Luso-American Educational Commission Annual Program Report

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1 LusoAmerican Educational Commission Annual Program Report Fiscal Year 2014: October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014 Grants for Academic Year 2014/2015: August 2014 to July 2015 I. The Fulbright Program in Portugal A. Statement of Purpose The Fulbright Program is planned and administered in Portugal by the LusoAmerican Educational Commission, created in 1960 by an agreement signed between the Government of the United States of American and the Government of Portugal with the purpose of promoting further mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States of America and Portugal by a wider exchange of knowledge and professional talents through educational activities. The Commission s Board of Directors is composed of four American citizens, appointed by the US Ambassador to Portugal, and four Portuguese citizens, being one of them appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and three by the Minister of Education and Science. The US Ambassador to Portugal is the Honorary Chair of the Board. The Commission s staff plans and administers the program's daily operations. B. Commission Goals The main and overarching objective of the Commission is to contribute to a positive impact on the culture of the Portuguese and the American society by providing meritbased educational exchange opportunities, high quality comprehensive information, and additional innovative knowledgesharing initiatives. The Commission aims at maintaining its recognition as a premier organization in the advancement of PortugalUS cultural and educational relations by both governments, and by the leading higher education institutions in Portugal. In the course of FY2014 the Commission continued to pursue its goals by: Concentrating on the core grant programs in which the Fulbright Program lays its foundations (degree awarding programs, midlong duration, purely academic or with a very strong academic component, in all fields of study); Implementing new and innovative programs targeted at diversified audiences; Broaden the reach of the Program, namely by increasing the number of grants awarded each year. On January 16, 2014 the Fulbright Commission signed agreements with Portugal s Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (, the Portuguese national Funding agency for science, research and technology) to deepen collaboration and reinforce scientific exchanges between Portugal and the U.S. Portuguese Fulbright grantees PhD students and faculty now receive funding to study, teach or develop projects in universities in the U.S.. also contributes to five scholarships in the core Fulbright Scholar Program, allowing U.S. faculty and professionals to teach and develop research projects in Portuguese universities. The Fulbright Commission and its Information Center are 1

2 now located in the building, under one of the protocols signed. The archives of the Commission were also incorporated into the National Archives of Science and Technology (Arquivo Histórico de Ciência e Tecnologia), s science and technology historical archive. II. Fulbright Program Grants In the pursuit of its goals, the Commission conducted all the necessary efforts to select the brightest and most qualified and gifted US and Portuguese Students and Scholars, from all fields of study, awarding several types of grants, in a total of 47. A. US Grant Program US Students The Commission offered multiple grants in the Student s category. The Fulbright Student Research Abroad Program is designed to give graduate students, young professionals or researchers opportunities for personal development through cultural exchange. Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, or a combination, in all fields of study. Fulbright partners with the LusoAmerican Foundation and Instituto Camões to award these grants. The award supported by Instituto Camões covers specifically the fields of Linguistics, History, Contemporary History, Communication, Language Teaching Pedagogy and Didactics, Sociology, Literature, Political Science, International Relations and Distance Education. The ETA (English Teaching Assistantships) Program, aspires to strengthen English language instruction and knowledge of the US in Portugal through the presence of highly motivated native speakers of English. This program is developed in cooperation with hosts to determine every year through competition. The agreement established with the School of Letters of the University of Lisbon provides for the placement of one ETA at that school per academic year. The grants offered were the following: RESEARCH STUDENTS Dhruba Champalimaud Centre for Biology AtLarge, California FLAD Barnejee the Unknown Instituto Politécnico do Musical Instrument Southern Illinois Kristine Dizon Porto, School of Music and I. Camões Training Clarinet University Performing Arts (ESMAE) STUDENTS ENGLISH TEACHING ASSISTANTS James Johnston Anthony Sys English Teaching Assistantship English Teaching Assistantship University of Tulsa Connecticut College Universidade de, School of Letters Universidade de Trásos Montes e Alti Douro, Department of Letters, Arts and Communication The FulbrightHays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program is funded by the US Department of Education and supports US Graduate students who have completed coursework in foreign language and area studies programs relating to any world area except Western Europe and US universities. They are selected for 612 month fellowships to support their dissertation research activities abroad. In FY2014 the Commission has given support to FulbrightHays grantees whose projects included a stay in Lisbon. 2

