Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must possess all of the following qualifications in order to be eligible:

• Russian citizenship and current residence in Russia starting in January, 2010. Persons applying for or holding permanent residence in the U.S.A. are not eligible.
• Kandidatskaya or doctoral degree in ethnic, religious, cultural Issues, human rights and international relations.
• Proficiency in English appropriate for carrying out in the U.S. the proposed lecturing or research project.
• There is no age limit.
• Fulbright Grantees enter the United States on an Exchange Visitor (J-1) visa under a Department of State program and are subject to the two-year home-country residence requirement associated with the J-1 visa. New U.S. government regulations may also limit reentry as a J-1 researcher or professor. Grantees (J-1 visa holders) and their accompanying dependents (J-2 visa holders) who have held J status and been physically present in the United States for 6 months or more are not eligible to apply for reentry as J-1 researchers or professors for 12 months following departure from the United States.
• Preference is given to those without a recent long-term experience in the United States.
• The Fulbright Program Alumni can reapply no earlier than five years after their return to Russia upon the completion of the grant. A Fulbright grant may be awarded no more than twice in a lifetime.
• Sound physical and mental health.
• Applicants may not be affiliated with a commercial institution.
• Only individual proposals are accepted.

Please note:

• Application forms are distributed free of charge and can be copied.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• No application materials will be returned either during or after the competition.
• Notarization of the competition documents is not required.
• No materials other than those on the checklist will be considered.
• Applicants should keep an additional copy of their complete application for their record.
• Fulbright Program reserves the right to check any information given in the application documents. In case any discrepancy with real facts will be revealed the applicant participation in the Fulbright Competition will be suspended.