These grants are excellent professional development opportunities and provide funding to pursue professional interests abroad. For U.S. candidates, grants are available to nearly 148 countries. U.S. candidates have an August 1 deadline for lecturing or research awards. Non-U.S. candidates apply in their home country for awards to come to the United States. Opportunities exist in every area of the social sciences, arts and humanities, sciences, and many professional fields.
Most awards are at the postdoctoral level.
Ph.D. is the typical requirement. Opportunities also exist for professionals who have comparable professional qualifications or individuals in the arts, library science, law, etc., who hold the normal terminal degree in the field. Successful candidates have been two and four-year faculty, lawyers, journalists, academic administrators, government officials, independent artists and scholars, nonacademic scientists, etc. Awards range in duration from two months to a full academic year. The majority of teaching assignments are in English.