Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarships
www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/AmbassadorialScholarships/Pages/ridefault.aspx

Location: Worldwide

Duration: 3 months-2 years

The Experience: Rotary offers three types of Ambassadorial Scholarships:

Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships provide a flat grant of US$25,000 for one academic year of study in another country. These awards are intended to help defray costs associated with round-trip transportation, tuition and other fees, room and board, and some educational supplies. They are the most common type of Ambassadorial Scholarships.

Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships help fund two years of degree-oriented study in another country. A flat grant of $12,500 is provided each year.

Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships help finance either three or six months of intensive language study and cultural immersion in another country. They provide a flat grant of $12,000 for three months and $17,000 for six months. Funds are intended to offset costs associated with round-trip transportation, language training, and homestay living arrangements. Applications are considered for candidates interested in studying Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.

Some Rotary districts may offer only one type of scholarship, or none at all. Applicants must check with their local club about availability.

Financial Info: (see above)

Eligibility: Applicants must be residents of a country with a local Rotary Club.

Requirements: Scholarship recipients must participate in Rotary events and presentations in their host country as well as events upon return to their home country related to their experience.

FYI: Additional Ambassadorial Scholarships are available specifically for university professors; see website for details.

To Apply: Applications must be made through a local Rotary Club (see website for details). Online application, 2 essays, 2 references (local Rotary Clubs may have additional requirements).

Application Deadline: For 2010-11 awards, individual Rotary Club deadlines may be as early as 1 March 2009 or as late as 15 August 2009.

Contact:
Rotary International
One Rotary Center
1560 Sherman Ave.
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: 847.866.3000
Fax: 847.328.8554
scholarshipinquiries@rotaryinternational.org

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends
www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

Location: Worldwide

Duration: Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months.

The Experience: Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research in any location worldwide that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public’s understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.

Financial Info: $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing

Eligibility: Faculty or staff members of colleges, universities, or primary or secondary schools; independent scholars or writers; staff of museums or libraries. U.S. Citizenship is required, except foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline are eligible.

Requirements: A final performance report will be due within 90 days after the completion date of the award period.

FYI: Applicants enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. Applicants who have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral may apply, but such applicants need a letter from the dean of the conferring school attesting to the applicant’s status as of October 3. This letter must be faxed to the Summer Stipends program at 202.606.8204.

To Apply: Resume, 3-page narrative describing the proposed project, bibliography, references. These required materials must be submitted online through www.grants.gov (submission instructions are available on the Summer Stipends website).

Application Deadline: Application process begins in August. Deadline is October 1.

Contact:
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 318
Washington, DC 20506
Phone: 202.606.8200
Fax: 202.606.8204
stipends@neh.gov

U.S. Department of State English Language Fellows Program
http://elf.georgetown.edu

Location: Placements vary by year and currently include Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank/Gaza, Yemen

Duration: 10 months (September to June of each year)

The Experience: The English Language Fellows (ELF) program places experienced teacher trainers and recent TEFL/TESL master’s degree graduates at universities, teacher-training institutions, ministries of education, and other related language education institutions to assist with the improvement of English teaching capacity around the world. There are two types of Fellows. Senior English Language Fellows are experienced teacher trainers who have a M.A. or higher degree in TEFL/TESL or a closely related field and who have significant overseas teaching experience. These Fellows serve as full-time teacher trainers and participate in the following activities: teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP), designing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curricula and materials, conducting program evaluations, testing, organizing workshops and conferences. Junior English Language Fellows are recent (within the past five years) TEFL/TESL master’s degree graduates who may or may not have prior overseas teaching experience. These Fellows serve as full-time EFL teachers. Teaching duties comprise 20 hours per week, with additional work in teacher training, curriculum development, and testing. Fellows generally work 40 hours per week and are not required to do administrative work.

Financial Info: Stipend ($35,000 for Senior Fellows and $25,000 for Junior Fellows), living allowance (designed to cover local housing, food, and transportation), dependent allowance (Senior Fellows only: $5,000 for one dependent), shipping allowance, educational materials allowance, airfare to and from the program site, medical coverage up to $50,000 per illness or injury.

Eligibility: U.S. citizenship. Senior Fellows must have previous overseas teaching experience and a master’s degree or higher in TEFL/TESL, Applied Linguistics or a related field. Junior Fellows must have received a master’s degree in TEFL/TESL or a related field within the past five years.

Requirements: Fellows are required to attend a pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC, in August.

FYI: Since 1992, more than 800 English Language Fellows have taught and conducted programs in 110 countries. The ELF Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is currently administered by Georgetown University. Fellows have the option of renewing for an additional year of service.

To Apply: Completed application (available online or call for a copy), resume, 2 letters of reference, 2 essays, and a direct video conferencing or in-person interview. Additional requirement for Senior Fellow applicants: two teacher training modules.

Deadline to Apply: May 15

Contact:
English Language Fellows Program
Georgetown University-CIED
Box 579400
Washington, DC 20057-9400
Phone: 202.687.2608
Fax: 202.687.2555
elf@georgetown.edu