[4eyes] FW: Fulbright-Finland message #32, February 7, 2013 / Promoting Fulbright opportunities to Americans

Thu Feb 7 08:53:45 PST 2013

I am forwarding an email regarding opportunities for study in Finland under
the Fulbright program. For people interested in computer vision or
human-computer interaction, I have good contacts at a couple universities in
Finland who would be happy to host a UCSB Fulbright Scholar.

See below for more info
.

                Matthew

From: Fulbright Center [mailto:Office at fulbright.fi] 
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:35 AM
To: Fulbright Center
Subject: Fulbright-Finland message #32, February 7, 2013 / Promoting
Fulbright opportunities to Americans

Dear Fulbrighters,

Greetings from Finland!  And welcome to all new subscribers to our
Fulbright-Finland network!

This message is particularly focused on opportunities for Americans to apply
for Fulbright awards to Finland.  We hope you can help us promote our grant
programs, and Finland, by forwarding some of this information to your
students and colleagues who might be interested in considering a scholarly
visit to Finland. 

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARDS

On the U.S. program side, the application period for the 2014-2015 Fulbright
American Scholar Grants to Finland is now open. Your help to get this
information out to interested prospective grantees will be very much
appreciated. We hope you will share your Finnish experience with others and
encourage them to consider applying for a Fulbright grant to Finland.

The deadline for the 2014-2015 Fulbright scholar applications to Finland is
August 1, 2013. Interested applicants receive further information from the
Fulbright Center website Grant Programs section at
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/grant-programs>
http://www.fulbright.fi/en/grant-programs. Information is also available
from CIES; the Distinguished Chairs at  <http://www.cies.org/chairs>
www.cies.org/chairs and for all the other awards at
<http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards>
www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards

SHORT-TERM GRANTS FOR US SCHOLARS

Sometimes a semester or a full academic year is too long to be away from
home. In addition to the traditional one or two semester awards, the
Fulbright Program offers opportunities for shorter visits under the
Fulbright Specialists Program that has now been reinstated for Europe! More
information about that can be found at  <http://www.cies.org/Specialists/>
http://www.cies.org/Specialists/  and on our website: 

<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/professionals-specialists-and-teachers-various-f
ields/fulbright-specialists-program>
http://www.fulbright.fi/en/professionals-specialists-and-teachers-various-fi
elds/fulbright-specialists-program .

FULBRIGHT STUDENT AWARDS

The application period for the 2014-2015 US student awards will open in May,
2013 and the deadline for applications is usually in mid-October. Further
information is available at  <http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html>
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html . 

TEACHER AWARDS

The Fulbright Center in Finland also participates in the Distinguished
Fulbright Awards in Teaching program that sends highly accomplished primary
and secondary school teachers from the U.S. to Finland and brings Finnish
teachers to the U.S for a semester-long program. More information is
available at
<http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/distinguished-fulbright-awards-in-t
eaching-program>
http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/distinguished-fulbright-awards-in-te
aching-program .

INFORMATION

To assist you in talking with your colleagues and contacts about our grants,
we have prepared brochures, handouts, and PowerPoints about the Finnish
Fulbright Program. We would be happy to send you the material if you would
find it helpful. Just let us know! As an example, I have added an
announcement at the end of this message with a compilation of Fulbright
programs available for Americans planning to come to Finland with direct
links to further information. Please feel free to forward the announcement
to your friends and colleagues. In addition, the Fulbright Center website
<http://www.fulbright.fi> http://www.fulbright.fi “Grant Programs” section
includes plenty of information about the programs. “Destination Finland”
section, on the other hand, is designed to discuss Finland as a country and
the opportunities it offers.

INVITING YOUR FINNISH COLLEAGUES TO THE US 

Please note that there are opportunities within the Fulbright Program for
you or for your colleagues to invite a Finnish scholar to lecture and
collaborate with you in the United States. The Scholar-in-Residence Program
(SIR) offers lecturing grants for an academic semester or a year. To learn
more about hosting a Finnish colleague through the SIR Program, please
visit:  <http://www.cies.org/sir/> http://www.cies.org/sir/ Additionally,
the ASLA-Fulbright Research Grants for Scholars also include a possibility
to do some teaching during the grant period in the United States. And as
usual, the Center will be awarding over dozen grants for graduate students
for study and/or research projects in the United States for 2014-2015.

VISITING FINLAND 

If you have a chance to visit this part of the world, do remember that our
doors at the Fulbright Center are always open to you! To entice you to
visit, there are several events scheduled that might coincide with your
travel calendar. The Orientation Seminar for our new Finnish grantees will
take place on Monday 13 May 2013 and for our arriving US grantees on 27 – 30
August 2013.  Both seminars include a reception which you are also welcome
to attend if you happen to be in Finland.  The America in Living Color
Seminar sponsored by the Fulbright Center will be held in Tampere on March
14-15, and the American Voices Seminar will be held in Turku in October
2013. The ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association is also organizing several
events and you are always warmly welcome to join in those whenever here --
one coming up is their 6th annual ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Golf Tournament in
June.

