Fulbright New Zealand Travel Awards

Fulbright New Zealand Travel Awards are for New Zealand academics, artists or professionals to visit the US for 12 to 90 days in order to present their work to American audiences.

Travel Award exchanges must include at least one major presentation. Grantees are encouraged to maximise the impact of their award by supplementing their main proposed activity with others including additional public talks, collaboration with American colleagues, visits to sites of interest etc. Fulbright New Zealand Travel Awards are not intended for research trips.

Appromimately twelve awards are offered each year.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must:

• have a suitable academic background (PhD completed or in progress), or equivalent artistic or professional training or experience
• be confirmed to make at least one major presentation in the US. Poster presentations will not be funded
• not have held another Fulbright award in the past two years, and otherwise comply with the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board's policy on Previous Fulbright Grants
• meet the citizenship requirements for this award:

Citizenship requirements

• are a New Zealand citizen
• AND are not a permanent resident or citizen of the US
• AND are not currently living in the US
  

Entitlement

• Up to NZ$5,000 to assist with costs associated with a short-term visit to the US

Fulbright New Zealand aims to assist as many applicants as possible with their short term exchanges, so full grants of $5,000 are seldom awarded. Grants in recent years have averaged approximately $3,000. Grantees are expected to contribute to their own travel and secure additional sources of funding wherever possible.

Fulbright New Zealand Travel Awards are intended to contribute towards travel (international and domestic), accommodation and per diem expenses. They are not intended for the purchase of equipment or any other research costs.

Award conditions

• If selected for an award, you will be required to undertake a full medical examination
• US immigration documentation must be completed from within New Zealand
• International travel will only be funded between New Zealand and the US
• Your planned departure for the US must be at least eight weeks after the application closing date
• You must stay in the US for a minimum of 12 days, but less than 90 days, and make at least one major presentation during your stay
• If you are unable to take up the award for any reason the award lapses and any award payments must be returned
• You must provide a report to Fulbright New Zealand upon your return to New Zealand
• In keeping with US immigration requirements and the philosophy of the Fulbright Programme, you will be required to return to New Zealand for a minimum of two years before becoming eligible for permanent residency in the US

Fulbright orientation

It was Senator J William Fulbright's mission to build peace through the mutual understanding of cultures. Fulbright applicants and grantees are expected to understand and support this mission.

Application process

• Complete the application form and send it with the requested support documents by the application deadline
• You will be advised of the outcome of your application within eight weeks

Application Pack:

travel-appl.doc (242kB)

Further information

For further information about Fulbright New Zealand Travel Awards, contact our Programme Administrator Kameswari Vanka.

Fulbright New Zealand has Campus Advisers stationed on all major New Zealand campuses. Our Advisers are all Fulbright alumni who are available to discuss their exchange experiences with students and staff, as well as to give basic information about our awards.