3 FULBRIGHTHAYS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABROAD NAME FIELD HOME INSTITUTION HOST COUNTRIES COST SHARING Anna Mester African Literatures and Cultures University of Michigan Portugal, Spain and Mozambique Lilian Havstad History Boston University Mozambique and Portugal Kara Schultz History Vanderbilt University Argentina, Brazil, Portugal and Spain US Scholars Core US Scholar Program Under the Fulbright Core U.S. Scholar Program, the Commission awarded grants in all disciplines, applicants being required to evidence an affiliation appropriate to the proposed activity and present invitations from the host institutions. Under special agreements the School of Letters of the University of Lisbon, hosted once more a Fulbright Scholar in the Humanities / Universidade de and ISCTEIUL/BRU will host the first Fulbright Scholar in Management / ISCTEIUL. Specialists This program supports short term visits of US specialists to Portuguese institutions of higher education. Intercountry Program Provides Portuguese institutions of higher education with opportunities to host, for short periods of time, U.S. faculty who are in a European country with a Fulbright grant. The grants offered were the following: CORE SCHOLARS PROGRAM NAME FIELD OF STUDY HOME INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION COST SHARING Western Oregon Universidade de, John Campbell Creative Writing University School of Letters ISCTEInstituto Michael Business Colorado State Universitário de, Maynard Administration University Business Research Unit Dennis Gregory Education Old Dominion University University of Porto, Center for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES) Eleanor Miller Sociology University of Vermont, School of Law Millicent Accardi Language/Literature (nonu.s.) No affilliation Universidade dos Açores, Department of Education Silvana Watson Education Old Dominion University Universidade do Minho, School of Psychology Victor Reignier Architecture / Urban Planning University of Southern California Universidade Católica Portuguesa Viseu, Department of Architecture, Sciences and Technology 3

4 SPECIALISTS NAME FIELD OF STUDY HOME INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION COST SHARING Susan Zvacek Education University of Kansas Universidade do Porto, School of Engineering Frida Mahoney Susan Mann Education Education Case Western Reserve University Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Universidade do Porto, School of Psychology and Education Sciences NOVA School of Business and Economics / FLAD INTERCOUNTRY SCHOLARS PROGRAM NAME FIELD OF STUDY HOME INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTIONS COST SHARING Rory Stuart Music The New School Hot Clube de Portugal / Universidade Lusíada / Instituto Politécnico de, School of Music Michigan Technological Instituto Politécnico de Sheryl Sorby Engineering University and Ohio State University Setúbal, School of Technology Barreiro Judd Morrissey Sara Warber Art & Technology Study and Writing Medical Sciences Alternative Medicines School of Art Institute of Chicago University of Michigan Summarizing, the size of the US Grant Program was the following: Universidade de Coimbra / Universidade Fernando Pessoa Instituto Politécnico do Porto, School of Allied Health Sciences Grant Category Type of Grant # Students Research and ETA s 4 Students FulbrightHays 3 Scholars Research/Lecture 14 TOTAL, US GRANT PROGRAM 21 B. Portuguese Grant Program Portuguese Students In Academic Year 2014/2015, the Commission administered the following grants for Portuguese Students: Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies This grant awards up to $25,000 per grantee, allowing Masters grantees to apply for a renewal fund for their second year (up to $6,000/grantee) and PhD grantees to apply for a renewal fund for their second and third years (up $6,000/year/grantee). The students are placed through IIE s placement services. Fulbright / Carmona e Costa Foundation for MFA Drawing. This grant is awarded every two years and funds the grantee s first and second years of study, in a total of $ The student is placed through IIE s placement services. Fulbright Travel Grant (for self placed graduate students). Fulbright Grant for Research These grants are awarded to Master s and PhD students, preferably from Portuguese Institutions of Higher Education, to conduct research in US Universities and/or Research Centers. Fulbright Grant for Research in Public Health, with the support of the LusoAmerican Foundation and Pingo Doce (as a result of Fulbright and its Fulbright Brainstorms 2012 partners commitment in the field of Public Health. The grants offered were the following: 4

