"The Fulbright Programme aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship."
-by Senator J William Fulbright
The Scholar-in-Residence program is designed for U.S. institutions that do not usually have a chance to host visiting scholars from abroad, such as liberal arts colleges, regional undergraduate universities, community colleges, and minority-serving institutions.
Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2007, more than 40 participants enjoyed this 3-day meeting of grantees, board members, and FSE staff at, Hsitou Recreation Area, and National Taiwan University Experimental Forest.
The dinner, hosted by FSE Honorary Board Chairman Steven Young, was preceded by a social hour. It provided an opportunity to thank host institutions and other organizations and individuals who helped the grantees to have a productive and successful experience in Taiwan.
The twelve 2006-2007 Fulbright English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) in Yilan County produced a DVD titled “Let’s Go Yilan” to be used in teaching English to elementary school children in Yilan. The press conference, held to announce completion of the project, resulted in favorable coverage by three TV stations, two newspapers, and two radio stations. Student reactions were also enthusiastic.
Grants are available for U.S. citizens to travel to Taiwan to study, teach, or conduct research. Since 1957, more than 850 people from the U.S. have come to Taiwan under the program.
Grants are available for students, senior scholars, and professionals from Taiwan to travel to the U.S. for study or research. More than 1100 people from Taiwan have traveled to the U.S. under this program since 1957.
