Overview

The Department of State, as the sponsor of the Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, in tandem with the Institute of International Education (IIE) and its affiliate, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), administrative partners for the Senior Scholar Program, have established a program of small institutional grants known as the Alumni Initiatives Awards. Now in its third year, the program provides Fulbright Senior Scholar Alumni, both Americans and Visiting Scholars, the opportunity to develop and sustain ongoing contacts and partnerships initiated as a result of their Fulbright experiences abroad.

Program Description

The objective of the AIA program is to help translate the individual Fulbright experience into long-term institutional impact. To this end, the program provides small institutional grants to Fulbright alumni to develop innovative projects that will foster institutionally supported linkages and sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships between the Fulbright scholar's home and host institutions.

The AIA competition is open to proposals submitted jointly by U.S. or Visiting Scholar Fulbright alumni and their host institution partners. Although either a U.S. or Visiting Scholar alum may initiate the application process, all awards will be administered through the US institution.

AIA awards are institutional grants and are administered through the U.S. partner institution. It is anticipated that up to 30 awards ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 will be made, depending on availability of funding. The award duration is up to two years.

Proposals should focus on one main activity that fulfills the objectives of the AIA program. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Development of joint curriculum, joint distance-learning courses or joint academic programs,
• summer seminars or institutes for students, faculty, or administrators,
• faculty/administrator development,
• student/faculty/administrative exchanges,