Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Each year more than 1,000 U.S. faculty and professionals will travel to over 140 countries around the globe to lecture or conduct research as Fulbright scholars. Grants typically range from two months to an academic year. Awards are available in 45 disciplines and most countries also have "All Disciplines" grants, or open awards that allow you to shape your own project. Deadline: August 1, 2006. For more information on the traditional and new Fulbright scholar programs, visit: www.cies.org

Program	Application Deadline
New Century Scholars Program	July 17, 2006
Fulbright Traditional Lecturing/Research Awards	August 1, 2006
Senior Specialists Program	Rolling Deadline

Higher Education for Development Announces Launch of Development Specialists Program
Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced the launch of the new Development Specialists Program. The new program is designed to give U.S. faculty the opportunity to participate in short-term international development assignments at USAID Missions worldwide. The primary goal of the program is to provide broad and diverse sources of technical and advisory expertise to USAID. This will be achieved by sending U.S. faculty on short-term assignments to USAID Missions. Application materials and further program description are available on the HED website: www.HEDprogram.org

International Research Fellowship Program
The objective of the International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) is to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to international collaborative research opportunities, thereby furthering their research capacity and global perspective and forging long-term relationships with scientists, technologists and engineers abroad. These awards are available in any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF.

Anticipated Type of Award: Fellowship Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 30 to 35 Approximately 30-35 fellowships will be offered each year to U.S. investigators for research abroad.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $3,500,000 Total program support will be approximately $3.5 million in each fiscal year, contingent upon the quality of applications and availability of funds.

For more information, visit: www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06582

FY 2006-2007 Foreign Travel Grants

Members of the budgeted staff with faculty rank are eligible for foreign travel grants. The ISU Faculty Handbook has the official rules. For FY 2006-2007 applications must be in the Faculty Senate Office according to this schedule.

Travel Starting Date	Due Date	Agriculture College Deadline
16 August 2006 - 13 May 2007	6 October 2006	15 September 2006
17 January 2007 - 15 August 2007	26 January 2007	5 January 2007
16 May 2007 - 16 January 2008	6 April 2007	16 March 2007

Application forms are available through the Dean's office, from the College representative to the Faculty Senate Committee on Recognition and Development, or from the Faculty Senate homepage. Only application forms with the revision date of 7/06 should be used.

Exchange Visitor Form for Visiting Scholars (DS-2019 Forms)
DS-2019 (Exchange Visitor Forms for Visiting Scholars) forms no longer need to be signed by the Dean of Agriculture or by Global Agriculture Programs. They may be forwarded directly to ISS from the departments.

Looking For a Few Good Students
The Student Travel Consultant Program (STC), a recruiting campaign organized by the Agriculture Study Abroad office, gives returning study abroad students the opportunity to share their experience and new found knowledge about travel with their peers in the College of Agriculture. In its second year, the STC program allows the Agricultural Study Abroad office to increase students' participation in studying abroad through the enthusiasm and interest of returned study abroad students. STCs work one-on-one with their peers who have never studied abroad, helping them gain a better understanding of the opportunities, the importance, and the impact of international education. The Agriculture Study Abroad office is now hiring STCs for the 2006/07 academic year. Please contact Difei Shen at dfshen@iastate.edu if you know any students who love talking about their international experience and would be a good role model for future study abroad participants.

There and Back - Reflections of ISU World Adventurers
"There and Back --- Reflections of ISU World Adventurers" is a new Agricultural Study Abroad Contest initiated by the Agricultural Study Abroad office this semester. The main focus of this program is to have returned students (College of Ag or on College of Ag programs) design some project to reflect and share their study abroad experiences with other students. Projects can be entered into the contest as a group or individual and can include film, photography, theatre, poetry, writing, etc. Prizes are worth at least $500 for each entry. Questions can be directed to Difei Shen at dfshen@iastate.edu.

Summer Interns

The following international students are working as interns in various ISU departments:

	Name	Country	ISU Faculty Member	Department
	Eva Gabas Aventin	Spain	John Tyndall	NREM
	Monica Rodriguez Farran	Spain	Charles Hurburgh	ABE
	Ramon Torra Bernat	Spain		Reiman Gardens
	Enos Ma	Brazil	Robert Wisner	Ag Economics
	Amaury Demeestere	France	Matthew Helmers	ABE
	Paolos Alemu	The Netherlands	Heidi Asbjornsen	ABE
	Magda marin Beltran	Mexico	Kathleen Delate	Horticulture