5 Ms STUDENTS Nuno Fonseca Bioethics Universidade do Porto New York University Vasco Costa Law Universidade de Columbia University Sara Silva Arts Management Universidade Católica Portuguesa André Carvalho Music Universidade de Marta Carmo Maria Francisca Carvalho Law Fine Arts American University Manhattan School of Music New York University Maryland Institute College of Art Paula Escarameia Award FCC PhD STUDENTS Raquel Oliveira Psychology ISPA Florida State University Rui Carvalho Sociology Miguel Semedo Oceanography Maria Inês Marques Miguel Gomes Pereira Dramaturgy Political Science Universidade do Porto Brown University College of William and MaryVirginia Institute of Marine Sciences Universidade do Porto Yale University Universidade do Porto Universidade de Washington University in St. Louis RESEARCH STUDENTS Maria do Pilar Lima Leonor Rodrigues Ricardo Moura Architecture Universidade do Porto The University of Arizona Biology Mathematics Margarida Siopa Public Health Universidade de Universidade do Porto Universidade do Porto Rowell Park Cancer Institute, SUNY University of Maryland Columbia University FLAD, Pingo Doce Miguel Rosa Public Policy Universidade de MIT Portuguese Scholars The following grant competitions for Portuguese Scholars to lecture/research in the US were open: Fulbright Grant for Scholars and Researchers, designed to support lecturing and/or conducting research at US universities or research centers, in all fields of study. 5

6 Fulbright / Instituto Camões Grant for Scholars and Researchers, with the same design as above but covering the fields of Linguistics, Communication, Language Teaching Pedagogy and Didactics, History, Contemporary History, Sociology, Literature, Political Science, International Relations, Distance Education, Fine Arts, Performing Arts. The grants offered were the following: SCHOLARS Andreia Valente Chemistry Universidade de Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Helena Isidro Business Administration ISCTEIUL University of Miami Jorge Ribeiro History Universidade do Porto Tufts University I. Camões João Barros Engineering Universidade do Porto Stanford University Sandra Paiva Biological Sciences Universidade do Minho UC Berkeley Clara Pinto Correia Biological Sciences Instituto de Investigação científica Bento da Rocha Cabral In summary, the size of the Portuguese program in FY2014 was the following: Amherst College Category Grants Type of Activity # Students: Fulbright Graduate Studies 10 Fulbright / Carmona e Costa Foundation MFA 1 Fulbright Std. Res. Abroad 5 Scholars: Total, Portuguese Student Program 16 Fulbright Lecturing/Research 5 Fulbright / Instituto Camões Lecturing/Research 1 Total, Portuguese Scholar Program 6 TOTAL, PORTUGUESE GRANT PROGRAM 22 III. Special Programs The Fulbright Commission administers a number of grants that are funded by the Department of State but are not considered as being part of the Fulbright Program. The Commission has nominated and/or selected Portuguese participants for the following shortterm special programs: Study of the US Institutes for Scholars These Institutes are intensive postgraduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign university faculty and other scholars the opportunity to deepen their understanding of American Society, culture and institutions. The ultimate goal is to strengthen curricula and to improve the quality of teaching about the United States in academic institutions abroad. Summer Institute for European Student Leaders This is a fiveweek program for undergraduate students held in a US university that focuses on study of the US, concepts of leadership from American perspectives, and civic engagement through academic coursework and participatory activities. Specially targeted to underrepresented populations, the program poses new and interesting challenges to the outreach efforts of the Commission, in search for diversity. The grants awarded were the following: 6

