Annual Program Report

Luso-American Educational Commission
Annual Program Report
Fiscal Year 2014:
October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014
Grants for Academic Year 2014/2015:
August 2014 to July 2015
I. The Fulbright Program in Portugal
A.
Statement of Purpose
The Fulbright Program is planned and administered in Portugal by the Luso-American Educational Commission,
created in 1960 by an agreement signed between the Government of the United States of American and the
Government of Portugal with the purpose of promoting further mutual understanding between the peoples of the
United States of America and Portugal by a wider exchange of knowledge and professional talents through
educational activities.
The Commission’s Board of Directors is composed of four American citizens, appointed by the US Ambassador to
Portugal, and four Portuguese citizens, being one of them appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and three by
the Minister of Education and Science. The US Ambassador to Portugal is the Honorary Chair of the Board.
The Commission’s staff plans and administers the program's daily operations.
B.
Commission Goals
The main and overarching objective of the Commission is to contribute to a positive impact on the culture of the
Portuguese and the American society by providing merit-based educational exchange opportunities, high quality
comprehensive information, and additional innovative knowledge-sharing initiatives. The Commission aims at
maintaining its recognition as a premier organization in the advancement of Portugal-US cultural and educational
relations by both governments, and by the leading higher education institutions in Portugal.
In the course of FY2014 the Commission continued to pursue its goals by:
• Concentrating on the “core” grant programs in which the Fulbright Program lays its foundations (degree
awarding programs, mid-long duration, purely academic or with a very strong academic component, in all
fields of study);
• Implementing new and innovative programs targeted at diversified audiences;
• Broaden the reach of the Program, namely by increasing the number of grants awarded each year.
On January 16, 2014 the Fulbright Commission signed agreements with Portugal’s Fundação para a Ciência e a
Tecnologia (FCT, the Portuguese national Funding agency for science, research and technology) to deepen
collaboration and reinforce scientific exchanges between Portugal and the U.S. Portuguese Fulbright grantees – PhD
students and faculty – now receive funding to study, teach or develop projects in universities in the U.S.. FCT also
contributes to five scholarships in the core Fulbright Scholar Program, allowing U.S. faculty and professionals to teach
and develop research projects in Portuguese universities. The Fulbright Commission and its Information Center are
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now located in the FCT building, under one of the protocols signed. The archives of the Commission were also
incorporated into the National Archives of Science and Technology (Arquivo Histórico de Ciência e Tecnologia), FCT’s
science and technology historical archive.
II. Fulbright Program Grants
In the pursuit of its goals, the Commission conducted all the necessary efforts to select the brightest and most
qualified and gifted US and Portuguese Students and Scholars, from all fields of study, awarding several types of
grants, in a total of 47.
A.
US Grant Program
US Students
The Commission offered multiple grants in the Student’s category.
The Fulbright Student Research Abroad Program is designed to give graduate students, young professionals or
researchers opportunities for personal development through cultural exchange. Projects may include university
coursework, independent library or field research, or a combination, in all fields of study.
Fulbright partners with the Luso-American Foundation and Instituto Camões to award these grants.
The award supported by Instituto Camões covers specifically the fields of Linguistics, History, Contemporary History,
Communication, Language Teaching Pedagogy and Didactics, Sociology, Literature, Political Science, International
Relations and Distance Education.
The ETA (English Teaching Assistantships) Program, aspires to strengthen English language instruction and knowledge
of the US in Portugal through the presence of highly motivated native speakers of English. This program is developed
in cooperation with hosts to determine every year through competition. The agreement established with the School of
Letters of the University of Lisbon provides for the placement of one ETA at that school per academic year.
The grants offered were the following:
RESEARCH STUDENTS
NAME
Dhruba
Barnejee
Kristine Dizon
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
Biology
At-Large, California
Musical Instrument
Training - Clarinet
Southern Illinois
University
STUDENTS - ENGLISH TEACHING ASSISTANTS
NAME
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
English Teaching
James Johnston
University of Tulsa
Assistantship
Anthony Sys
English Teaching
Assistantship
Connecticut College
HOST INSTITUTION
Champalimaud Centre for
the Unknown
Instituto Politécnico do
Porto, School of Music and
Performing Arts (ESMAE)
COST SHARING
HOST INSTITUTION
Universidade de Lisboa,
School of Letters
Universidade de Trás-osMontes e Alti Douro,
Department of Letters,
Arts and Communication
COST SHARING
FLAD
I. Camões
Host
Host
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program is funded by the US Department of Education
and supports US Graduate students who have completed coursework in foreign language and area studies programs
relating to any world area except Western Europe and US universities. They are selected for 6-12 month fellowships to
support their dissertation research activities abroad.
