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This form is in two parts:Part One: Exploring FeasibilityPart Two: Establishing Viability

Exploring Feasibility CONTENTSSection 1: IntroductionSection 2: ComprehensionSection 3: Host Country Section 4: Project Section 5: Contact InfoSection 6: Spectrum

Establishing Viability CONTENTSSection 1: Summary Section 2: Language Section 3: Rationale Section 4: ConsultantsSection 5: Excellence Section 6: Mission

Don’t be daunted by the length or detail of this Registration – it’s meant to be done in stages and, when complete, you will have much of the Fulbright application itself prepared.Go in as deep as you want for now up to or beyond the minimum requirement.

Completion of Part 1 Sections 1, 2 & 5 and most of Part 2 Sections 2 & 4 is required for initial assessment. Completion of the remaining Part One sections is preferred but optional to begin. It is recommended that the rest of Part 2 be left until we are sure Part 1 is sufficiently feasible to warrant continuing.

Do not view this Registration as a whole because it looks a lot more than it is.Much is just information and, if you keep your answers brief, you will zoom through it.Simply answer one question at a time and enjoy the self-discovery!

WHEN you send in this form, SAY in your email message WHICH Parts, Sections and Questions you have FILLED in (try to answer all straightforward questions for which you already have answers).

Research Fulbright Registration Form


Always update answers with latest information (such as newer Transcript and Resume) every time before resending.

PART ONE: EXPLORING FEASIBILITY

PART ONE CONTENTSSection 1: Introduction

Section 2: ComprehensionSection 3: Host Country

Section 4: ProjectSection 5: Contact Info

Section 6: Spectrum

Part One Section One: INTRODUCTION

Although you answered some of these questions on the Preparations Level, they must be asked again because your situation may have changed.

1. DATE FORM STARTED: ● 2. SMITH STUDENT OFFICIAL LEGAL NAME. 1st & last only.●

3. OTHER NAME YOU MOSTLY USE?●

4. YOUR EXPECTED SMITH GRADUATION MONTH & YEAR.(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application Student Record Form): ●

5. YOUR YEAR & SEMESTER NOW OR OCCUPATION (e.g. 2nd semester spring junior, or rising senior) Update this information before resending: ●

6. YOUR AGE TODAY:●

7. LIST ALL CITIZENSHIP/S.(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application questions 28 and 29) Must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible. Documented proof will be required.If you also have citizenship of the country to which you want to apply, check your target host country summaryhttp://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regionsto see if they allow you to do a Fulbright there holding their citizenship:●

8. BIRTH PLACE & DATE? (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 9): ●


http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regions


9. WHEN DO YOU WISH TO DO YOUR FULBRIGHT? (e.g. Academic year following graduation and actual year dates):●

10. CURRENT OVERALL CUMULATIVE SMITH-ONLY GPA. (End-Junior year GPA will be used for Fulbright Application question 23) Same as on your Smith transcript pasted in below:●

11. MAJOR/S & MINOR, SPECIAL STUDIES, HONORS THESIS, ETC. OR GRADUATE DEGREE. (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application questions 22 and 25) Give name, topic or subject of special studies or honors thesis.Say what each is (major, minor) with last semester letter grades for each (just letter grades as shown on your transcript pasted below, not course titles).If in doubt how much info to give, then just give more rather than less, including intended work such as honors thesis:●

12. HAVE YOU PASTED YOUR RESUME – consult Fulbright Resume Guidehttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register_resume.php– with detail of sought-after attributes, AT THE VERY END OF THIS FORM?(There are questions further down in this form where you explain/elaborate on resume items.)●

13. HAVE YOU PASTED YOUR BANNER TRANSCRIPT – follow instructions EXACTLY as in Fulbright Transcript Guide http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register_transcript.phpincluding the “testing” – JUST ABOVE YOUR RESUME AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FORM?●

Part One Section 2: COMPREHENSION


1. STUDENT ID. Acts as a signature certifying all Registration information above and below as true:●

2. ARE YOU STILL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY ACCORDING TO BOTH THE SMITH AND THE FULBRIGHT REQUIREMENTS? (Briefly list your qualifiers in point-form and note any shortfalls):http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/eligibility.php●

& THOSE ON THE FULBRIGHT WEBSITE? http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/eligibility●

3. HAVE YOU STUDIED:


http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/eligibility

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/eligibility.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register_transcript.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register_resume.php


RESEARCH APPLICATION COMPONENTS?http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/academic●

