value":[{"name":"Independent Study/Research","id":"isr","value":"n/a"},{"name":"Graduate Degree Enrollment","id":"gde","value":"n/a"}]},{"name":"Affiliation","id":"affiliation","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"","value":""}},{"name":"Affiliation Fees/Tuition","id":"affiliation_fees","type":"pair","visibility":1,"value":{"name":"","value":""}},{"name":"Housing Arrangements","id":"housing_arrangements","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":"All ETAs are placed in homestays with the assistance of the Fulbright Commission, the host schools, and the focal persons.
"},{"name":"Placement Type","id":"placement_type","type":"multitype","visibility":1,"value":[{"type":"options","value":["Elementary School","Middle School","Secondary School"]},{"type":"text","value":"School placements are in rural Nepali government schools with Nepali counterpart teachers. Some hiking will be involved.
"}]},{"name":"Eligibility","id":"eligibility","type":"multitype","visibility":1,"value":[{"type":"options_array","value":[{"name":"","id":"f_eligibility_01","value":"Dual citizens of this country are not eligible"},{"name":"","id":"f_eligibility_02","value":"Residency in host country not permitted in year prior to grant"}]},{"type":"text","value":""}]},{"name":"Special Application Instructions","id":"special_application_instructions","type":"text","visibility":1,"value":""},{"name":"Custom Fields","id":"custom_fields","type":"custom","value":[{"name":"Nature of Assignment","value":"Nepal ETAs assist English teachers, providing a native-speaker’s presence in their placements at rural Nepali government schools, where the need for English language support is the highest. They are placed with co-teachers and have local focal persons who provide local-level support and suggest non-school-based English language activities. Nepal ETAs in the past have engaged in a broad range of creative school-based and community-based activities which have included students, school teachers, NGOs and others.
\nThe Nepali academic calendar is quite different from the American academic calendar and there are extended periods of school closure in October/November and December. ETAs take any personal vacation time during the Dashain or winter school vacation periods and the Nepal Commission assists ETAs in planning activities for other periods of extended school closure.
"},{"name":"Housing","value":"Housing arrangements will be made with the assistance of the Fulbright Commission, the host schools, and the focal persons. All ETAs are placed in homestays for the length of the grant period and the homestays are an important feature of the Nepal ETA program, providing opportunities for cultural immersion and language learning, otherwise difficult to achieve.
"}]},{"name":"Dependents","id":"dependents","type":"options","value":["Dependent support is not available"]},{"name":"Placement Locations","id":"placement_locations","type":"multitype","value":[{"type":"options","value":["Rural"]},{"type":"text","value":""}]},{"name":"Fulbright Program Management Contact","id":"pm_contact","type":"text","value":"FBstudent.SCA@iie.org"},{"name":"Fulbright Commission/U.S. Embassy Website","id":"embassy_website","type":"link","value":"http://www.fulbrightnepal.org.np"},{"name":"Fulbright Commission/U.S. Embassy Contact","id":"embassy_contact","type":"custom","value":[{"name":"Rakchhya Maharjan","value":"rakchhya@fulbrightnepal.org.np"}]},{"name":"Additional Online Resources","id":"resources","type":"custom","value":[]},{"name":"Is new for this year","id":"is_new","type":"checkbox","value":false}]} [is_new] => 0 [step] => 6 [status] => 1 [updated_on] => 2021-03-30 18:16:35 [finalized_date] => 2021-03-18 13:56:51 [countryName] => Nepal [regionId] => 19 [countryCode] => NP [countryAlias] => nepal [regionName] => South and Central Asia [regionAlias] => south-and-central-asia [regionColor] => #9e60c0 [regionPosition] => a:3:{i:0;d:3.5;i:1;i:80;i:2;i:32;} [regionBgColor] => #7471a5 [regionBgHoverColor] => #331172 )