In FY2014 the Commission has given support to Fulbright-Hays grantees whose projects included a stay in Lisbon.
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FULBRIGHT-HAYS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABROAD
NAME
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
HOST COUNTRIES
COST SHARING
Anna Mester
African Literatures
and Cultures
University of Michigan
Portugal, Spain and
Mozambique
-
Lilian Havstad
History
Boston University
Mozambique and Portugal
-
Kara Schultz
History
Vanderbilt University
Argentina, Brazil, Portugal
and Spain
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US Scholars
Core US Scholar Program Under the Fulbright Core U.S. Scholar Program, the Commission awarded grants in all
disciplines, applicants being required to evidence an affiliation appropriate to the proposed activity and present
invitations from the host institutions.
Under special agreements the School of Letters of the University of Lisbon, hosted once more a Fulbright Scholar in
the Humanities / Universidade de Lisboa and ISCTE-IUL/BRU will host the first Fulbright Scholar in Management /
ISCTE-IUL.
Specialists This program supports short term visits of US specialists to Portuguese institutions of higher education.
Intercountry Program Provides Portuguese institutions of higher education with opportunities to host, for short
periods of time, U.S. faculty who are in a European country with a Fulbright grant.
The grants offered were the following:
CORE SCHOLARS PROGRAM
NAME
John Campbell
Creative Writing
Michael
Maynard
Business
Administration
Colorado State
University
Dennis Gregory
Education
Old Dominion
University
HOST INSTITUTION
Universidade de Lisboa,
School of Letters
ISCTE-Instituto
Universitário de Lisboa,
Business Research Unit
University of Porto, Center
for Research in Higher
Education Policies (CIPES)
Eleanor Miller
Sociology
University of Vermont
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa, School of Law
FCT
Millicent Accardi
Language/Literature
(non-U.S.)
No affilliation
Universidade dos Açores,
Department of Education
FCT
Silvana Watson
Education
Old Dominion
University
Universidade do Minho,
School of Psychology
FCT
Victor Reignier
FIELD OF STUDY
Architecture /
Urban Planning
HOME INSTITUTION
Western Oregon
University
University of Southern
California
Universidade Católica
Portuguesa – Viseu,
Department of
Architecture, Sciences and
Technology
COST SHARING
Host
Host
FCT
FCT
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SPECIALISTS
NAME
FIELD OF STUDY
HOME INSTITUTION
Susan Zvacek
Education
University of Kansas
Frida Mahoney
Education
Case Western Reserve
University
Susan Mann
Education
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
INTERCOUNTRY SCHOLARS PROGRAM
NAME
FIELD OF STUDY
HOME INSTITUTION
Rory Stuart
Music
The New School
Sheryl Sorby
Engineering
Michigan Technological
University and Ohio
State University
Judd Morrissey
Art & Technology
Study and Writing
School of Art Institute
of Chicago
Sara Warber
Medical Sciences –
Alternative
Medicines
University of Michigan
HOST INSTITUTION
Universidade do Porto,
School of Engineering
Universidade do Porto,
School of Psychology and
Education Sciences
NOVA School of Business
and Economics
COST SHARING
HOST INSTITUTIONS
Hot Clube de Portugal /
Universidade Lusíada /
Instituto Politécnico de
Lisboa, School of Music
Instituto Politécnico de
Setúbal, School of
Technology - Barreiro
Universidade de Coimbra /
Universidade Fernando
Pessoa
Instituto Politécnico do
Porto, School of Allied
Health Sciences
COST SHARING
Host
Host
Host / FLAD
Host
Host
Host
Host
Summarizing, the size of the US Grant Program was the following:
B.
Grant Category
Type of Grant
#
Students
Students
Scholars
Research and ETA’s
Fulbright-Hays
Research/Lecture
TOTAL, US GRANT PROGRAM
4
3
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Portuguese Grant Program
Portuguese Students
In Academic Year 2014/2015, the Commission administered the following grants for Portuguese Students:
Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies This grant awards up to $25,000 per grantee, allowing Masters grantees to apply
for a renewal fund for their second year (up to $6,000/grantee) and PhD grantees to apply for a renewal fund for their
second and third years (up $6,000/year/grantee). The students are placed through IIE’s placement services.
Fulbright / Carmona e Costa Foundation for MFA – Drawing. This grant is awarded every two years and funds the
grantee’s first and second years of study, in a total of $57.000. The student is placed through IIE’s placement services.
