The Commission also will reimburse participants in this program for the costs of local transportation to and from train stations/airports in the participant’s country of origin in Europe and in Hungary, if conventional public modes of transportation are taken and corresponding receipts are submitted. Please discuss travel arrangements with the Commission before booking tickets or making financial commitments. The Commission will not assume responsibility for contributing towards the costs of travel unless they have been cleared in advance. Please mail or fax these materials to the Commission in Budapest.
We also request that your institutional host provide the Commission with a brief invitation.

Procedures

1. Potential host institutions consult CIES' website (www.cies.org) to identify US Fulbright scholar in Europe whom they want to invite.

2. Potential host institutions forward their invitation by e-mail to their local binational Commission. A typical invitation letter should include the following:

• dates of the event
• activity in which the US Fulbright scholar will be involved
• form of cost-sharing proposed by the inviting institution
• form of acknowledgement of the Fulbright support

4. If selected, the grantee will be responsible for making his or her own travel arrangements. Please note that grants are made on the basis of an economy class return travel, by the most direct route. Receipts should be kept and forwarded to the participating binational commission with bank information to facilitate rapid transfer of the funds.

5. Participating binational commissions usually require a short narrative report of grant experience before reimbursing travel expenses.