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<div>From Jennifer Cook:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Last Friday I sent an email regarding
this information session. Here is some specific information
about the Canadian Fulbright Grants. Could you please pass this
along to your students and faculty members? Thank you very
much.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Best,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Jennifer Cook</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="-1"><b>CANADA-U.S FULBRIGHT PROGRAM CALL
FOR APPLICATIONS</b></font></blockquote>
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face="Times New Roman" size="-1"><b> </b></font></blockquote>
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face="Times New Roman" size="-1"><b>AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS,
PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS, POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, FACULTY
MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS (JUNIOR AND
EXPERIENCED)</b></font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">Long regarded as the world's premier academic exchange
program, the Fulbright Program engages exceptional scholars from more
than 150 countries worldwide in educational exchange. Among the
fastest growing of the bilateral exchanges is the Canada-U.S.
Fulbright Program, offering American students and scholars the unique
opportunity to explore contemporary issues relevant to Canada and the
United States and the relationship between the two
countries.</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>American
graduate students, prospective graduate students, post-doctoral
researchers, faculty members and professionals (junior and
experienced) are encouraged to attend an information sessions at
on</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 from 2 to
4:00 p.m.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1-277</b></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Awards</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Traditional Fulbright Student Awards</b></font><font
size="-1" color="#000000"> are intended for Canadian and American
graduate students and junior professionals who wish to enrol in a
graduate studies program or continue their current course of graduate
study and/or research at a university or research centre in the United
States or Canada, respectively. Fulbright scholarships are
granted for periods of nine months. The award is a fixed sum US$15,000
for one nine-month academic year beginning in
September.</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Traditional Fulbright Scholar Awards</b></font><font
size="-1" color="#000000"> offers grants of four to nine months to
American and Canadian scholars, post-doctoral researchers and
experienced professionals to conduct research and/or teach at a host
institution in Canada, and the United States, respectively. The
award is a fixed sum of US$25,000 for a full academic year (nine
months) or $12,500 for one semester.</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Research
Chairs</b></font><font size="-1" color="#000000"> enable promising and
prominent Canadian and American scholars, as well as experienced
professionals to conduct research, develop collaborations and guest
lecture at select American and Canadian universities, respectively. In
addition, successful candidates will have the opportunity to deliver
public lectures, give seminar presentations, participate in
conferences and otherwise contribute to ongoing research activities at
the host institution. Provisions for Fulbright Visiting Chair
awards are particular to each institution, though normally carry a
value of US$25,000 for one semester.</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">The competition is officially open for awards to be taken up
in the academic year beginning September 2006. American students
may apply on-line at</font> <a href="http://www.iie.org/"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="-1">www.iie.org</font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="-1"> and American Scholars are advised to
consult</font> <a href="http://www.cies.org/"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="-1">www.cies.org</font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="-1"> for detailed application
instructions.</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"><b> </b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Field of Research</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">While the competition is officially "field open",
applications in the following areas are especially encouraged:
comparative public policy; international trade; North American
integration; security; communications and culture; ecology and the
environment; indigenous issues; law; border issues; public health;
Canada-U.S. relations; Canadian studies; and, American
studies.</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Deadline</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Traditional Fulbright Student Awards</b></font><font
size="-1">: October 21, 2005</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"><b>Traditional Fulbright Scholar Awards</b></font><font
size="-1">: competition closed</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Research
Chairs</b></font><font size="-1"><b>:</b> applications are being
accepted until September 30, 2005 for selected
positions</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">For further information, please visit</font> <a
href="http://www.fulbright.ca/"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">www.fulbright.ca</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"> or contact Michelle Emond, Program Officer at</font> <a
href="mailto:memond@fulbright.ca"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">memond@fulbright.ca</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"> or 613-688-5513, or Brad Hector, Program Officer at</font> <a
href="mailto:bhector@fulbright.ca"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">bhector@fulbright.ca</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1"> or 613-688-5511.</font></blockquote>
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Jennifer Cook<br>
Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education<br>
Special Projects and Initiatives<br>
MIT, Room 6-203<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
617-253-0676</blockquote>
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