OR ARTS APPLICATION COMPONENTS? http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/arts●

4. DID YOU READ? THESE SMITH FULBRIGHT PAGES:At ● answer Y (with comments or questions as desired) or N (and why):

1) Introduction to Programhttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/intro.php●

2) Smith College Deadlineshttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/deadlines.php●

3) Design Your Project: Fellowships Networkinghttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/design.php●

4) Smith Fulbrighter Alumnae / FAB: Fellows Advice Bureauhttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/network_fab.php●

5. HAVE YOU READ OUR FULBRIGHT REGISTRATION INTRODUCTION? http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register.php●

6. HAVE YOU READ OUR FULBRIGHT REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS?http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register_instruct.php●

7. HAVE YOU PROVIDED, AS INSTRUCTED, ANSWERS FOR THIS REGISTRATION FORM one space after the bullets in 12 point Times New Roman light face (Regular) upper & lower case without semi-colons or editing the questions?●

8. HAVE YOU ENTERED YOUR INFORMATION IN THE HEADER?Overwrite the prompts currently in the header with your information.Every time you resend the form, update the header date.For Research Field, enter your answer to Part 1 Section 4 Question 1.If unsure of which field, for now choose one as you can change this later.Enter this same information in all the interactive forms to come that will guide you through the process step by step, excluding any Field code number.●


http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register_instruct.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/register.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/network_fab.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/design.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/deadlines.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/intro.php

http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/arts

http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/academic


9. THE FORMATTING OF THIS WORD-DOC FORM MUST STAY THE WAY IT WAS.Have you preserved it as you found it online in Print Layout (via View) or Page View (Mac) and including 0.7 inch margins all around, 12pt TNR 108% and page numbers (which will change as you answer questions) and ONE open line space between questions, sections and parts?●

Part One Section 3: HOST COUNTRY

1. (a) IN WHICH HOST COUNTRY DO YOU WISH TO DO YOUR FULBRIGHT, AND 1. (b) WHY ARE YOU CHOOSING THIS COUNTRY, WHAT CONNECTS YOU TO IT? (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 2) See http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regionsList more than one if undecided. Because this is a critical choice, every word on the Fulbright website about a country must be taken seriously at face value, with intentions analyzed and nuances deciphered.They really mean what they say!For instance, if they say that students possessing such-and-such attributes or experience are preferred, then you are unlikely to be selected if you don’t have these qualities, given the high level of competitiveness – except graduating seniors are the overall preferred category, sometimes with extra funding, so this can equalize a stated preference for graduate students.At the end of the day, the strongest proposal wins, regardless, except of course if they say something emphatic like only graduate students may apply (versus just preferred).If you are borderline regarding these preferred standards or skills, weigh country choices further viahttp://us.fulbrightonline.org/statisticsIf the country description is ambiguous or unclear to you, email the FPA.If further clarification is required, ask the Country Manager at I.I.E. via http://us.fulbrightonline.org/component/content/article?id=105The Fulbright Commission or other authority (e.g. U.S. Consulate) in the host country can also be contacted.Many have a website listed at the end of the Country Description, in which you can usually find a contact email address that is sometimes itself listed at the end of the Country Description.It does not hurt to ask a question, and can also help for reasons beyond the question itself, although check with your FPA first before emailing your prospective country because there are sometimes better ways to phrase queries.Multi-country applications (usually for PhD dissertations) are not accepted by Smith, nor are applications to countries not on Fulbright’s main Participating Countries list:● (a)● (b)

2. (a) HOW MUCH TIME TOTAL IN YEARS & MONTHS (also when doing what) HAVE YOU SPENT IN YOUR HOST COUNTRY?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 19): ●

2. (b) HOW HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE ON-THE-GROUND EVERYDAY REALITIES OF LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN, AND NAVIGATING YOUR WAY AROUND, THE HOST COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE?●


http://us.fulbrightonline.org/component/content/article?id=105

http://us.fulbrightonline.org/statistics



3. WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR HOST COUNTRY & REGION?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application Personal Statement and this question is in our Campus Evaluation that forms part of Smith’s sponsorship of your application):●

4. WHAT LEVEL OF HOST-COUNTRY LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY according to the Country Description found via http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regionsDO THEY PREFER?●

5. WHAT LEVEL OF THE HOST-COUNTRY LANGUAGE/S in your own self-assessment DO YOU COMMAND?(Answer may be used for Fulbright Application Form 7 and Question 18): ●

