Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 103024 001
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program (Assistance Listing Number 84.022A) is a U.S. Department of Education discretionary grant opportunity run through the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) under International Foreign Language Education (IFLE). Its core purpose is to support doctoral students who need to conduct dissertation research overseas in modern foreign languages and area studies. In practical terms, the program is meant to strengthen U.S. capacity in language and regional expertise by helping emerging scholars complete in-country research that would be difficult or impossible to do from the United States, and then bring that knowledge back into U.S. teaching and scholarship.
Applications are submitted by institutions of higher education (IHEs), not directly by students as standalone applicants. Doctoral students prepare their own application components (including a research narrative and required forms) and submit them to a project director at their home institution. The institution then compiles the student submissions into one institutional application package and submits it electronically to the Department of Education through the G6 system on behalf of all participating doctoral student applicants from that institution. In other words, even though the fellowship benefits individual students, the university serves as the official applicant and submits the materials in the format and system required by the Department.
To be eligible to receive a fellowship as an individual, a student must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. permanent resident. The student must be a graduate student in good standing at an accredited institution of higher education and must be admitted to candidacy in a doctoral program in modern foreign languages and area studies by the time the fellowship period begins. The program also emphasizes the expectation that fellows plan to pursue a teaching career in the United States after completing the doctorate, reflecting the program's broader goal of building long-term national capacity in language and area studies instruction. In addition, applicants must have enough foreign language proficiency to carry out the proposed dissertation research abroad, since the fellowship is designed for research that depends on language skills and in-country access to sources, communities, archives, or field sites.
For this specific opportunity listing (Funding Opportunity Number ED GRANTS 103024 001), the closing date is January 15, 2025. The award ceiling is listed as $60,000, and the program anticipates making about 80 awards. The eligible applicant categories include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education, and the listing also references individuals and other entities in the general eligibility field; however, the program description clarifies that the formal applicants are IHEs submitting on behalf of students, while the fellowship recipients are the eligible doctoral students described above.
Because the posted description is only a synopsis, key details such as the exact application package requirements, selection criteria, absolute or competitive priorities, allowable costs, performance measures, and any pre-application steps are governed by the official Federal Register notice. Applicants are directed to rely on that Federal Register publication as the authoritative source and to follow the Department of Education's Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (published December 7, 2022) for guidance on how to obtain, prepare, and submit applications.Apply for ED GRANTS 103024 001
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): International Foreign Language Education (IFLE): Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.022A" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.022.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-30.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 80 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals, Others.
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