Candidates are recruited through merit-based competition administered by ACIE and the Open Society Institute . U.S. host campuses are selected through a competitive process and generally provide tuition waivers of fifty or sixty percent. Currently, the Program operates in 140 countries. In Armenia the Fulbright Program is administered by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy to Armenia. For more information on the Fulbright Program, please visit the Fulbright and CIES homepages.
Fellowships are four to six months in length.
In consultation with their host advisers, RSEP scholars conduct research in the humanities and social sciences in order to make meaningful contributions to the advancement of higher education in their specific fields of study in their home countries. ACIE and the Kennan Institute receive grants to administer the program. This program awards fellowships to government officials, NGO leaders, and other professionals from the NIS engaged in the political, economic, social, and educational transformation of their countries. Fellows are placed at U.S. universities, think tanks, NGO's or U.S. Government offices. Fellows conduct research on topics related to the transition to democracy, free markets, and the building of a civil society in their countries.