The-Fulbright-FLTA-Program

Application Deadline: Varying by Country

The Fulbright FLTA Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). As part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, the Fulbright FLTA Program is designed to develop Americans’ knowledge of foreign cultures and languages by supporting teaching assistantships in over 30 languages at hundreds of U.S. institutions of higher education.

The Fulbright FLTA Program provides young teachers of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of American cultures and customs while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States.

The program offers educators from over 50 countries the opportunity to develop their professional skills and gain first-hand knowledge of the U.S., its culture and its people.

U.S. campuses enhance their teaching of languages and expose students to a true understanding of people of different nations. Like the more than 1,800 Foreign Fulbright Fellows that enter U.S. academic programs each year, Fulbright FLTAs apply to the program through the Fulbright Commission/Foundation or U.S. Embassy in their home countries. The Institute of International Education (IIE) arranges academic placement for most Fulbright FLTA nominees and supervise participants during their stay in the United States.

Eligibility Requirements:

To participate in the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA), the applicant must:

have completed undergraduate education and hold a degree equivalent to a bachelor’s degree.
Application details and grant terms for the Fulbright Program vary by country of citizenship and program.

Potential applicants should consult individual country pages for program availability and contact information or see a list of current programs.

Kenya: http://nairobi.usembassy.gov/resources/exchange-programs.html
Mali: http://mali.usembassy.gov/exchanges.html
Nigeria: http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/flta.html – April 30 2016
South Africa:http://za.usembassy.gov
Tanzania: http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/flta.html

North Africa

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For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA)

For: Young Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

What: The opportunity to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of American cultures and customs while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States.

Appplication Deadline: April 30 2013

The Fulbright FLTA Program provides young teachers of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of American cultures and customs while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States.

Program Length

One Academic Year

Eligibility and Application Overview

To participate in the Fulbright Foreign Languate Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA), the applicant must:

have completed undergraduate education and hold a degree equivalent to a bachelor’s degree.

Application details and grant terms for the Fulbright Program vary by country of citizenship and program. Potential applicants should consult individual country pages for program availability and contact information or see a list of current programs.

Program Eligibility Details

In the 50 countries with a Fulbright Commission, applicants must meet citizenship requirements as defined by the binational agreement. In countries where the program is administered by the U.S. Embassy, applicants must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident qualified to hold a valid passport issued by that country.

Applicants cannot hold citizenship in a partner country and U.S. citizenship/permanent residency.

See contact information on the participating country pages for specific eligibility requirements and limits on numbers of awards.

Program Application Details

The Fulbright Program’s application process is lengthy and rigorous, and prospective applicants are encouraged to consider carefully their intentions, goals, future plans and prospective projects before applying for a Fulbright grant. The competition for Fulbright Program grants is merit-based. Candidates are selected based on a variety of factors, that may include (but are not limited to):

academic qualifications,
project feasibility,
personal leadership ability,
available grant funds.

Fulbright operates on a yearly application cycle, which generally (but not in all cases) opens approximately 15 months before the anticipated start of the grant with a deadline approximately 11 or 12 months before the grant’s start date.

Because a variety of cooperating agencies, binational Commissions and U.S. Embassies administer the Fulbright Program in the participating countries, this site neither provides nor accepts applications directly.

Eligible Countries from Africa for the The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant

North Africa

Sub Saharan Africa

Institute of International Education
Attn: FLTA Program
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Fax: +1 (212) 984-5578
General E-mail: [email protected]

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Eligibility and Application Overview