Background:
The Junior Faculty Development Program provides university instructors with a semester-long opportunity to expand their knowledge and expertise in their academic field by attending classes and working with faculty members at universities in the United States. The program is fully-funded by the US Department of State. Individuals may apply for fields in the humanities and social sciences.
The primary and distinct goal of the JFDP is to provide university instructors with opportunities to engage in curriculum development and explore alternative teaching methodologies, expand their knowledge in their fields of study and gather new teaching materials and resources. Each JFDP Fellow will spend a total of five (5) months (January-May 2013) in the United States.
Eligible Social Sciences and Humanities Fields for the JFDP Competition:
- American Studies
- Architecture/Urban Planning
- Fine Arts/Arts Management
- Business Administration
- Cultural Anthropology
- Economics
- Education Administration
- Environmental Studies
- History
- International Affairs
- Journalism
- Law
- Library Science
- Linguistics (Applied & Theoretical)
- Literature
- Peace/Conflict Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Religious Studies
- Social Work
- Sociology
Eligibility
The competition is open to citizens from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
To qualify for a JFDP Fellowship, an applicant must:
- hold a university degree;
- be currently teaching at an institution of higher education;
- have at least two years of teaching experience at an institution of higher education; and,
- have a mastery of the English language.
Deadline: 18 June 2012
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