Application Procedures: Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES - Application Year

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1 Application Procedures: Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES - Application Year Step Description Date Due Complete 1 Register for Fulbright Program Interest List and Canvas course; complete Canvas overview and schedule consultation 2 Select and Confirm Three Recommenders & Language Evaluator (if applicable) Spring 2018 Spring Begin Drafting Statement of Grant Purpose and Personal Statement Spring Complete Registration for Embark Online Application and submit contact information for Recommenders & Language Evaluator (application opens April 1) 5 Follow up with Recommenders & Language Evaluator Send instructions (see note) Spring 2018 May Request and Upload Emory Transcript Sept Request and Upload Outside Transcript(s): if applicable, see note Sept Revise Statement of Grant Purpose and Personal Statement: Be prepared to allow time to write and receive feedback on multiple drafts from an NS&FP advisor. 9 Confirm Online Submission of References by Recommenders & Evaluation Form by Language Evaluator 10 Internal Application Submission Electronic Application: Complete and submit the online application, including uploading the final draft of each essay. Upload the NS&FP Checklist, Consent Form, and Schedule of Availability PDF to Summer- Sept 6, 2018 Sept 13, :00 PM Sept 13, Campus Interviews Sept 24-28, Follow-up Appointment(s) and Application Revisions Sept 29-Oct 4, Final Version of Statement of Grant Purpose and Personal Statement Due via as Word Document (oue.nationalawards@emory.edu) 4:00 PM Oct 8, Final Application Deadline: Resubmit revised application 4:00 PM Oct 8, External Due Date: Application submitted by NS&FP October 9, 2018 Next Steps: All complete Fulbright applications are sent forward; there is no cut at the university level. Semifinalists are selected by national review boards. All applicants are notified by January 31 whether they are being sent forward as semi-finalists. Semi-finalists applications are forwarded to the host country, where award recipients are selected. Recipients are notified in the late spring as each country makes decisions. National Scholarships & Fellowships Program (NS&FP), Emory University

2 NOTES Consultation (Step 1) Register at to let us know you are interested in applying. Once you have registered, you will be added to the NS&FP Fulbright Canvas course. After you have completed the Fulbright Overview, Fulbright ETA, and ETA Resources modules, including the quizzes for each, schedule a consultation with a NS&FP advisor via ASST. If you are an alum, we will request a sponsored account for you so that you have access to Canvas, ASST, and your Emory account. Please be patient, as this can take up to a week. Recommenders (Steps 2, 4, 5, 9) In consultation with a NS&FP advisor, determine your three reference writers. Additional advice on selecting and contacting potential recommenders is available on NS&FP s Canvas site. They may be professors or others who can speak to your ability to serve as an ETA in the host country. They should be individuals who have observed your teaching or communications skills and/or your adaptability and openness to diverse cultural experiences. Contact these individuals to confirm they are willing to provide references. After you have registered your reference writers on the Embark site, we encourage you to send them the NS&FP advice for Fulbright ETA recommenders available on Canvas, along with the following instructions: Instructions for reference writers On the Fulbright website (Applicants>Application Tips>ETA>References), you will find Instructions for Fulbright ETA Reference Writers and a sample reference form. This is a sample only. You will receive an from the online application system, Embark, with a login user name and password and instructions for submitting the reference. o NOTE: These s are often overlooked or deleted because the sender is not Fulbright, and/or the s sometimes get caught in a spam filter. Fulbright does not accept standard letters of recommendation for the ETA. You must log in to the Embark Online Application System and enter your responses into the reference form online. Reference forms should be submitted in Embark no later than September 13, Do not submit a hard copy. No later than two weeks before references are due, provide your reference writers with a late-stage draft of your Personal Statement and Statement of Grant Purpose. If one of your reference writers is not able to meet the September 13, 2018 due date, please contact our office. 2

3 Foreign Language Evaluation (if applicable) (Steps 2, 4, 5, 9) In consultation with a NS&FP advisor, determine your language evaluator. More information on the language evaluation is available on NS&FP s Canvas site. For Commonly-Taught Languages: The Foreign Language Evaluation should be completed by a professional language teacher, preferably a university professor. For Less-Commonly-Taught Languages: If a professional language teacher is not readily available, a college-educated native-speaker of the language may be used. The language evaluator cannot be related to the applicant and should not be a peer. Instructions for language evaluators: On the Fulbright website (Applicants>Application Tips>ETA>Foreign Language Evaluation), you can find Instructions for Foreign Language Evaluators and a sample evaluation form. This is a sample only. You will receive an from the online application system, Embark, with a login user name and password and with instructions for submitting their evaluation. o NOTE: These s are often overlooked or deleted because the sender is not Fulbright, and/or the s sometimes get caught in a spam filter. You must log in to the Embark Online Application System and enter your responses into the evaluation form online. Language evaluations must be submitted in Embark no later than September 13, Do not submit a hard copy. If your evaluator is not able to meet the September 13, 2018 due date, please contact our office. NOTE: It is permissible to request both a reference and a language evaluation from the same person; the system, however, will not accept the same contact information for both. It is necessary, therefore, to use a different contact for each function. That is, ask your recommender/language evaluator to give you two different addresses, one for the reference and one for the language evaluation. Point out to your recommender that s/he must use the address and sign-in assigned for the reference to complete that document and the address and sign-in assigned for the language evaluation to complete that document. Your writer must keep the two distinct. Statement of Grant Purpose (Steps 3, 8, 13) Draft and revise your statement of grant purpose. Be prepared to allow time to write and receive feedback on multiple drafts from an NS&FP advisor and other trusted mentors. Tips for writing the statement of grant purpose can be found on the Fulbright website (Applicants>Application Tips>ETA). Additional advice on preparing the Statement of Grant Purpose as well as sample essays may be found on NS&FP s Canvas site. The deadline for requesting feedback from a NS&FP advisor is September 6,

