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Information for UTEP Faculty/Staff on Hosting a Fulbright Scholar

 

Please note that the Office of Student Fellowships and Awards works exclusively with UTEP students applying to study, teach, or conduct research abroad via the Fulbright Program. While we are not the point of contact for Fulbrighters coming to UTEP from overseas, please see below for some general guidance.

Definition of Fulbright Scholar

Fulbright Scholars are individuals affiliated with an overseas university who have earned a terminal degree in their field and wish to conduct research in the U.S. via this program.

If you have been contacted by a postdoc or faculty member from an overseas university who wishes to conduct research at UTEP, it is important to know the following:

  • The decision to host a Fulbright Scholar is entirely at the discretion of the academic department at UTEP. 

  • Fulbright Scholars are like any other visiting researcher with a terminal degree EXCEPT for the fact that a third party will be managing their visa (IIE, AMIDEAST, Laspau, etc.). Therefore, UTEP’s Office of International Programs will NOT have access to the student’s visa information.

  • Before making the commitment to host a Fulbright Scholar, academic departments should establish a vetting process that includes an interview with the department chair and relevant faculty.

  • If the academic department decides to host a Fulbrighter Scholar, it will need to provide them with a letter of invitation signed by the department chair.

  • Several months prior to their departure, the Fulbright Scholar will present the academic department with an institutional response form. This is ostensibly a contract between the Scholar and the department specifying what resources will be available to them. 

  • IMPORTANT! IIE, Laspau, Amideast, or whichever third party is assisting the Scholar on Fulbright’s behalf will manage all things related to their visa. Your department will be their point of contact at UTEP, not the Office of International Programs.