The Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowships aim to provide Indian faculty, researchers, and professionals the opportunity to teach, conduct research, or carry out a combination of teaching and research at a U.S. institution.

Applications are invited for the fellowship in various fields like Agricultural Sciences; Anthropology; Bioengineering; Chemistry; Computer Science Earth Sciences; Economics and many more.

Applications must be submitted online at: https://apply.iie.org/fvsp2024/ and the closing date of application is July 17,2023 .

For the application faculty/researchers must have a Ph.D. degree with at least five years of relevant teaching/research/professional experience and the professionals outside academe must have a master’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience.

The fellowships provide a J-1 visa support, a monthly stipend, Accident and Sickness Program for Exchanges, round-trip economy class air travel, a modest settling-in allowance, and a professional allowance.

These fellowships are for four to nine months and the program will begin in August/September 2024.

Applications will be reviewed in September 2023, and the shotlisted candidate will be called for an interview in early November 2023.

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