FAQs

The following Fulbright programs are eligible for the IIE Centennial Fellowship: Fulbright Arctic, English Teaching Assistant, English Language Teaching Assistant, Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Foreign Student, Visiting Scholar, Scholar-in-Residence, Scholar, Specialist, Student, and International Education Administrator.

For the IIE Centennial Fellowship, it does not matter when you completed your Fulbright program. We encourage applications from all Fulbright alums.

After completing their Fulbright experience, all alums receive a letter or certificate of completion from the Fulbright Program. You must have successfully completed an eligible Fulbright Award Program before June 10, 2024.

No, those who have already received either the IIE Centennial Fellowship or the IIE New Leader Award are not eligible to apply in future award cycles.

No, the project can occur in any country regardless of where you did your Fulbright.

Yes, the Centennial Fellowship is open to ongoing projects. However, they must fit that year’s theme to be eligible.

Yes, you can apply with a joint project. However, due to our application system, all participants must submit individual applications. To be an eligible joint project, your application must have the same project name, mention your partner’s name in the project abstract, have the same project plan and budget, and be prepared to open a joint/project bank account to receive the funding.

You must be the PI for the proposed project and not an employee or volunteer for the organization. The exception is if the organization is an organization that you founded or led that is directly connected to the execution of the proposed project. For example, Paige Balcom founded Takataka Plastics, and her 2019-2020 IIE Centennial Fellowship project was to establish the organization and its physical presence in Uganda.

Selected Fellows will begin their projects on November 15, 2024, and continue until November 17, 2025. Any projects not aligning with this timeline will not be eligible for the Fellowship.

Your budget will depend entirely on your proposed project and the associated costs; it may include direct costs (materials, travel, employee wages, etc.) and indirect costs (living stipend, institutional overhead, fringe costs, etc.)  as outlined in your proposal. If selected, the IIE Centennial Fellowship Advisor will review your budget and may request changes. Significant modifications in the budget, once the project begins, must be approved by the IIE Centennial Fellowship team. In the budget portion of the application, there is a budget template that we encourage you to use.

No, you can participate in the fellowship while working or as a full-time student.

Yes, the IIE Centennial Fellowship can be used in addition to other funding.

When you list them on your application, they will receive an email with instructions and a link to upload it directly into your application. We cannot accept letters that are not attached to your application, so please ensure your recommender has received the email. You will get a notification when they have completed this step.

You can only have one recommender registered in the application portal. If they are unable to submit before the deadline, you can change your recommender within the application portal.

On the preliminary questions page, please ensure you have selected an answer to “I would like to be considered for…” even if the only option is the IIE Centennial Fellowship. Once that is selected, please save the application, and you should see the rest of the application populate. If you continue to have issues, please contact IIECentennialFellows@iie.org.

Unfortunately, we receive hundreds of applications and inquiries and cannot speak with every interested applicant. Please email us at IIECentennialfellows@iie.org as you encounter questions.

The New Leader Award is not available in the 2024-2025 cycle. It is available every two years (2019, 2021, 2023, etc.) and only Fulbright alums who have completed their Fulbright program in the past 5 years are eligible. The New Leaders project must already be ongoing, and the award total is up to $15,000.

The IIE Centennial Fellowship is open to any eligible Fulbright alum, can be for an ongoing or new project, and the award total is up to $25,000. There are 4 IIE Centennial Fellowships available each year.

While the application for both awards is the same, they are distinct awards with different eligibility criteria. It is impossible to hold the IIE Centennial Fellowship and New Leaders Award simultaneously. Applicants will be selected for only one of the opportunities.

No, if you are eligible for the New Leaders Award, the application will ask if you also want to be considered for just the IIE Centennial Fellowship, the New Leaders Award, or both. You do not need to create a separate application. You will need to submit two budgets if applying for both.