Fulbright Travel Grant (for self placed graduate students).
Fulbright Grant for Research These grants are awarded to Master’s and PhD students, preferably from Portuguese
Institutions of Higher Education, to conduct research in US Universities and/or Research Centers.
Fulbright Grant for Research in Public Health, with the support of the Luso-American Foundation and Pingo Doce (as a
result of Fulbright and its Fulbright Brainstorms 2012 partners’ commitment in the field of Public Health.
The grants offered were the following:
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Ms STUDENTS
NAME
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
HOST INSTITUTION
COST SHARING
Nuno Fonseca
Bioethics
Universidade do Porto
New York University
Host
Vasco Costa
Law
Universidade de Lisboa
Columbia University
Host
Sara Silva
Arts Management
Universidade Católica
Portuguesa
American University
Host
André Carvalho
Music
Universidade de Lisboa
Manhattan School of
Music
-
Marta Carmo
Law
Maria Francisca
Carvalho
Fine Arts
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Maryland Institute College
of Art
Paula Escarameia
Award
FCC
Host
HOST INSTITUTION
COST SHARING
New York University
PhD STUDENTS
NAME
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
Raquel Oliveira
Psychology
ISPA
Florida State University
FCT
Rui Carvalho
Sociology
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Brown University
FCT
Host
Oceanography
Universidade do Porto
College of William and
Mary-Virginia Institute of
Marine
Sciences
FCT
Host
Dramaturgy
Universidade do Porto
Yale University
Political Science
Universidade do Porto
Universidade de Lisboa
Washington University in
St. Louis
Miguel Semedo
Maria Inês
Marques
Miguel Gomes
Pereira
FCT
Host
FCT
Host
RESEARCH STUDENTS
NAME
Maria do Pilar
Lima
FIELD
Architecture
Leonor
Rodrigues
Biology
Ricardo Moura
Mathematics
Margarida Siopa
Public Health
Miguel Rosa
Public Policy
HOME INSTITUTION
HOST INSTITUTION
COST SHARING
Universidade do Porto
The University of Arizona
-
Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Universidade do Porto
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Universidade do Porto
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Rowell Park Cancer
Institute, SUNY
-
University of Maryland
-
Columbia University
FLAD, Pingo Doce
Universidade de Lisboa
MIT
-
Portuguese Scholars
The following grant competitions for Portuguese Scholars to lecture/research in the US were open:
Fulbright Grant for Scholars and Researchers, designed to support lecturing and/or conducting research at US
universities or research centers, in all fields of study.
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Fulbright / Instituto Camões Grant for Scholars and Researchers, with the same design as above but covering the
fields of Linguistics, Communication, Language Teaching Pedagogy and Didactics, History, Contemporary History,
Sociology, Literature, Political Science, International Relations, Distance Education, Fine Arts, Performing Arts.
The grants offered were the following:
SCHOLARS
NAME
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
HOST INSTITUTION
Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
COST SHARING
Andreia Valente
Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa
FCT
Helena Isidro
Business
Administration
ISCTE-IUL
University of Miami
Jorge Ribeiro
History
Universidade do Porto
Tufts University
João Barros
Engineering
Universidade do Porto
Stanford University
FCT
Sandra Paiva
Biological Sciences
Universidade do Minho
UC Berkeley
FCT
Clara PintoCorreia
Biological Sciences
Instituto de
Investigação científica
Bento da Rocha Cabral
Amherst College
FCT
I. Camões
-
In summary, the size of the Portuguese program in FY2014 was the following:
Category
Students:
Grants
Fulbright
Fulbright /
Foundation
Fulbright
Carmona
e
Type of Activity
#
Graduate Studies
10
MFA
Std. Res. Abroad
1
5
Costa
Total, Portuguese Student Program
16
Fulbright
Lecturing/Research
Fulbright / Instituto Camões
Lecturing/Research
Total, Portuguese Scholar Program
TOTAL, PORTUGUESE GRANT PROGRAM
5
1
6
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Scholars:
III. Special Programs
The Fulbright Commission administers a number of grants that are funded by the Department of State but are not
considered as being part of the Fulbright Program. The Commission has nominated and/or selected Portuguese
participants for the following short-term special programs:
Study of the US Institutes for Scholars These Institutes are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with
integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign university faculty and other scholars the opportunity to
deepen their understanding of American Society, culture and institutions. The ultimate goal is to strengthen curricula
and to improve the quality of teaching about the United States in academic institutions abroad.