6. HOW MANY YEARS AT COLLEGE WILL YOU HAVE STUDIED THIS/THESE LANGUAGE/S BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application Form 7)A minimum of two years is usually required, or equivalent level of competency, but of course not all languages are taught in college: ●

Part One Section 4: PROJECT

1. FIELD OF PROPOSED STUDY &/or RESEARCH. (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 4) From the two lists at the end of Part Two below, pick the one subject field closest to your research project or proposed studies OR Creative Art application, a Field of Study the same as or related to your Major preferably, or to your Minor or Concentration, or to research you have done, or other experience such as courses taken and papers written, or field or volunteer work with an org or prof.In other words, a field most closely related to your background, to what you already know and have experience in -- which supports your case for being able to conduct the research you are proposing.For now, you can name a couple that most closely categorize your proposal if one alone doesn’t quite capture it for you.

Note for primarily Study applications:If applying for a degree program: 1) name the university, 2) and the graduate degree exactly as it is called on their website, and 3) give the URL link to this, and still also give the Field of Study from the list at the end of this form.Full Grants for Study (such as for a degree) we at Smith call Research grants because, even if you only Study, your studies, for Fulbright application purposes at least, must eventually include a research component that becomes the focus of, if not your studies, definitely of your Fulbright application.Graduate studies usually include a thesis or dissertation and it is your proposed area of specialization that must be addressed in your Fulbright Study “project” or proposal essay.It is not enough simply to say you want to study such-and-such although for now it is acceptable.You will identify a concentration within that field later in the process and map a research project to investigate further as part of your general studies of that field. Note for Creative Art applications:




You will in the first instance be judged on the strength of the portfolio of your work that you submit along with your written application:http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/artsThe judges make a short-list of the portfolios they like and only then do they read the written applications of those they short-list.●

2. TENTATIVE CONCEPT TOWARDS A DEFINITE PROJECT.(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 14B) What is the Research Question you seek to answer?What is at stake regarding this question in the host country? How is the question you wish to answer different from others’ findings?What research has already been done in this field in this country?Where is there a gap in the published research that you can fill with your project?(To help orientate yourself, read Part 2 Sections 3 & 4 questions now, where you will later elaborate).Focus on establishing and reinforcing one central idea, a narrow, realistic and manageable Project Concept. You have about nine months in the host country to complete the project which must be at the level of a recent baccalaureate graduate.You are allowed to design your own Project which may include for instance university courses or lab research, independent library/archive or field research, professional training in the arts and other fields, and a combination of these or other projects such as interning, volunteering or social entrepreneurship and so on.For ideas, see http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/prep/abstracts.php& @ http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regionsclick on your Region, then on your Country from the list on the right and, again in the right column, click on each Fellow to see their Proposal Summaries (these are more like Field of Study Project Titles).It is understood that at this stage your reply to this question may be only exploratory, and that you may simply float an idea to see how it is received.Avoid seeking to expose or explore negative aspects of countries because you are as much diplomat as scholar.Countries don’t want their dirty laundry hung up to embarrass them.Choose positive qualities about a country, achievements of which they can be proud.Even within a negative, a positive can often be found as your focus for instance when a country is making strides towards rectifying a shortcoming.So then you’d home in on this progress they are making and build a research project around that.This way you get to investigate the negativity that may disturb you but from a positive angle.Countries also don’t like their noses rubbed in a negativity they are well aware of and are dealing with. So avoid dredging up threadbare topics, themes that have been played ad nauseam.Because your Research Question will eventually become key to the viability and vitality of your whole application, do put as much preliminary thought into it as possible without delaying too long submission of this Registration.We are here to help but can do so only after gaining some sense, however tentative, of your intentions, wishes or thinking.Creative Arts applicants should, in addition to the above considerations, go to this pagehttp://us.fulbrightonline.org/application-tips/artslook under the heading “Statement of Grant Purpose”and provide below their tentative thoughts or responses to the 13 bullet items listed under


http://us.fulbrightonline.org/application-tips/arts


http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/prep/abstracts.php

http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components/arts


“Develop an intellectually-compelling and feasible project”and respond to the 7 bullet items listed under“Design a feasible project”(Your answers to these same 20 points [13+7] can also be used farther below to help cover the 7 bullet answers under Part 2 Section 3: RATIONALE):●

