Deadline: 31 March 2025
The U.S. Mission in Kampala is accepting applications for the Fulbright African Research Scholar Program to support African university faculty, administrators and research institute professionals to conduct postdoctoral research or curriculum development and research at a U.S. academic or research institution during the 2026-2027 academic year.
Categories
- Notre Dame Visiting Scholar Award: The University of Notre Dame will host two Fulbright Scholars from Uganda in the 2026-2027 academic year. Prospective applicants interested in the following fields will be hosted at the University of Notre Dame and should indicate this within their application:
- Sustainability, resilience, mitigation and adaptation
- Peacebuilding, including peace processes, religion and peacebuilding, and the role of new technologies
- Global health including WASH, nutrition and maternal health
- Language Curriculum Development to Foster Global Citizenship in Students (Evaluate and Update Swahili Language Curriculum)
- Research Grants: Applicants should have a productive scholarly record, and a specific detailed project statement directly related to their ongoing teaching and/or research responsibilities. Funding is normally for one term/semester of about four months. Longer grants may be possible if the research proposal clearly demonstrates that the project requires more time. Applicants must have a Ph.D.
- Program and Curriculum Development Grants: Applicants will conduct reading and research of benefit to both the scholar and their home institution. Proposals should be linked to the applicant’s professional duties (classroom instruction, student advising, and university outreach) and should provide specific details that demonstrate how the scholar would use the knowledge gained to update and improve classroom instruction at their home institution. A doctorate degree is not required for this grant, but applicants must hold a minimum of a master’s or equivalent graduate degree at the time of application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be Ugandan citizens.
- Awards are open without regard to academic discipline, faculty rank, sex, or age.
- Preference will be given to those proposals that best promote the spirit and goals of the Fulbright Program: to increase and enhance mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through interpersonal contact and the sharing of professional/academic experience and expertise among the widest possible audience. Applicants must provide a detailed project statement to help facilitate the U.S. host placement process and address why their research needs to take place in the United States.
- Preference will be given to applications that include a letter of support from a potential U.S. host institution willing to support your project proposal.
- Applicants open or interested to have host placement at University of Notre Dame should indicate this as their preferred U.S. host within their applications.
- For research applicants, preference is given to individuals who have at least three years of university teaching experience and a productive scholarly record.
- Plagiarism in any part of an application will result in disqualification from participation in the program.
- Preference is given to individuals who have not visited the United States within the past five years.
- Applicants must have a strong command of the English language.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Proposals for clinical medical research involving patient contact cannot be approved under the Fulbright Program.
- Applications for doctoral dissertation research, postdoctoral research immediately following the completion of a doctorate degree, or general professional travel, are ineligible.
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Uganda.
