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NIAF Fulbright Programs

What is Fulbright?

The program is designed to provide opportunities for personal development and international experience, through study and research programs at the post-graduate level in all disciplines. It serves graduating seniors, recent bachelor’s degree graduates, master’s and Ph.D. candidates, young professionals and artists.

The deadline for all student awards for the 2019-2020 academic year passed on October 9, 2018.

The US-Italy Fulbright Programs
The Fulbright program in Italy offers opportunities for U.S. citizens in two main categories, the Fulbright Student Program and the Fulbright Scholar Program. Learn more about the programs on Fulbright’s website.
70 Years of US-Italy Collaboration with Fulbright
Learn more about NIAF’s close relationship with the Fulbright Program and the promotion of education
opportunities in Italy as well as the United States.

NIAF-Fulbright Partnership Programs

Fulbright-NIAF-Georgetown University Research Lectureship in Education

The grant aims to support an Italian elementary/middle school teacher or university lecturer/researcher with research interests in early childhood intervention, teaching methodologies and special needs for a 4 to 6-month research lectureship at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Learn more about this program on Fulbright’s website.

2019-2020 Academic Year
Application Deadlines
February 2, 2019 – CLOSED

The grant aims to support an Italian elementary/middle school teacher or university lecturer/researcher with research interests in early childhood intervention, teaching methodologies and special needs for a 4 to 6-month research lectureship at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Learn more about this program on Fulbright’s website.

Fulbright Fondazione Falcone-NIAF Scholarship in Criminology.

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), Fondazione Falcone and Fulbright, are pleased to announce the Fulbright Fondazione Falcone-NIAF Scholarship in Criminology. Starting in August 2017, one American student and one Italian student will receive funding to carry out research in criminology. The American student will work ¬¬with the “Fondazione Giovanni e Francesca Falcone” in Palermo, Sicily and the Italian student will conduct research at a prestigious university in the United States. This award aims to promote the exchange of the values of the rule of law and legality among young people and to combat the presence of the mafia culture today
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The ideal candidate for this award is a student with future plans for an academic/professional career in the field of Law and Criminology as well as a special interest in relevant issues related to Sicily and the promotion of the rule of law. Candidates with projects involving interdisciplinary studies related to Criminology, such as Law, Economics, Sociology, Education, Anthropology, are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to graduate students.

Recipients of the award can choose to carry out research for a period of six to nine months. The amount of the award will depend on the length of the participant’s stay.

Application Deadline for the 2019-2020 Academic Year: Application is temporarily suspended for the 2019-2020 academic year.

NIAF-Fulbright Partnership Programs
Fulbright Award for a Master’s in Public Administration at SDA BOCCONI, Milano

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The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Program

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The Fulbright Open Study/Research Awards in all Disciplines 2017-2018

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Fulbright Grant in Deafness Studies 2017-2018

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Fulbright-Casten Family Foundation 2018-2018

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