Emerging Leaders Sought For Fulbright Fellowship

Emerging Leaders Sought For New Fulbright-Harkness New Zealand Fellowship To The US

Fulbright New Zealand and the Harkness New Zealand Trust invite applications for the new Fulbright-Harkness New Zealand Fellowship, which offers the opportunity for an emerging New Zealand leader in any field of study or vocation other than health care* to study or research in the US for a minimum of six weeks. Successful grantees will receive NZ$15,000 (plus basic health and accident insurance) towards a short fellowship programme of their own design at any US university or institution.

*Candidates in the field of health care should apply for the Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provided by The Commonwealth Fund: http://www.fulbright.org.nz/awards/nz-harkness-fellow.html

The purposes of the Fellowship are to:

• reinforce New Zealand-United States links by enabling actual or potential leaders and opinion formers in New Zealand to benefit from new ideas, practices and new contacts in the US;
• increase the Fellow's ability to bring about change and improvements in New Zealand; and
• help improve the cross-fertilisation of ideas and experience between New Zealand and the United States.

To be eligible to apply, you must:

• have a degree or an equivalent qualification conferred by a professional body, and an outstanding record of achievement in your professional career;
• not have held another Fulbright award in the past two years, and otherwise comply with the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board's policy on Previous Fulbright Grants: http://www.fulbright.org.nz/awards/repeatgrants.html;
• be a New Zealand citizen (permanent residence is insufficient) but not a citizen or permanent resident of the US;
• not currently live in the US.

Preference for Fulbright awards is given to candidates who have not had extensive recent experience in the US. There is no fixed age limit for this award but preference is given to applicants in the 25-45 year age range.

Applications for the inaugural Fulbright-Harkness New Zealand Fellowship close 5pm, Monday 15 March 2010.

See the Fulbright New Zealand website for further details: http://www.fulbright.org.nz/awards/nz-fulbrightharkness.html

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