3. BACKGROUND RELATED TO PROJECT FIELD. (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application questions 22 to 27, plus this question is in our Campus Evaluation that forms part of Smith’s sponsorship of your application)Student's studies, courses & grades, honors, thesis, special studies, Collaborations, research, publications, Kahn, fellowships, papers, Blumberg, presentations, internships, jobs, volunteering, and other qualifications, knowledge or experience supporting her Proposed Project FieldThis also connects to the question above about your knowledge of existing research on your proposed topic:●

4. DO YOU SPEAK THE HOST COUNTRY LANGUAGE/S WELL ENOUGH TO CONDUCT YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 18 and Language Self-Evaluation): ●

Part One Section 5: CONTACT INFO

1 (a). SMITH EMAIL.Only Smith email addresses are used for/by students unless by prior arrangement with your FPA (and will be your Primary email in the Online Application form).It is the responsibility of program participants to check their Smith email frequently especially as campus deadlines approach.At times, the deadline-driven application process has to be accelerated at short notice.Prompt responsiveness is key to remaining a viable candidate throughout the precision fellowships application process:● 1 (b). ALTERNATE EMAIL. In addition to your Smith email, an Alternate non-Smith email address is required in the Online Application form for after end-September following graduation when your Smith email address will expire.(Open your own personal Gmail account now, if you don’t already have an Alternate email account):● 2. CELL PHONE NUMBER: ●

3. DORM ROOM PHONE EXT. OR RESIDENTIAL LANDLINE NO.:●

4. SKYPE NAME:●



5. CITY YOU LIVE IN NOW, DOING WHAT, & FOR HOW MUCH LONGER?●

6. NEXT PLACE/S YOU’LL BE FROM WHEN TO WHEN, DOING WHAT? (Don’t just say, e.g. “Interning, New York.” Give full detail. Name, organization, department & duties, etc.):●

7. UPCOMING WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER ACTIVITIES (give FULL details), DATES, ADDRESS, PHONE &/or FAX.Supply information for all seasonal breaks between now and next fall:●

8. ANY OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS BE CONTACTED BETWEEN NOW & END-OCTOBER OF YEAR OF APPLICATION:●

9. PERMANENT OR FAMILY OR PARENTS’ HOME ADDRESS/ES, PHONE/S, FAX &/or EMAIL/S SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS BE CONTACTED EVEN LATER Fulbright Application question 33 and page 5): ●

10. CAMPUS BOX:●

11. RELEVANT SMITH HOUSE:This must be the House you last lived in while attending Smith.If you enter the name of a House and then switch Houses, notify the FPA and [email protected] you have never lived on campus and do not have an association with any House, explain:●

12. HOW DOES YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE & GOOGLE SEARCH PROFILE PORTRAY YOU? People looking to select or employ you will find ways to see how you are presented online. There is little privacy left and we are all public persons, especially when our name appears online. With so much of presentation being about audience, how does your target Fulbright audience see you online?●

Part One Section 6: SPECTRUM


1. OTHER FIELDS &/or COUNTRIES/REGIONS OF CONCENTRATION or INTEREST?This could include other areas or fields you might be interested in applying for, or other regions or subjects you are familiar with which might be relevant to what you are proposing in this Registration.Give some detail of extent of specialization, experiential knowledge &/or focused study:●

2. WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF YOUR OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 19 and 20) How much time (where when doing what) have you spent in other countries?



●

3. OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS (listening, speaking, reading, writing)(Answer may be used for Fulbright Application questions 18 and Language Self-Evaluation/s)Demonstrates facility in learning languages and could be used as an argument for your ability to learn your host-country language fast or to improve your skill level in it rapidly: ●

4. EXPERIENCE ABROAD COMMENTS(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 21)What significant impressions, insights, or lessons learned did you gain during your time overseas? If you haven’t had the opportunity to travel overseas, mention why and discuss the impact you expect time overseas to have on your life at this point: ●

5. HOW MUCH TIME TOTAL IN YEARS & MONTHS HAVE YOU SPENT ABROAD THE PAST SIX YEARS?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application questions 19 and 20) Must be less than five years.Attending all of high school in your target country is also usually a disqualifier: ●

6. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF AN ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP, WHAT IS THE COMMON NAME FOR THIS GROUP? (You do not have to answer this question but answering it will help us help you):●

7. ARE YOU A FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT, OR A FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN (one or both parents born abroad)? IF SO, STATE WHICH AND, IF THE LATTER, WHERE YOUR PARENTS WERE BORN:●

8. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND, INCLUDING WHERE YOU WERE RAISED AND YOUR PARENTS’ OCCUPATIONS (Brief answers help us help you):●

9. ARE YOU UNDER CURRENT INDICTMENT FOR OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR (excluding minor traffic violations)?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application Student Record Form): ●

10. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN HONOR OR JUDICIAL BOARD CASE? If so, give some detail. Do not allow this to deter you from Registering as it is likely to be inapplicable & will be kept confidential. If you prefer not to answer this here, you may call or email the FPA to discuss it:●

11. IS THERE ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE NOW THAT MAY COME TO LIGHT LATER THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR CANDIDACY? If so, give some detail. Some examples would be leaving a study abroad program early, struggles to fit in and make new friends, shyness to speak up in class, afraid to talk to professors, embarrassed to ask questions. If you are taking or have taken a leave of absence from Smith, this should be explained here. If you have transferred schools



more than once, this would be a good place to discuss that. If you have special learning needs or any disabilities, or food, dietary or other restrictions, fears or safety concerns (which might be those of your parents) and so on, it is helpful for us to know this so that we can make accommodations and suggest suitable countries. If you are on any medication, again let's find a good fit for you. You need to be stationed in a place with the medical support services you may need, and with access to prescription drugs. Or you may need to be living in a city that is more liberal and accepting of differences so that you are not socially stifled -- or offensive to the locals. Perhaps you are having mental health, stress or emotional struggles, tension, depression, anxiety, overload, drug or alcohol problems. Or issues surrounding family, death, or identity questions of orientation, diversity, class, searching for roots, ancestral connection, religious concerns. Desire to stay with extended family or return to a host family, boyfriend or other love interest in the target country, are all factors worth raising to see how we may mesh them with Fulbright objectives. Nothing is necessarily disadvantageous except a lack of candor. But you are not compelled to divulge anything. This section is purely optional but do not answer N/A. If you prefer not to answer here, you may email the FPA to discuss this to see if it may be relevant. The FPA may consult a Class Dean confidentially with your information. Additionally, the information shared here will also be passed onto your or potential Faculty Fulbright Mentor/s, so do not record information here you wish to keep private. Better share this verbally with the FPA or with your Class Dean to relay to the FPA. If you do not want to divulge any information, answer "Confidential" below. Be aware that Fulbright Fellows are official representatives of the United States of America and that the State Department does a thorough check before awarding grants, as well as requiring medical reports. Bottom-line, answering this question helps you because it helps us help you figure the best route to take and not waste your time, and ours, pursuing an ill-fitting goal. If none of the above applies to you, then say so in a few words:●

PART TWO: ESTABLISHING VIABILITY

PART TWO CONTENTSSection 1: Summary Section 2: Language Section 3: Rationale

Section 4: ConsultantsSection 5: Excellence

Section 6: Mission

Part 2 Section 1: SUMMARY

1. ONE-LINER PROVISIONAL PROJECT TITLE. (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 14A) Max 90 characters (about 10 words). For examples, see http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/prep/abstracts.php & @ http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regionsclick on your region, then on your Country from the list on the right and, again in the right column, click on each Fellow to see their Proposal Summaries (which are more like Project Titles):●

2. ONE-SENTENCE POINTED ADVERTISEMENT HOOK. (Answer will be used for a Fulbright Application essay and question 14B)



http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/prep/abstracts.php


WHY IS YOUR PROJECT NOVEL, INTERESTING & ATTENTION-GRABBING? WHAT MAKES IT SO EXCITING IT STANDS OUT AS “MUST-DO” COMPELLING?Be billboard brief:●

3. ONE-SENTENCE TERSE HEADLINE STATEMENT. (Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 14B) WHY IS YOUR PROJECT IMPORTANT? WHAT’S ITS RELEVANCY? WHY WILL IT CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT, HOW, WHERE IN THE HOST COUNTRY? Say so succinctly:●

4. TWEET YOUR PROJECT TO THE WORLD(Answer will be used for a Fulbright Application essay and question 14B) Limited to 140 characters. A space is counted as a character:●

Part 2 Section 2: LANGUAGE

This section must be answered regardless of the country’s own language requirements except in the case of fully English-speaking countries where English is the only official language. (Answers will be used for Fulbright Application Form Language Self-Evaluation/s)

1. FIND YOUR COUNTRY’S REQUIRED LANGUAGE LEVEL VIA http://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/regionsWHAT IS/ARE THE LOCAL LANGUAGE/S ●

AND THE DESIRED LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY?●

2. THEN OPEN this document(hold down CTRL & single left-click, otherwise copy and paste this URL into your browser)http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/includes-documents/Foreign%20Language%20Evaluation%20Form.pdfTO SEE HOW YOUR LEVEL WILL BE EVALUATED AT THE LATEST END-SEPTEMBER. NOW GIVE YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENTS FOR PART II QUESTIONS 1 & 2 (Give the full answer as stated on the form -- do NOT just give a number).

