Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program

Overview

The Fulbright- Hays DDRA Fellowship Program provides opportunities for doctoral students to engage in dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.

Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority and three competitive preference priorities.

• Absolute Priority: A research project that focuses on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories). 
• Competitive Preference Priority 1— Focus on Less Commonly Taught Languages. A research project that focuses on any modern foreign language except French, German, or Spanish. 
• Competitive Preference Priority 2— Thematic Focus on Academic Fields. Applications that propose dissertation research projects in modern foreign languages and area studies with an academic focus on any of the following academic fields: science (including climate change), technology, engineering (including infrastructure studies), mathematics, computer science, education (comparative or international), international development, political science, public health (including epidemiology), or economics.
• Competitive Preference Priority 3— Promoting Equity in Student Access to Educational Resources and Opportunities.

The project will be implemented by one of the following entities: 
• Historically Black colleges and universities
• Minority-serving institutions 
• Tribal colleges and universities

No DDRA Fellowship Program applicant concurrently may receive a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program (FUSP) and a grant from the Fulbright- Hays DDRA Fellowship Program.

The institutional project period is 18 months. Doctoral students may request funding for a period of no less than 6 months and no more than 12 months.