Fulbright-Hayes DDRA - Hakala

Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellowships Walt Hakala Department of South Asia Studies University of Pennsylvania hakala@sas.upenn.edu

DDRA Facts •

Project Duration: 6-12 months

2007 • 118 Awarded Applications • Average Grant Amount = $37,669 2010 • 142 Awarded Applications (Est.) • Est. Average Grant: $40,000 • Estimated Range of Fellowship Awards: $15,000-$60,000

DDRA vs. IIE •

DDRA administered by DoEd, IIE by Dept. of State

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DDRA actually easier to get for doctoral projects

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DDRA accommodates

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multiple-country projects official dependents (and dependent stipends)

Eligibility An individual is eligible to receive a fellowship if the individual— is a citizen or permanent resident; is a grad student admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in modern foreign languages and area studies; plans a teaching career in the U.S.; and possesses sufficient foreign language skills.

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Research Priorities •

Absolute Priority: focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories). projects focused on Western Europe are not eligible.

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Research Priorities •

Competitive Preference Priority: focus on any of the seventy-eight (78) languages deemed critical on the U.S. Department of Education’s list of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

Priority Languages Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew (Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala (Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu.

Application Narrative •

“The student applicant must limit the application narrative to no more than 10 pages and the bibliography to no more than two pages”

Selection Criteria •

Quality of proposed project (60 points) Hypotheses to be tested or questions to be examined (10 points) Connection with major theoretical issues and project’s originality (10 points) Preliminary research; the kinds, quality and availability of data in the host country or countries (10 points) Justification for overseas field research; research contacts and affiliations abroad (10 points) Plans to share the results of research (10 points) Guidance and supervision of dissertation advisor/committee (10 points)

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Selection Criteria •

Qualifications of the applicant (40 points) Overall strength of graduate academic record (10 points) Strength in area studies (10 points) Proficiency in one or more of the languages of the country or countries of research (15 points) Ability to conduct research in a foreign cultural context (5 points)

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Application Materials • Three letters of reference • Budget, including…

• Airfare amounts • Published fellow and dependent stipends • Research budget/Project Allowance • •

(requires receipts—any unused funds must be returned!!!)

Transcripts Language evaluations

Funds 1.Travel expenses to and from the residence 2.

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of the fellow and the country or countries of research; A maintenance stipend for the fellow and his or her dependents; An allowance for research-related expenses overseas; and Health and accident insurance premiums.

Stipends (India) Locality

Fellow

1 Dependent

Add’l Dependents(s)

Agra

1818

727

364

Bangalore

4266

1706

853

Calcutta

3069

1228

614

Chennai

2997

1199

599

New Delhi

4374

1750

875

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Stipends (U.K.) Locality

Fellow

1 Dependent

Add’l Dependents(s)

Birming-ham

2682

1073

536

Edinburgh

3186

1274

637

London

3942

1577

788

Oxford

2565

1026

513

Menwith Hill

21267???

8507???

4253???

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Stipends (R.O.K.) Locality

Fellow

1 Dependent

Add’l Dependents(s)

Cheju

2907

1163

581

Seoul

3150

1260

630

Uijongbu

1071

428

214

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Stipends (Bangladesh) Locality

Fellow

1 Dependent

Add’l Dependents(s)

Dhaka

1980

792

396

Other

972

389

194

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Timeline • September 12, 2007: Call for Applications • October 30, 2007: Completed applications • November 6, 2007: Language Evaluations

Timeline • January 31, 2008: Letter requesting supplemental info • April 16, 2008: Award Announcement • Email from Jack Nagel • Budget • Letter • Acceptance Form • April 24, 2008: Accepted fellowship offer

Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellowships Walt Hakala Department of South Asia Studies University of Pennsylvania hakala@sas.upenn.edu