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End November 2021
USIEF informs the applicants about the review
outcome
Mid-December 2021
National interviews of short-listed candidates
End December 2021
USIEF notifies principal and alternate nominees
Early January 2022
USIEF forwards applications of recommended
candidates to the U.S. for J. William Fulbright
Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) approval and
placement
March/April 2022
USIEF notifies finalists
August/September 2022
Program begins
D. Fulbright-Nehru Academic and
Professional Excellence Fellowships
The Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional
Excellence Fellowships aim to provide Indian
faculty, researchers, and professionals the
opportunity to teach, conduct research, or carry
out a combination of teaching and research at a
U.S. institution. Depending on the U.S. host
institution, it is likely that the grantee may
contribute towards developing curriculum and
conducting workshops and seminars. These
fellowships are for four to nine months. If you
are applying for a Flex Award, the minimum
length of the total grant is four months and the
maximum is six months.
Applications are invited in the following fields
only: Agricultural Sciences; Anthropology;
Bioengineering; Chemistry; Computer Science
(including, but not limited to, cyber security, digital
economy, quantum computing, artificial
intelligence, machine learning and big data
Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence
Scholar Madhu Kushwaha (right) with her University of
Maryland faculty host during the Women's March 2020 in
Washington, DC
analytics); Economics; Education Policy and
Planning; Energy Studies; Geography (including
GIS and Geology); History; Language and
Literature; Materials Science (with emphasis on
environmental applications); Mathematical
Sciences; Neurosciences; Performing Arts; Physics;
Political Science (including, but not limited to,
International Security and Strategic Studies); Public
Health; Public Policy; Sociology; Urban and
Regional Planning (with emphasis on smart cities
and waste management); Visual Arts; and Women's
and Gender Studies.
“This fellowship offered me a unique chance to teach in one of the largest and best public
universities, helping me combine academic endeavours with social and cultural interactions
and critique. My American students still write to me, as do the wonderful faculty, forging
lifetime bonds across time and space. My lectures in Ferrum College, Virginia and the South
Asia Centre in UCLA, and some of the tantalising debates they engendered is helping me
immensely in completing my book on 'New Feminisms'.”
- Meena T. Pillai, 2019 Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Scholar
at University of California, Los Angeles, CA