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Time Is Flying: 3 Weeks!

There are now just three weeks until Georgetown's internal Fulbright application deadline: September 1, 2023 at 12 PM (noon) ET!

Do not wait! If your application draft is final, submit it to us, via the Fulbright application portal, any time in August. (Your application draft will not go to Fulbright at this point when you submit it in the portal.)

If you are applying and have not done so already, please complete this very brief Intent to Apply Form. In addition, in order to match you with a mentor, it is necessary for you to complete and submit the center's Waiver and Agreement Form.

Also remember the various resources we have highlighted in previous editions of this e-newsletter:

• If you are around campus, stop by our center to review example Fulbright essays - 3607 O Street NW.
• Visit Georgetown's library system for various helpful research resources.
• Consult with the Writing Center.
• Seek support from the Center for Research & Fellowships for your affiliation letter.

Advising Corner

More About Essays: Formatting and Review

We have enjoyed reading draft essays and are grateful that applicants have been visiting the center to review examples from previous years!

Formatting

It is very important that you take the time to format your Personal Statement and Statement of Grant Purpose correctly. From Fulbright's website:

English Teaching Assistant - Personal Statement

• Length is limited to a maximum of one single-spaced pages. The application system will not allow documents longer than one page to be uploaded.
• Use 1-inch margins and Times New Roman 12-point font.
• At the top of each page include:
• On line 1: Personal Statement
• On line 2: Your Name, Host Country, and English Teaching Assistant Program
• Do not include information in headers, footers, or margins.
• Do not include links to websites or external files/materials. Adding any URLs to external websites may affect the eligibility of your application.

English Teaching Assistant - Statement of Grant Purpose

• Length is limited to a maximum of one single-spaced page. The application system will not allow documents longer than one page to be uploaded.
• Use 1-inch margins and Times New Roman 12-point font.
• At the top of each page include:
• On line 1: Statement of Grant Purpose
• On line 2: Your Name, Host Country, and English Teaching Assistant Program
• Do not include information in headers, footers, or margins.
• Do not include links to websites or external files/materials. Adding any URLs to external websites may affect the eligibility of your application.

Study/Research - Personal Statement

• Length is limited to a maximum of one single-spaced pages. The application system will not allow statements longer than one page to be uploaded.
• Use 1-inch margins and Times New Roman 12-point font.
• At the top of each page include:
• On line 1: Personal Statement
• On line 2: Your Name, Host Country, and Field of Study
• Do not include information in headers, footers, or margins.
• Do not include links to websites or external files/materials. Adding any URLs to external websites may affect the eligibility of your application.

Study/Research - Statement of Grant Purpose

• Length is limited to a maximum of two single-spaced pages. The application system will not allow documents longer than two pages to be uploaded.
• Do not include any bibliographies, publications, citations, etc., except those that will fit in the two-page limit.
• Use 1-inch margins and Times New Roman 12-point font.
• At the top of the first page include:
• On line 1: Statement of Grant Purpose
• On line 2: Your Name, Host Country, and Field of Study
• On line 3: Your Project Title as it appears in the Program Information page
• On the second page of the Statement, enter the same information or just Last Name, Grant Purpose, Page 2.
• Do not include information in headers, footers or margins.
• Do not include links to websites or external files/materials. Adding any URLs to external websites may affect the eligibility of your application.

Other Essay Tips

• After you've written a first draft of your Personal Statement and Statement of Grant Purpose, look again at the questions Fulbright has asked you to address to ensure you have done so adequately in your text.
• When drafting your Statement of Grant Purpose, it may be useful to use keywords to introduce each section of your essay, such as Previous Work on Topic:, Academic/Research Questions:, Methods:, Timeline:, Host Country Engagement:, Curriculum Relevance:, etc. Given space limitations, these keywords can be situated right at the beginning of the opening line of the relevant paragraph text. Such keywords can be helpful textual anchors for application reviewers who are reading many essays!

New Award Spotlight

U.S.-Korea Presidential STEM Initiative Award

Open Study/Research Awards under the U.S.-Korea Presidential STEM Initiative provide the opportunity for academically mature students to complete independent research projects in Korea through 6-10 months of grant support. Student researchers are sought in all STEM fields and from all degree levels (bachelor's, master's, and doctoral), with the broad requirement that student researchers must pursue a distinctive research project relevant to Korea that can be reasonably accomplished within the proposed award time frame. 

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