Summer Institute for European Student Leaders This is a five-week program for undergraduate students held in a US
university that focuses on study of the US, concepts of leadership from American perspectives, and civic engagement
through academic coursework and participatory activities. Specially targeted to underrepresented populations, the
program poses new and interesting challenges to the outreach efforts of the Commission, in search for diversity.
The grants awarded were the following:
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STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTES – U.S. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
NAME
Margarida
Pocinho
FIELD
Psychology of
Education
HOME INSTITUTION
University of Madeira
HOST INSTITUTION
New York University, New
York
COST SHARING
HOST INSTITUTION
Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana
Kansas State University in
Manhattan, Kansas
COST SHARING
-
SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR EUROPEAN STUDENT LEADERS
NAME
FIELD
HOME INSTITUTION
Mara Sousa
Languages and IR
University of Porto
Bruno Ferreira
Economics
University Nova de
Lisboa
Joana
Assembleia
Languages and IR
University of Porto
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IV. Grant Supporting Activities
Orientation Activities for Grantees
Orientation and pre-departure meetings were organized by the Commission for the Portuguese Grantees.
Individual and group orientation sessions were also organized for the American students and scholars arriving in
Portugal.
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Alumni Activities and Special Events
FY2014 was again a fruitful year in what concerns outreach, alumni and other special events. In collaboration with
Fulbrighters Portugal (the alumni association), the US Embassy, EducationUSA an other partner institutions, numerous
activities were organized.
In November 2013, the Commission hosted its traditional Thanksgiving Dinner, having as keynote speaker US Embassy
Deputy Chief of Mission John Olson. Held at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo, in Lisbon, it proved to be, once again, an
excellent occasion to gather all the Portuguese grantees recently selected, the American grantees in Portugal, alumni,
stakeholders and friends of the Fulbright Program.
In March 2014 the Commission organized the first EducationUSA US College Fair in Lisbon. On the same occasion, and
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in celebration of the Fulbright Commission 54 anniversary, a lunch was organized for Board members, alumni and
other guests, in which the Portuguese Deputy Minister for Higher Education, former Fulbrighter José Ferreira Gomes,
offered remarks.
In early June 2014, the third Fulbright Annual Forum took place, with the special participation as a keynote speaker of
Susan Mann, from the Gates Foundation, at the time in Portugal as a Fulbright Specialist. Several Fulbrighters said yes
to the Commission’s challenge to speak about leadership, entrepreneurship and personal development and profited
from the chance to connect and share experiences and ideas.
As one of the partner institutions responsible for the creation of Study in Portugal, a joint-venture established with the
objective of promoting Portugal as an attractive destination for US Students, Fulbright helped organized and
participated in the delegation of Portuguese universities and other institutions that represented Portugal at the NAFSA
Conference and Expo that took place in late May in San Diego, California.
The Fulbright Commission also partnered with the US Embassy in the organization of a series of successful professional
development workshops targeted to the participation of State Department alumni and attended by a large number of
Fulbright alumni.
The Fulbright Information Center (FIC), a US State Department affiliated advising center part of the EducationUSA
network that strives to provide accurate, comprehensive, current, and unbiased information on education in the
United States, also continued to contribute to the promotion of the good image of Fulbright within Portuguese
academia, secondary educators and high school, undergraduate and graduate students, by promoting regular outreach
initiatives, workshops and webinars.
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Program Report Appendices
Board of Directors
The composition of the Board, as of September 30, 2014, is as follows:
Representatives of the US Government:
Mr. Mark Pannell, Counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy, Chair;
Mr. Scott Hartmann, Assistant Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy, Treasurer;
Prof. John Huffstot, Lecturer and Director of Language Studies, Nova SBE;
Mr. Curtis Stewart, Head of Economics and Environment, International Lead & Zinc Study Group.
Representatives of the Portuguese Government:
Mrs. Ana Paula Laborinho, President, Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs;
Dr. Miguel Seabra, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministry of
Education and Science;
Dr. Fernando Reis, Director General for Innovation and Curricular Development, Ministry of Education and
Science;
Dr. Vítor Magriço, Director General for Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Science.
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Secretariat
The Commission encompasses a staff of 4-5 full-time employees. Staff members as of September 30, 2014 were:
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Ms. Otilia Macedo Reis, Executive Director
Ms. Paula Lemos, Program Coordinator
Ms. Dora Reis Arenga, Administrative and Program Officer
Mr. Ricardo Sequeira, Educational Adviser
Ms. Beatriz Lourenço, Information Assistant
Prepared by Otília Macedo Reis, Executive Director
February 10, 2015
Lisbon, Portugal
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