The Fulbright Scholar Program has awarded grants to three University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 graduate students for research and study abroad during the 1999-2000 academic year.
The grants are used to support graduate study and research abroad in a student's academic field or to receive professional training in the creative and performing arts.
Ann May, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, was awarded a grant to conduct research on rural children working as street vendors in East Africa. Pam Nguyen will study the gender role, identity and development of Vietnamese women in a transitional economy. Nguyen also is a doctoral candidate in anthropology.
Aliza Wong, a doctoral candidate in history, will conduct research on the construction of race in the development of the Italian national identity. Jennifer Foster, a doctoral candidate in geography, was selected as an alternate for South Africa.
Applicants must be proficient in the language of the host country where they study in addition to passing a U.S. committee screening and being accepted by the host country.
The deadline to apply for the 2000-01 student program is Sept. 27.
The Fubright Scholar Program also has announced that the deadline for faculty to apply for lecture and research grants for the 2000-01 academic year is Aug. 1. Faculty lecture and advanced research grants are available in nearly 125 countries.
For information on the program and application forms call Nancy Vanacore of the Office of International Education at 303-492-6016.