Two Fulbright Programmes Open For Application

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- Two Fulbright Exchange Grant opportunities for eligible educators and mid-career professionals in 2021-2022 are now open for application, the US Embassy in Malaysia said in a statement. The application deadline for the two programmes – The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Programme and The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Programme (FLTA) – are set at Aug 17 and Sept 4, respectively. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Programme provides accomplished young and mid-career professionals a year of non-degree graduate-level study, leadership development and substantive professional collaboration with US counterparts. The fellowship includes professional enrichment activities such as professional visits, conferences, training programmes and professional affiliation, it said. More information at https://www.macee.org.my/2020-2021hubert-h-humphrey-fellowship/. Meanwhile, the FLTA programme provides opportunities for international educators to travel to the US beginning summer 2021 to assist in the teaching of foreign languages and cultures to American students for up to 20 hours per week. The FLTA programme includes the opportunity to take up to two university-level courses and attend a mid-year enrichment conference in December. More information on FLTA at https://www.macee.org.my/2021-2022flta/. The Fulbright Programme, established in the US in 1946, aims to strengthen understanding and communication between the US and other nations by funding a variety of educational exchanges. Funded by the US Department of State, the programme here is administered by the Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE) in partnership with the US Embassy. -- BERNAMA