Fulbright New Zealand invites applications for its final round of NZ-US exchange awards for 2012 – Travel Awards for short-term exchanges to the US by New Zealand academics, artists or professionals, and Specialist Awards for New Zealand institutions to host visiting American academics, artists or professionals on short-term exchanges to New Zealand.
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Fijian migrant crosses the Pacific to write underwater tales
A Fiji raised, South Auckland poet will write his second book of poems and short stories as the recipient of the 2012 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency. The residency offers a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage the opportunity to work for three months on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history, at the University of Hawai’i.
Visiting American fellows report on New Zealand public policy
New Zealand’s approaches to fisheries management, science education, bilateral relations, military operations and social housing will be under the spotlight in a series of policy reports by visiting American policy researchers scheduled for release over the coming fortnight.
American partner provides for more US Fulbright students to New Zealand
Fulbright New Zealand recently formalised a partnership with the New York-based American New Zealand Association (ANZA) to implement additional awards for US graduate students.
August Fulbright Quarterly newsletter online now
The August 2012 edition of our Fulbright New Zealand Quarterly newsletter is online now! Read the latest news from the Fulbright New Zealand office, featured Grantee and Alumni Voice submissions and much more.
2012 Ian Axford Fellowship seminars
Fulbright New Zealand, IPANZ and the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy Board invite you to a series of public seminars by this year’s six Ian Axford Fellows, who have been hosted at government agencies in Wellington for seven months working towards publishing a policy report.
Fulbright engineering expertise preserves lives and money
Doctoral candidate Jonathan Watkins will follow in the footsteps of his PhD supervisor and other University of Auckland graduates when he visits Iowa State University as a Fulbright grantee to research the use of self-centering precast concrete walls for the construction of earthquake-resilient buildings.
Māori student sees traditional sports as key to development
A physical education graduate with a passion for ngā taonga takaro (traditional Māori sports and recreation) has been awarded this year’s Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award, to examine the potential for improving indigenous health, wellbeing and development through sport.
Fulbright sponsors New Zealand speakers at major international Antarctic conference
Fulbright New Zealand is sponsoring researchers from three different New Zealand universities to speak at next week’s fifth Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference in Portland, Oregon.
Call for applications – Fulbright New Zealand Graduate Awards
Fulbright New Zealand calls for applications to its range of exchange awards for New Zealand graduate students to study or research in the United States of America during the 2013-2014 American academic year.