Imagine yourself on an island in the South Pacific, working on that dream project: studying climate change and its effect on health, learning indigenous dances and rituals, or writing that novel you’ve been wanting to write.\u00a0 Well, there are a few grants available for accomplished, motivated, and independent students of excellence:<\/p>\n
South Pacific Island Nations Open Study\/Research Award<\/a><\/strong> Explore grant options in 140 countries for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program<\/a><\/strong>–each country offering you chance to learn and give back, too.\u00a0 Start your application today by visiting https:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org<\/strong><\/a> and selecting “Fulbright Online Application”<\/strong> from the Applicants<\/strong> dropdown.<\/p>\n Want more info? Contact your Fulbright Program Adviser at gina.morrison@wilkes.edu to sign up for the Wilkes-Fulbright Info Session on Wednesday, July 24 @4pm. Meet other interested Wilkes students and get your questions answered. Please share with someone else who might be interested in pursuing this life-changing opportunity!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine yourself on an island in the South Pacific, working on that dream project: studying climate change and its effect on health, learning indigenous dances and rituals, or writing that novel you’ve been wanting to write.\u00a0 Well, there are a few grants available for accomplished, motivated, and independent students of excellence: South Pacific Island Nations… Read More »Fulbright Student Grants in the South Pacific<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17898,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17632\/revisions\/17898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis program provides opportunities for students who wish to propose study\/research projects in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, OR Vanuatu. (Note: This is NOT a multi-country award.)\u00a0All grantees must be prepared to work independently with a minimum of supervision. Candidates must be mature, resourceful and flexible. Candidates at all degree levels are eligible, but preference will be given to master’s and doctoral candidates. There are 3 Open Study Research Awards available for all of the South Pacific Island Nations.<\/p>\n