Fulbright Program: U.S. Applicant Podcast
Transcript For: Questions related to Project Design
September 10, 2007
Questions answered in relation to the topic of project design on June 6, 2007.
Project Design
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. Q: I’m applying to Ghana
and I’m curious to what extent projects should be crafted to lead to further
projects or graduate study in the future. A: It’s not really a
requirement actually. Ideally, your project should in some way dovetail with
something that you can hopefully somewhat further pursue while you’re in the
states in terms of your future academic or professional development. But it’s
not a hard and fast requirement of this program so…
Q: I’m thinking of
applying to Korea. I mostly have a background in health policy and public
policy and I was wondering how closely our projects should hew (?) to our
professional and academic background or whether we should feel free to develop
projects that are perhaps tangentially related or more independent.
A: The project doesn’t
have to exactly match what your major was, so if you majored in psychology your
Fulbright project, it’s not like we require that it’s exactly in that field.
Your background does need to have prepared you to do the types of work you want
to do in Korea. In terms of having an exact match in the name of the major,
that’s not required.
Q: I’m interested in
applying to India,
and I was wondering who should I speak to to figure out which part of the
country is best suited to my particular area of research.
A: That’s something you
should probably speak to your advisor about. I mean it’s your responsibility to
figure out where the most appropriate location is, what the most appropriate
host institution would be for the type of research you want to carry out. It’s
part of the challenge of putting together a competitive proposal and that’s
something that each applicant has to do individually. The Indian embassy isn’t
going to be able to help you out.
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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