April 1 Is Deadline For New Fulbright Awards To Vietnam

3-5-98
University Park, Pa. -- The U.S. Information Agency recently announced a new Fulbright Scholar program in Vietnam for 1998-99, with plans to have up to six scholars in Vietnam by September 1998.

Five of the awards are open to scholars in the following fields: American studies or American history; international and agricultural economics; law, with a preference for specialists in commercial, international and environmental law; and environmental policy, especially for those with expertise in the protection of marine environments. There may be some opportunities for awardees to engage in collaborative research.

The sixth award is in the field of higher education administration. Applicants should be senior administrators or senior scholars in this field with extensive international consulting experience. The award recipient will advise the Ministry of Education and Training and conduct workshops on U.S. higher education models and on planning and implementing higher education reform.

Fulbright awards to Vietnam this year are not open to scholars in other fields and there are no research awards. For more information, contact Penn State's Office of International Programs at (814) 865-0414 or David Adams, Fulbright program officer for Vietnam at (202) 686-4021 or by e-mail to dadams@cies.iie.org. The deadline for applications is April 1.