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Fulbright-EQC Graduate Award in Natural Disaster Research
Scholarship details
| Study levels | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Value | up to US$40,000 (plus NZ$4,000 travel funding) |
| Length | 1 year |
| Close date | Thursday, 1 August 2019 |
About the scholarship
This award is offered in partnership with the Earthquake Commission (EQC), the government agency which provides natural disaster insurance for New Zealand residents, as well as funding natural disaster research and public education programs.
The award is available for research into the risks posed by natural disasters, the hazards they present, their impact, society's vulnerability, mitigation and management measures. The Fulbright-EQC Graduate Award in Natural Disaster Research is for a promising New Zealand graduate student to undertake postgraduate study or research at a US university in the area of natural disaster research.
How To Apply
Applications are now open for the 2018 application round. Applications must be submitted, and all required hardcopy documents provided, by 1 August 2018. Applicants in the 2018 round can only apply for programmes running in the 2019-2020 US academic year, starting no earlier than July 2019. To apply for this award, applicants must complete the official online application for the Foreign Fulbright Student Program and arrange for all hard copy required documents to be submitted to Fulbright New Zealand. The online application process requires written statements, support documents to be uploaded and the names and email addresses of three references to be registered. Candidates are also required to arrange for certain hardcopy documents to be sent to the Fulbright NZ office in Wellington. Click here to view an example of a completed application form. Applicants must download and refer to the New Zealand-specific application instructions document available here and within the online application. This document provides detailed guidance on how to complete your application and what is required from individual New Zealand applicants. To apply for this award, click the link below and create a login account to begin. You can save and return to your application as many times as required.
Entry requirements
To be eligible, you must: • have completed the equivalent of four years full-time study at tertiary level and obtained a bachelor's degree by the time you take up your award, but not yet hold a doctoral degree; • plan to undertake full-time postgraduate study or research at a US institution for a period of at least six months; and • meet the citizenship requirements of this award.
Preference for Fulbright graduate awards is given to candidates who have not previously received a Fulbright graduate award, or had extensive recent experience in the US (ie. have not studied, taught, researched or worked in the US for a period aggregating more than nine months/one academic year during the past five years).