Fulbright Program: U.S. Applicant Podcast
Transcript For: Find your host country affiliation
July 25, 2007
Program Managers give tips on finding your host country affiliation. Recorded at the May 16, 2007 Information Session.
Valerie: Hi, this is Valerie Hymas Tony: And Tony Claudino Valerie: And we’re here, and we want to announce the questions and answer session for the most recent U.S. student guidance session Tony: And so, if you couldn’t make it to any of the six locations that were having these info sessions, here’s a chance to listen to some of the Q & A we have for these sessions. Applicant: I’m looking to study in Turkey, is what I am initially thinking, and I’m interested in theology and culture. I was wondering about how you recommend going about securing an affiliation in your country of choice. Jody: That’s up to you. Establishing affiliation in many cases, this is why you need to look at the country summary, will need to be with an academic institution. So the affiliation does not, again it depends on what you’re doing and what kind of resources you need access to. So if you’re going to do academic research in Turkey, chances are you’re going to need to be associated with an academic department at a university in turkey, and therefore you need to research the universities and the departments that might be appropriate or might have the resources you’re going to need to carry out this project. In many cases recent graduates must have an academic affiliation, however many recent graduates and advanced students will also have affiliations with archives, with libraries, with NGOs, with a variety of organizations. Again, read your country’s summary cause it can vary from country to country in terms of the types of affiliations that are preferred and how those affiliations are established. Applicant: I’m interested in applying to the Netherlands to study children’s rights. My question is to affiliation, specifically, candidates obtain their own placement, this is for graduate study, and must furnish proof of acceptance at their institution or letter of affiliation etc. So my question is if I apply for October 15th or the 19th or the 22nd, for start in September 2009 and I don’t know that I’ve been accepted for the graduate program until January, how do I prove my affiliation? Jody: At the point of… and this is often the case, at the point of application you might not have a letter of acceptance in hand. But in many cases you will have worked with people at the university, or talked to someone in the academic department. Just a letter from them indicating that they know you’re applying, that they’ve reviewed your credentials, that you look very positive for admission can be very helpful. We know that you’re not going to have letters of acceptance all the time so don’t worry too much about that. But do provide us with anything, any copies of any correspondence you’ve had with the university that indicates that this is a good match for you. And that’s by the way, for everybody, where they ask for letters of acceptance. Walter: And now that you don’t have any sort of a letter, you better make sure that in that project statement you very specifically list what institutions you’re interested in working with and why. Valerie: And that’s it for the questions some candidates have asked us during one of our guidance sessions. Please remember that if you have a question, feel free to email us, or contact us. Our information is all online. Tony: And, look for the next podcast. Thanks.
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