1)Listening (choice of 5 answers):● Speaking (choice of 5 answers):● Reading (choice of 5 answers):●


http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/includes-documents/Foreign%20Language%20Evaluation%20Form.pdf



Writing (choice of 5 answers):●

2)Ability relative to project demands:●

3. ANSWER HERE THE FOLLOWING “BACKGROUND IN YOUR HOST COUNTRY LANGUAGE” QUESTIONS as found in http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/includes-documents/Application%20Foreign%20Language.pdf

1) Number of years this foreign language studied in high school:●

2) Highest college courses taken in this language, with grades:●

3) Other experience and or studies in the language:●

4) If you do not already have the Preferred (from Required through “recommended” and “an advantage” to “helpful”) proficiency, it is unlikely your candidacy would be viable due to competitiveness unless you are bringing a lot more to the table to compensate when the language is less than completely Required.Even if the country does not even “prefer” a local language, Fulbright I.I.E. does unofficially Require that you make some effort to learn at least a “tourist” or “survival” level of their language so you can converse to a degree, depending on its obscurity, with everyday people in their language, even if it is just a few common phrases that you can say, although of course, the more you can express, the better your chances.What required efforts have you already made, are you currently making, and or do you plan to make, to acquire the desired level? Athttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/prep/plan_lang.phpSee under 2. Language for acquisition resources:●

Part 2 Section 3: RATIONALE

1. PROJECT RATIONALE. (Answers will be used for your Fulbright Application question 14B & 14C and proposal essay) See also Part 1 Section 4 Questions 2 & 3.Creative Arts applicants can adapt their responses from their above answers to Part 1 Section 4 Question 2 (TENTATIVE CONCEPT TOWARDS A DEFINITE PROJECT):

Item (1) Why might your proposed project be of interest to lay Fulbright selectors, generalists?(See Part 2 Section 1 Question 2): ●

Item (2) Why might it be of interest, importance and benefit to your host country bearing in mind it should be presented from a host-country perspective?What is good for them – rather than coming from an American-centric view? What does the host country want in this regard?


http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/prep/plan_lang.php

http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/includes-documents/Application%20Foreign%20Language.pdf


Why is this a project the host country would like me to do?(See also Part 2 Section 1 Question 3): ●

Item (3) Why might subject specialists in your proposed field find it important?(See also Part 2 Section 1 Question 3): ●

Item (4) Why must your project be done in the host country?●

Item (5) Why can it not be done in the US?●

Item (6) Why indeed should this be done at all: How might we convince the skeptics, non-defensively?●

2. RESEARCH THEORY. (Answer will be used for your Fulbright Application question 15 and proposal essay) Forge an overarching explicit Thesis Question you seek to answer in the Research project you propose, anchored in academic theory.Background consideration: Proposed project also advances mutual understanding between America and the host country, even indirectly, with a benefit to both.And while cultural engagement and exchange are critical parts of the Fulbright year (and must be addressed in your application), you must make clear that you will be in your host country to research (and learn) about some aspect in your Field of Study (see Part 1 Section 4 Question 1) a priori to any practical benefits deriving from the fruit of your project.For this reason, supplementing pursuit of answering your Research Question with university course work will also strengthen your proposed plan.More specific to the Research Theory itself, there are often four aspects that may frame the gist of your project:What is the problem/issue? What are the causes? What's right and wrong about this (or just and unjust, although avoid being explicit about "injustice")? What are the solutions? See also Part 1 Section 4 Question 2:●

Part 2 Section 4: CONSULTANTS

While you are encouraged to talk with professors about your Fulbright as early as possible perhttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/design.phpyou should not ask permission to write their names in this section as this is for program purposes only and in no way suggests you are committing any professor to do anything.

1. SMITH ACADEMIC ADVISER/S. Names for major/s, minor, honors, special studies &/or pre-major:●




2. NAME PROFESSORS WHO ARE SPECIALISTS IN YOUR PROPOSED FULBRIGHT FIELD & OR REGION WHOM YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSULT NOW WHILE DEVELOPING & OR WRITING YOUR GRANT PROPOSAL. It is a mandatory and qualifying part of the Smith Fulbright Program that applicants consult with an array of specialists. Applicants are later required to verify these consultations in a Committee Questionnaire. To be competitive in fellowships, it is assumed that applicants either already know who are their specialists on campus http://www.smith.edu/acad_programs_depts.php& or beyond, OR know how to network http://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/design.php– or have the initiative to learn this skill.All applicants must learn how to network for fellowships by securing specialist consultants in your field & region perhttp://www.smith.edu/fulbright/reg/design.phpThese people are different from the Affiliates with whom you will work in the host country if you win the Fulbright and go abroad.Name department Smith professors are in.State where non-Smith professors and people are and, if applicable, your relationship:●

3. OTHER PROFESSORS WHO KNOW YOU AT SMITH OR ELSEWHEREName department Smith professors are in.If a non-Smith professor, state institution, department and your relationship:●

4. AT LEAST THREE (or more) PROFESSORS YOU’D ASK TO WRITE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION SUPPORTING YOUR APPLICATION.(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application Step F: References/Evaluations) Name non-professors if you don’t have three professors, especially if other people could support you specifically in relation to your proposed project. Name department Smith professors are in.State where non-Smith professors and people are and your relationship.Do not include the name/s of Affiliates in the host country (they will later be required to write an affiliation letter of sponsorship support but are not Recommenders):

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5. NAME THOSE IN YOUR TARGET COUNTRY WHO COULD BE A POTENTIAL AFFILIATE FOR YOUR PROJECT (e.g. Research Adviser, or research site host) but only if you already know of someone, an institute, or an org:●

6. NAME THOSE, if any, IN YOUR TARGET COUNTRY WHO KNOW YOU:●

7. NAME THOSE IN YOUR TARGET COUNTRY YOU COULD PERHAPS CONTACT FOR NETWORKING PURPOSES – if you already know of someone:




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8. NAME THOSE YOU HAVE CONSULTED FOR ADVICE IN COMPLETING THIS REGISTRATION FORM:●

Part 2 Section 5: EXCELLENCE

1. LIST YOUR MOST OUTSTANDING EXTRA-CURRICULAR (INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT) & ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE.(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application questions 24 to 27 and maybe in an essay) This is NOT a chronological listing.Lead with your best shots, listing progressively lesser achievements.It is possible selectors will digest only the top three items, so make sure your most impressive accomplishments are at the top.Max 13 one-line items in max 2 lines each with one line space between each item for a max 26 lines total including line spaces.Begin each item with a bullet ● as below followed by a space and then the first word.No one- or two-word answers. Fill out at least one line with detail that makes each achievement come alive or relative to some comparison.Include leadership, initiative, enterprise, fellowships, scholarships, academic honors, awards, prizes, publications, exhibitions, presentations, performances, jobs, internships, community service, volunteer work, clubs, teams, organizations, politics, sports, arts, and other extra-curricular activities that could well relate to your proposal, even indirectly, but not necessarily.List in descending order of significance:

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2. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (not stated elsewhere on this Form) WHICH MIGHT BE WOVEN INTO YOUR Fulbright PERSONAL STATEMENT essay.(Answer may be also be used in questions 24 to 27) ●

Draw from your expanded Fulbright Registration Resume and elsewhere such jobs, sports, student life, classroom participation and the like that may or may not relate to your proposal: ●

3. WHAT ELSE MIGHT YOU WANT TO DO IN OR CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR HOST COUNTRY?(Answers will be used for Fulbright Application question 14C and maybe in the proposal essay to address Civic Engagement activities interwoven with the project proposal) What do you like doing with others in your “spare” time, in terms of actively interacting with them? ●

4. ARE YOU WILLING TO ATTEND THE FULBRIGHT NEW SEASON LAUNCH in November to speak about your application experience and to answer questions?



