Fulbright New Century Scholars Program:

“Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenge and National Response”


The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi is pleased to announce the first opening of the 2005-06 competition for awards under the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program (NCS) “Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenge and National Response.”

Approximately 30 outstanding research scholars and educators from the U.S. and abroad will be selected to participate in the program through an open competition. The program combines the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three in-person seminar meetings and ongoing virtual communication among the participants under the guidance of the NCS Distinguished Scholar Leader, Philip Altbach, J. Donald Monan, SJ professor of higher education and director of the Center for International Higher Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College.

Outstanding scholars and educators at any rank in any field related to the NCS theme are invited to apply. Applicants with strong interdisciplinary and comparative interests are especially welcome. Applicants must have the Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in a relevant field. Non-U.S. applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of and residing in the country from which they are applying.
Specific research topics to be addressed include:
• Elite and mass-access equity;
• The future of research;
• The globalization of higher education;
• Choice of institutional model;
• Higher education and the development of civil society;
• The future of the academic profession;
• The public-private mix in higher education;
• The technological revolution.

Benefits include individual travel/research awards in the amount of $37,000 and accommodations and meals for program seminars.

Deadline for application submission is Monday, January 17, 2005.

For further information and to pick up an application form, please contact
Magda Magradze or Sophie Bzishvili
Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy
25, Atoneli Street, Tbilisi, Georgia 0105
tel. 98-99-67/68, ext. 4148, fax: 93 17 69
magradzem@state.gov
http://georgia.usembassy.gov
http://www.cies.org/NCS/2005_2006/