Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Today the U.S. Department of Education announced the award of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) grants, totaling more than $3.2 million, to 34 institutions of higher education. At these institutions, 84 individual fellowships were awarded to doctoral students to conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies, for periods of six to 12 months. Under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program, research projects deepen knowledge on and help the nation develop capability in areas of the world not generally included in U.S. curricula.
“We need increased international collaboration through education,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “Such collaboration can inform and strengthen our reform efforts nationally, even as it helps improve standards of teaching and learning—and fosters understanding—internationally.”
The Fulbright Program, of which the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program is a part, dates to 1946 when the late-U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright sponsored legislation to create the program as a means to increase mutual understanding between America and the rest of the world.
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program holds an annual competition, based on funding. Eligible applicants are American institutions of higher education. Students apply through the institution they are enrolled in.
Following are the recipients of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program:
Institution |
Total Institutional Award |
University of Michigan |
$112,637 |
University of Pennsylvania |
$100,482 |
George Mason University |
$59,075 |
University of Texas, Austin |
$54,664 |
University of Denver |
$20,292 |
Washington University |
$28,846 |
University of Wisconsin |
$112,302 |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
$70,939 |
New York University |
$154,846 |
Ohio State University |
$34,896 |
University of Virginia |
$29,622 |
Johns Hopkins University |
$55,924 |
University of Chicago |
$448,899 |
University of California, Berkeley |
$226,812 |
Michigan State University |
$143,724 |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
$44,581 |
Stanford University |
$146,030 |
Cornell University |
$150,224 |
Columbia University |
$66,702 |
University of California, Davis |
$33,059 |
University of Illinois |
$38,413 |
Auburn University |
$27,066 |
Harvard University |
$87,112 |
University of Florida |
$97,060 |
Northwestern University |
$53,927 |
Syracuse University |
$55,434 |
Brown University |
$57,784 |
Indiana University |
$93,740 |
University of Washington |
$41,175 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
$150,409 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
$264,208 |
Yale University |
$32,476 |
Georgetown University |
$104,536 |
Princeton University |
$41,880 |
Total for Prinicpal Awards |
$3,239,776 |
Source: ed.gov