7 STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTES U.S. CULTURE AND SOCIETY NAME Margarida Pocinho FIELD Psychology of Education HOME INSTITUTION University of Madeira HOST INSTITUTION New York University, New York COST SHARING HOST INSTITUTION Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas COST SHARING SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR EUROPEAN STUDENT LEADERS NAME FIELD HOME INSTITUTION Mara Sousa Languages and IR University of Porto Bruno Ferreira Economics University Nova de Joana Assembleia Languages and IR University of Porto IV. Grant Supporting Activities Orientation Activities for Grantees Orientation and predeparture meetings were organized by the Commission for the Portuguese Grantees. Individual and group orientation sessions were also organized for the American students and scholars arriving in Portugal. 7

8 Alumni Activities and Special Events FY2014 was again a fruitful year in what concerns outreach, alumni and other special events. In collaboration with Fulbrighters Portugal (the alumni association), the US Embassy, EducationUSA an other partner institutions, numerous activities were organized. In November 2013, the Commission hosted its traditional Thanksgiving Dinner, having as keynote speaker US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission John Olson. Held at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo, in Lisbon, it proved to be, once again, an excellent occasion to gather all the Portuguese grantees recently selected, the American grantees in Portugal, alumni, stakeholders and friends of the Fulbright Program. In March 2014 the Commission organized the first EducationUSA US College Fair in Lisbon. On the same occasion, and in celebration of the Fulbright Commission 54 th anniversary, a lunch was organized for Board members, alumni and other guests, in which the Portuguese Deputy Minister for Higher Education, former Fulbrighter José Ferreira Gomes, offered remarks. In early June 2014, the third Fulbright Annual Forum took place, with the special participation as a keynote speaker of Susan Mann, from the Gates Foundation, at the time in Portugal as a Fulbright Specialist. Several Fulbrighters said yes to the Commission s challenge to speak about leadership, entrepreneurship and personal development and profited from the chance to connect and share experiences and ideas. As one of the partner institutions responsible for the creation of Study in Portugal, a jointventure established with the objective of promoting Portugal as an attractive destination for US Students, Fulbright helped organized and participated in the delegation of Portuguese universities and other institutions that represented Portugal at the NAFSA Conference and Expo that took place in late May in San Diego, California. The Fulbright Commission also partnered with the US Embassy in the organization of a series of successful professional development workshops targeted to the participation of State Department alumni and attended by a large number of Fulbright alumni. The Fulbright Information Center (FIC), a US State Department affiliated advising center part of the EducationUSA network that strives to provide accurate, comprehensive, current, and unbiased information on education in the United States, also continued to contribute to the promotion of the good image of Fulbright within Portuguese academia, secondary educators and high school, undergraduate and graduate students, by promoting regular outreach initiatives, workshops and webinars. 8

9 Program Report Appendices Board of Directors The composition of the Board, as of September 30, 2014, is as follows: Representatives of the US Government: Mr. Mark Pannell, Counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy, Chair; Mr. Scott Hartmann, Assistant Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy, Treasurer; Prof. John Huffstot, Lecturer and Director of Language Studies, Nova SBE; Mr. Curtis Stewart, Head of Economics and Environment, International Lead & Zinc Study Group. Representatives of the Portuguese Government: Mrs. Ana Paula Laborinho, President, Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Miguel Seabra, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministry of Education and Science; Dr. Fernando Reis, Director General for Innovation and Curricular Development, Ministry of Education and Science; Dr. Vítor Magriço, Director General for Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Science. 9

10 Secretariat The Commission encompasses a staff of 45 fulltime employees. Staff members as of September 30, 2014 were: Ms. Otilia Macedo Reis, Executive Director Ms. Paula Lemos, Program Coordinator Ms. Dora Reis Arenga, Administrative and Program Officer Mr. Ricardo Sequeira, Educational Adviser Ms. Beatriz Lourenço, Information Assistant Prepared by Otília Macedo Reis, Executive Director February 10, 2015 Lisbon, Portugal 10