Finally, I would like to warmly thank everyone for your feedback over the
recent months and for keeping us informed of your news as well as of
suggestions for services and outreach. Please continue to send them! And
since our biannual Fulbright Center News is going to print soon we also have
a chance to put your news in the “Connections Corner” column, if you’d like.

Parhain terveisin / with best wishes,

Terhi Mölsä 

Executive Director

Fulbright Center, Finland

 <mailto:terhi.molsa at fulbright.fi> terhi.molsa at fulbright.fi 

________________________

This message was sent to you through the "FULBRIGHT-FINLAND" list maintained
by the Fulbright Center in Helsinki. It is a mailing list for all former
American Fulbright grantees to Finland. The list helps us share our news and
keep in touch with our alumni after they have returned home from their
Fulbrights in Finland. In addition, subscribers to the list include many
Finnish Fulbright alumni who are currently residing in the United States. A
few brief updates are sent annually. Your contact information is kept
confidential. However, we reserve the right to share it with the Finnish
Embassy in Washington DC and the two Finnish Consulates Generals (NYC and
LA) for the sole purpose of communication of their events, projects, and
meetings that might be of interest to you.

Please keep us informed of any changes in your contact information, so that
you will receive our mailings also in the future. Our new database is now
quite functional and seeking to have more and current data from you!  For
the mailing list, the e-mail address is naturally needed, but we would
appreciate having your current postal address as well. If you should not
want to receive our messages, please notify us by sending an e-mail message
to  <mailto:office at fulbright.fi> office at fulbright.fi.

We would also like to ask for your assistance in reaching other alumni. If
you are in touch with a fellow "Finland-Fulbrighter" who is not yet on the
list, please let them know about the Fulbright-Finland list and ask them to
join by sending a quick e-mail to  <mailto:office at fulbright.fi>
office at fulbright.fi.

Thank you!

Fulbright Center, Helsinki

 <http://www.fulbright.fi> www.fulbright.fi  

________________________

Possibilities for Americans to spend a Fulbright period in Finland

Please find below a collection of the Fulbright programs available for
Americans planning to come to Finland. The grant programs are available for
students, researchers, lecturers, teachers and specialists in different
fields. You will find detailed information on each of the grant programs by
clicking them below.

 Fulbright Program for U.S. Students

*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/programs-american-citizens/graduate-studies-and-
pre-doctoral-research> Finnish Fulbright Program for U.S. Students
The Fulbright Center awards grants to U.S students who hold a minimum of
Bachelor's degree. Academically talented graduating seniors may also apply
before having the degree in hand.

Fulbright Program for U.S. Scholars

The Fulbright Center awards grants to enable Finnish institutions of higher
education to invite American scholars to hold temporary lecturing or
lecturing/researching positions. The grants are awarded for periods ranging
from a few days up to a full academic year.

*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/sites/default/files/Liitetiedostot/Stipendiohjelmat
/Korkeakouluille/amerikkalaisetfulbright-luennoitsijat-hakuohje.pdf>
Instructions for Finnish institutions inviting American scholars (pdf in
Finnish)

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program

*	 <http://www.fulbright.fi/en/node/156> Fulbright Bicentennial Chair
in American Studies
*	 <http://www.fulbright.fi/en/node/157> Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished
Chair in Information and Communications Technologies
*	 <http://www.fulbright.fi/en/node/158> Fulbright-Aalto University
Distinguished Chair

Core Fulbright Scholar Program

Grants for an Academic Semester or Academic Year (Doctoral degree holders or
professionals)

*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-an
d-specialists/core-fulbright-scholar-program-all> Core Fulbright Scholar
Program
*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-an
d-specialists/fulbright-haaga-helia-scholar-award> Fulbright-HAAGA-HELIA
Scholar Award
*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-an
d-specialists/fulbright-saastamoinen-foundation> Fulbright-Saastamoinen
Foundation Grant in Health and Environmental Sciences
*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-an
d-specialists/fulbright-tampere-university> Fulbright-Tampere University of
Technology Scholar Award
*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-an
d-specialists/fulbright-university-turku-scholar> Fulbright-University of
Turku Scholar Award
*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-an
d-specialists/fulbright-vtt-grant-science-technology> Fulbright-VTT Grant in
Science, Technology and Innovation
*
<http://www.fulbright.fi/en/professionals-specialists-and-teachers-various-f
ields/mid-career-professional-development-program> Mid-Career Professional
Development

Fulbright-Schuman Program

Available for applicants of all levels and field of studies

*	 <http://www.fulbrightschuman.eu/> Fulbright-Schuman Program

Grants for Short-term Visits

*	 <http://www.fulbright.fi/en/node/273> Inter-Country Travel Grant 
*	 <http://www.fulbright.fi/en/node/159> Specialists Program

Fulbright Program for Teachers and Educators

*	 <http://www.fulbright.fi/en/node/160> Distinguished Fulbright
Awards in Teaching
The Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching program recognizes and
encourages excellence in teaching in the United States and abroad.

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