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5. ARE YOU WILLING TO ATTEND THE FULBRIGHT BLAST-OFF! SPRING MEETING if chosen as a Finalist?●

Part 2 Section 6: MISSION

1. HOW WILL YOU ADAPT, GET ALONG AND FIT IN THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF YOUR HOST COUNTRY?(Answer may be used indirectly in a Fulbright Application essay)This question is in our Campus Evaluation that forms part of Smith’s sponsorship of your application:●

2. WHAT KIND OF IMPRESSION WILL YOU MAKE REPRESENTING AMERICA IN YOUR HOST COUNTRY AS A STUDENT AMBASSADOR?(Answer may be used indirectly in a Fulbright Application essay)This question is in our Campus Evaluation that forms part of Smith’s sponsorship of your application:●

3. ARE YOU MOTIVATED TO PROVE YOUR MATURITY TO UNDERTAKE AN INDEPENDENT FULBRIGHT PROJECT ABROAD THROUGH THE ADULT RESPONSIBILITY (time management, prompt responsiveness & cooperation, independence & advice-seeking, welcoming constructive criticism, and initiative, networking & drive) REQUIRED DURING THE CAMPUS APPLICATION PROCESS?This question is in our Campus Evaluation that forms part of Smith’s sponsorship of your application:●

4. WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO UPON RETURNING TO THE U.S. (as expected) AFTER COMPLETING YOUR FULBRIGHT ABROAD?(Answer will be used for Fulbright Application question 16 and maybe in an essay): ●

5. HOW DO YOUR LONGER-TERM CAREER GOALS EXTEND YOUR PROJECT PROPOSAL AIMS? (Answer will be used for a Fulbright Application essay): Project supports post-Fulbright goals:●

6. LIST ALL OTHER FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS, JOBS/INTERNSHIPS, GRAD SCHOOL OR OTHER PLANS (one below the other, each starting with a ●) FOR WHICH YOU HAVE APPLIED, OR ARE CONTEMPLATING APPLYING, TO DO AFTER GRADUATING FROM SMITH. (Be warned that some so-called fellowships have "exploding offers" -- meaning you are given little time to decide to accept if offered it. In the case of the "Princeton" fellowships, Asia gives 4 days to accept, Africa 3 days, and Latin America 72 hours! And while the student must make an iron-clad commitment early spring, preventing them from accepting other fellowship offers that are announced later, Princeton does not itself make a full commitment, saying the final decision is made in the host country. It is not until well into the spring around when Fulbright is announcing, and after, even into late May, that Princeton tells students if they definitely have the fellowship. So some applicants are left high and dry after withdrawing from competing in better programs and far superior ones such as the Fulbright.):●



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FIELDS OF PROPOSED STUDY &/or RESEARCH Patch (copy&paste) selection/s below into Answer for Part One Section 4 Question 1 above.

The following Academic fields are usually judged by country or regional panels with all these disciplines competing together with a few exceptions:

AgricultureAnthropologyArabic Language & LiteratureArcheologyArea StudiesArt and Architectural HistoryAstronomyBiologyBotanyBusiness/ManagementChemistryClassical Languages and LiteratureCommunicationsComparative LiteratureComputer SciencesEcologyEconomic DevelopmentEconomicsEducationEnergyEngineeringEnvironmental StudiesEthnomusicologyFilm StudiesForestryGender StudiesGeographyGeologyHistory, Cultural and IntellectualHistory, Misc.History, ModernInformation SciencesInterdisciplinary StudiesInternational RelationsInterpretation/TranslationIslamic StudiesJournalismLanguage and LiteratureLawLibrary ScienceLinguistics



MathematicsMedical SciencesMuseum StudiesMusic TheoryMusicologyOceanographyPhilosophyPhysical SciencesPhysicsPolitical Science, Misc.PsychologyPublic AdministrationPublic HealthSocial WorkSociologyTheater StudiesTheology & ReligionTransportationUrban Development and Planning

The following Creative Art fields are judged by portfolio and by written application, within the following categories. Finalist applications are then sent to the host country for selection of Fellows.

Portfolios vary depending on Art field, and therefore affect what field you might pick depending on what materials you have for a portfolio.Materials required for each field:http://us.fulbrightonline.org/required-supplementary-materials-for-arts-applicants

ArchitectureCreative WritingDanceDesign & CraftsFilmmakingInstallation ArtMusic – Carillon and PercussionMusic – ConductingMusic – CompositionMusic – HarpsichordMusic – Opera Direction (Apply in the field of Voice)Music – OrganMusic – PianoMusic – Accompanists (Collaborative Piano)Music – String InstrumentsMusic – VoiceMusic – Woodwind & BrassPainting/PrintmakingPerformance ArtPhotography


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SculptureTheater Arts – ActingTheater Arts – Costume DesignTheater Arts – DirectingTheater Arts – Set DesignWorld Music/Ethnomusicology

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