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Excellence Fellowships aim to provide Indian
faculty, researchers, and professionals residing in
India the opportunity to teach, conduct research, or
carry out a combination of lecturing and research
at a U.S. institution. Depending on the U.S. host
institution, it is likely that the grantee may
contribute towards developing curriculum and
conducting workshops and seminars. These
fellowships are for four to nine months. If you are
applying for a Flex Award, the minimum length of
the total grant is four months and the maximum is
six months.
Applications are invited in the following fields
only: Agricultural Sciences; Bioengineering; Climate Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence scholar Usha Raman
Change Sciences; Computer Science (with emphasis interacts with school children during a talk show discussing social media, on Radio
Zumix, a youth-led community radio station in Boston, MA
on cyber security and digital economy); Economics;
Education Policy and Planning; Energy Studies;
International Law; International Security and Research
Strategic Studies; Materials Science (with emphasis Applicants must demonstrate the relevance of the
on environmental applications); Neurosciences; proposed research to India and/or the U.S., its
Public Health; Public Policy; Study of India (limited benefit to the applicant's institution, the feasibility
to anthropology, history, sociology, and visual and of accomplishing the research goal within the
performing arts); Study of the U.S. (limited to stipulated period, and the need to carry out the
anthropology, history, sociology, and visual and research in the U.S.
performing arts); Urban and Regional Planning
Lecturing
(with emphasis on smart cities and waste
Indian academics and professionals contribute to
management); and Women's and Gender Studies.
the internationalization of the curriculum at their
U.S. host institutions and the understanding of

Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence scholar Rajeeb Chakraborty leads musicians at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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