4 Personal Statement (Steps 3, 8, 13) Draft and revise your personal statement. Be prepared to allow time to write and receive feedback on multiple drafts from an NS&FP advisor. Tips for writing the personal statement can be found on the Fulbright website (Applicants>Application Tips>ETA). Additional advice on the personal statement as well as sample essays may be found on NS&FP s Canvas sites. The deadline for requesting feedback from a NS&FP advisor is September 6, Embark Online Registration (Step 4) After the application website goes live on April 1, go to the Fulbright website to start your application (Applicants>Embark Online Application). Follow the online instructions. Fill in your biographic information and enter contact information for each recommender and your language evaluator. You must trigger the request for each reference by clicking the send button. Emory Transcript (Step 6) The Registrar s Office now makes electronic Official Transcripts available. If you order an electronic copy, it will arrive as a secure PDF; you must save an unprotected copy of the secure PDF before you can upload it to the Embark system. You may instead order a hard copy of an official transcript and scan it yourself (yes, you may open the envelope) and upload it. You may request your transcript be held for pickup by checking the hold for pickup box on the transcript request form. You must upload your transcript by September 13, Outside Transcript(s) (Step 7) If you have attended another college or university to take courses for credit (not including Emory sponsored study abroad), order an electronic copy of your transcript from that school. Fulbright requires a transcript from other schools only IF the course names and grades are NOT listed individually on your Emory transcript. You must upload your outside transcripts by September 13, Internal Application Submission, Part 1 (Step 10) By 4:00 PM on September 13, 2018, complete and submit the online Embark application, including uploading the final draft of the Statement of Grant Purpose and Personal Statement. Yes, submit. We will unsubmit the application later for revisions. We do not require a hard copy. Ensure that your references writers submit their references by September 13, 2018, as well. Next, upload your completed versions of the attached Checklist, Schedule of Availability, and Consent Form to 4

5 We understand that your schedule may be somewhat fluid at this point in the semester. It is important that you provide your best estimate, nevertheless, so we can assign interview times. If you make schedule changes after this point, please let us know ASAP. NOTE: If it is impossible for you to be present for a campus interview between September 24 and 28, please contact the NS&FP office as soon as possible to discuss your situation. Skype interviews are an option for students and alumni located outside of the Atlanta area. Interview (Step 11) Arrive 5 minutes early for your scheduled interview time. We will provide interview tips a few days before your interview. You are welcome to schedule a practice interview with the Career Center in preparation. Follow-up Appointment & Essay Revisions (Step 12) A committee member will contact you to schedule a meeting for committee feedback and revision suggestions. The NS&FP office will unsubmit your application at this time. The deadline for requesting feedback from a NS&FP advisor is October 4, Completed Statement of Grant Purpose and Personal Statement (Step 13) By 4:00 PM, October 8, send final versions of your essays to oue.nationalawards@emory.edu as a Word document. Revisions and Electronic Submission (Step 14) By 4:00 PM, October 8 make any other suggested revisions to your online application and submit the application online. Note: You will not be able to make changes to your application once you submit it this time. Proofread the entire application carefully before submitting. 5

6 Scholarship Consent Form I,, do hereby consent to the following initialed items in pursuit of the (Scholarship/Award Name). (REQUIRED) As required under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, I give permission for my grade point average (GPA), transcripts, individual course grades, individual assignment grades, and/or other similar academic information to be used and discussed as a part of faculty and institutional letters of recommendation and endorsements and the applications for this award competition. I also give permission for the Office for Undergraduate Education to request unofficial and official copies of my transcript(s) as a part of the application process. (REQUIRED) I certify that I have completed all required steps for the internal application process for this award (attach checklist). (REQUIRED)I certify that all of the information I include in my application for this award, including listings of activities and awards, research undertaken or planned, and personal statements or other essays, is my own work and is accurate and honest to the best of my knowledge. (REQUIRED) I give permission to the Vice President and Dean of Campus Life, the Senior Dean of Emory College of Arts & Sciences, and the Emory University Registrar or their designees to release information to the Emory College Office for Undergraduate Education from official college records pertaining to academic honesty and conduct offense violations, and to provide contextual information as to the severity of these offenses. This information may be given either in verbal or written form. I waive any right I may have to view faculty and institutional letters of recommendation that are written for the purpose of this award competition. While copies of these letters may be provided to me by the authors, I understand that this is done as a courtesy by the author and does not affect this waiver. I understand that if I do not waive my right to view letters, my recommenders will be notified and may choose to withdraw their letters. I grant permission for Emory University to use my public biographical information to publicize my nomination and/or receipt of this scholarship or fellowship. I consent to have copies of my scholarship essays retained indefinitely and anonymously in the Office for Undergraduate Education and understand that they may be made available to future applicants as an example for them to review as they prepare their own applications. Type name in lieu of signature Date

7 SCHEDULE OF AVAILABLITY AWARD: SEMESTER/YEAR: NAME: Upload completed versions of your Checklist, Schedule of Availability, and Consent Form to: college.emory.edu/national-awards/resources/procedures.html Indicate the times you are NOT available for an interview by marking the squares with XXX. Include only obligations that you must not or should not miss (class, athletic practice, music practice, paid work, etc.). It is important that you leave as much flexibility as possible. 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY