Are you a undergraduate student going into your senior year, a grad student, or an early career professional who got your degree from Wilkes? Have you been thinking about taking your career to the next level with an international grant? For those of you in the arts, take a look at the special grants offered through this Fulbright U.S. Student Program:
- Australia: Western Sydney University Award enables American students to undertake research in the following fields of study: Creative and Performing Arts (all fields), Environmental Studies, Social Justice and Public Health.
- France: Fulbright-Harriet Hale Woolley Awards in the Arts are offered to students in the visual fine arts (painting, print-making, sculpture, photography) or music (composition, instrumental, or vocal performance).
Hungary: Fulbright/Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Award offers training to students with strong music education backgrounds in one of the following: symphonic orchestral instruments, voice, jazz, music education, music history, composition, choir/orchestral conducting or folk music. - Ireland: Fulbright/Hugh Lane Gallery Curatorial Award enables an American student to pursue an exciting education curatorial project for up to 12 months working with the Hugh Lane team. The project will contribute to the gallery’s strategy, as well as the Dublin City Council’s strategy, of embedding a culture of continuous engagement between the Hugh Lane Art Gallery and Dublin’s communities. The project will involve working with communities in the city as well in the gallery, establishing and developing strong links between the cultural institution and the communities. Fulbright/University College Cork Masters in Creative Writing Award enables students to pursue a taught Masters in Creative Writing.
- Netherlands: Fulbright/American Friends of the Mauritshuis Award will focus on the study, examination and treatment of works of art in the collection of the Mauritshuis, in combination with a tailor-made study program at the University of Amsterdam. The grantee will gain practical experience and knowledge in in-depth technical study and treatment of paintings in the conservation studio of the Mauritshuis, under the supervision of the conservators of the museum.
- Taiwan: National Cheng Kung University offers a Master’s Degree program award in Creative Industries Design. This award enables American students to pursue a full-time Master’s degree program. The program is taught in English.
- United Kingdom: John Wood LAMDA Award offers a one-year Masters in Classical Acting. Trinity Laban Award in Music & Dance and the University of Roehampton Award in Dance all fund a one-year Master’s degree or the first year of a longer Master’s or PhD program.
If you want to talk things over, contact your Fulbright Program Adviser in plenty of time for the Campus Deadline of September 1. This might be your time to shine!
Gina Zanolini Morrison / gina.morrison@wilkes.edu