2018 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) - Deadline June 6

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The US Department of Education (DOE) announced that the 2018 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) competition opened today, May 16, 2018. The project dates are October 1, 2018, through March 31, 2020.  DDRA research projects may be any consecutive 6-12 months during that period.

 

The DDRA program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.  The program is particularly interested in funding “A research project conducted in the field of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, education (comparative or international), international development, political science, public health, or economics.” (from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/16/2018-10476/applications-for-new-awards-fulbright-hays-doctoral-dissertation-research-abroad-fellowship-program)

 

The campus deadline will be June 6, 2018, 4pm PDT.  More information can be found here and here. Note that the Graduate Division website hasn’t been updated yet with the new campus deadlines.

 

We will be offering two more information sessions:

  • Wednesday, May 23, 2018, Noon-1:30 p.m., 130 Boyer Hall; RSVP here
  • Thursday, June 21, 2018, Noon-1:30 p.m., 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building; RSVP here

 

Lunch will be provided.

 

Please pass along to those who will be advanced to doctoral candidacy by at least October 1, 2018.

 

If you or your students have questions regarding the DDRA program, please contact UCLA Fellowships (uclafellowship@grad.ucla.edu / 310-825-1025) in 1228 Murphy Hall. Our new Fulbright-Hays coordinator will start on Monday, June 4.  In the meantime, Shannon Yu (syu@grad.ucla.edu) and I will be able to help potential applicants.

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