Ukraine
6 English Teaching Assistant Award
Accepted Degree Levels
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Grant PeriodSeptember StartGrant Length9 Months |
Award Type
Award Profile
The U.S. Student Program to Ukraine has been suspended through the 2023-2024 academic year. Potential applicants for 2024-2025 need to discuss the status of the U.S. Student Fulbright Program to Ukraine with IIE (212-984-5396) before applying.
Grant Length
Grant Period
The grant starts with the beginning of the academic year at the host institution, usually in mid-September 2023 and ends in June 2024.
Orientation
Candidate Profile
Well-rounded, articulate candidates at all degree levels with an interest in international education and the initiative to assistant-teach conversational English at all levels will be considered. Undergraduate degrees in the humanities and the social sciences, with a focus on English, American studies, film studies, media and communications, or education, are preferred. Successful candidates will not just be teaching English, but presenting on American culture and advising on educational opportunities in the United States to local citizens. Previous teaching experience is not required, but is helpful. Applicants must be fluent English-speakers. Semi-finalist candidates will be interviewed via Skype in February.
Eligibility
Candidates with dual U.S.-Ukrainian citizenship must give up their Ukrainian citizenship if they are selected for and accept a Fulbright Grant to Ukraine. Grantees who were born in Soviet Ukraine or independent Ukraine (post-1991) and are now naturalized U.S. citizens, and have entered the U.S. on post-1991 passports of independent Ukraine, will be required to show proof that they have formally renounced their Ukrainian citizenship. Otherwise, they will not be issued a Ukrainian visa, as the Ukrainian visa, as the Ukrainian government will still consider them Ukrainian citizens, and they will not be able to stay in Ukraine beyond a period of 90 days out of 180 days from their first arrival in Ukraine. Grantees who left Ukraine and enteres the U.S. before 1991 on passports issued by Soviet Ukraine will not have a problem receiving a Ukrainian visa and will not be required to renounce their Ukrainian citizneship, as they have never held citizenship in independent Ukraine. However, if grantees entered the U.S. after 1991 on a valid passport issued by Soviet Ukraine, the Ukrainian government will still consider them Ukrainian citizens, as all valid Soviet Ukraine passports automatically became valid Ukrainian passports after independent Ukraine came into being.
The procedure to renounce Ukrainian citizenship can take up to a year and requires the signature of the President of Ukraine. Those who can provide official documentation to demonstrate they have started the process can be issued a visa. For more information, please contact an official at the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States or a senior Consular official at your designated Consulate-General office to make sure that this is, in fact, the proper procedure to acquire your visa.
Degree Level of Applicant
- Bachelor's
- Master's
Foreign Language Proficiency
Knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian is helpful, but not required.
Placement Type
- University/Post-Secondary Institution
Placement is primarily at universities. Grantees will assistant-teach under the supervision of an experienced English instructor and will serve as a resource for conversation, vocabulary, and reading and writing courses. Grantees may also be involved with some educational advising and outreach.
Please note that security considerations may restrict placement options in certain cities and regions. Placements will be arranged by the Fulbright Office in Kyiv.
Placement Locations
- Regional City
Supplementary Project
Grantees are expected to engage in other activities related to their personal, career, and/or educational interests. This may be an independent study/research project or other activity that will not conflict with assigned assistant-teaching and advising responsibilities. Applicants should include a brief description of their supplementary project in their Statement of Grant Purpose.
Dependents
Housing Arrangements
Post will assist in housing arrangements for grantees.