Application Deadline: Varying by Country
The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA) brings international teachers to the United States for a six-week program that offers academic seminars for professional development at a host university. Participants observe classrooms and share their expertise with teachers and students at the host university and at local secondary schools.
The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and is administered by IREX.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Current secondary level, full-time teachers of English, English as a foreign language (EFL), math, science, or social studies, including special education teachers in those subjects at an institution serving primarily a local population
- Five years of full-time teaching experience
- Citizen and resident of participating Fulbright TEA country
- Other requirements as indicated in the application
Applicants from the following countries are eligible:
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Panama
- Peru
- Russia
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- West Bank/Gaza
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Fellowship worth:
- J-1 visa support;
- A pre-departure orientation held in participant’s home country;
- Round-trip airfare to and within the U.S.;
- A Welcome Program at the host university;
- Academic program fees;
- Housing (generally shared with other program fellows) and meals;
- Accident and sickness medical insurance coverage (does not cover pre-existing conditions);
- Transportation to the practicum school (if necessary);
- A daily allowance for incidentals during the university academic program;
- A professional development allowance;
- A baggage allowance;
- An end-of-program workshop in Washington, D.C., and
- The opportunity to apply for alumni small grants for alumni in good standing.
Key Dates
| Mid-end April 2018 | Paper screening of the applications |
| Mid May 2018 | TOEFL Testing/Interviews |
| September 2018 | Notifications of Finalists |
| December 2018 | Pre-Departure Orientation Cohort I |
| Late January-March 2019 | U.S. Program Dates Cohort I |
| July 2019 | Pre-Departure Orientation Cohort II |
| September-November 2019 | U.S. Program Dates Cohort II |
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program 2018/2019