Overseas_Doctoral Dissertation

Who Can Apply

Functional Categories:
General Research and Evaluation
Higher Education - General

Applicants:
Public Nonprofit Institution/Organization (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals)
U.S. Territories And Possessions (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals)
Private Nonprofit Institution/Organization (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals)

Applicant Eligibility:
Institutions of higher education may apply.

Beneficiaries:
Quasi-public non-profit organization
Private non-profit institution/organization
Public nonprofit institution/organization
U. S. Territories
Scientist/Researchers
U.S. Citizen

Beneficiary Eligibility:
Candidate for Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship must: (1a) Be a citizen or national of the United States; (1b) be a permanent resident of the United States; or (1c) provide evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service that he or she is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent resident; (2) be a graduate student in good standing at an institution of higher education who, when the fellowship period begins, has been admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in modern foreign languages and area studies at that institution; (3) plan a teaching career in the United States upon graduation; (4) possess adequate skills in the foreign language(s) necessary to carry out the dissertation research project.

Credentials/Documentation:
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.