IRISH FLTA Awards

Grant Information

FLTA Awards comprise:

• A monetary award to support travel, living and related expenses in the U.S.
• Tuition and fees for four courses in the U.S.
• Accident and emergency insurance
• J-1 visa administration
• Cultural / orientation programming. FLTAs are required to attend a pre-departure orientation in Ireland and a U.S.-based orientation during the summer of 2018. FLTAs are also required to attend a mid-year enrichment conference in the U.S.
• a requirement to submit reports
• and J-1 visa administration. Awardees MUST comply with THE TWO-YEAR HOME-COUNTRY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT associated with the J-1 visa. Awardees will not be eligible for a U.S. residency or work visa until they have fulfilled the J-1 visa two-year home residency requirement.

Eligibility:

All applicants apply directly to the Fulbright Commission. If successful, FLTAs are placed at a university in the U.S. Potential awardees must be willing to accept the placement that is offered as there will not be a second offer.

Fulbright FLTA applicants must:

• have a postgraduate degree or diploma with a minimum 2.1 (consideration will be given to those with a 2.2 in their primary degree if they have achieved excellence in a postgraduate degree; consideration will also be given to those with just a primary degree but excellent Irish language teaching experience)
• be an Irish citizen, or E.U. citizen living in ROI for the past 3+ years
• not be a dual U.S.-Irish citizen, green card holder, or currently living in the U.S.
• not already have extensive experience of studying or living in the U.S.

In addition, applicants must demonstrate academic and personal excellence, a strong rationale for going to the U.S., a robust program of study or research, strong leadership skills or potential, and an understanding and commitment to the ethos of being a Fulbrighter. Please note that a number of sponsored awards have more specific eligibility criteria, see the relevant sponsored award flyer for details.

Please see the FAQs for more information.

How to Apply?

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE. Once you have registered, you will receive the link to the online application system and the Irish guidelines from our Awards Managers. If you do not receive this email within 3 working days, please check your spam/junk folder and then contact us on 01 660 7670..

Fulbright Campus Ambassadors are available to assist Fulbright applicants on-campus at 19 Higher Education Institutions around Ireland, find out more about Ambassadors here.

Deadline

The application period for 2021-2022 Irish Awards is now open with a deadline of 4pm, 2 November 2020.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications earlier than the deadline so they can be checked for completeness and any issues rectified before the deadline.

If all required materials are not in by the deadline your application will be disqualified.