Benefits

• Travel allowance
• Stipend
• Professional allowance
• Health benefits coverage

Duration

• Grant Duration: 3 to 9 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• Egyptian citizenship.
• Applicants must be residing in Egypt starting from the application process and throughout the selection, placement and pre-departure processes.
• Full time faculty member at a university in Egypt, or a full-time research member at an Egyptian research center.
• Ph.D. degree is required.
• Excellent command of English.
• Applicants have to successfully complete all the steps of the application, assessment, and selection process and successfully finalize all required procedures.
• The following persons and their immediate family members (i.e. spouses and children) are ineligible to apply during and for a period ending one year following the termination of such employment: employees of the U.S. Department of State; local employees of the U.S. missions abroad who work for the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); employees at organizations implementing exchange programs for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the Department of State; as well as Board Members or staff of a Fulbright Commission or their families (up to fourth kin).
• U.S. citizens and green card holders and applicants are not eligible to apply.

Application Requirements

• Online Application
• Project Statement
• Bibliography
• Ph.D. certificate in English
• CV with clear contact information and updated publications
• Letter of support from home institution
• Three recommendation letters
• Scanned copy of the original valid National ID
• Personal photo
• Scanned copies of any previous U.S. J1 or J2 visas (if applicable)

For more information, visit The Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt.