Tag: Guest Author
24 Jun 2019 • 9 min read
How to Choose a Fulbright Host Country: Advice from Two Former Fulbrighters
By Lauren Valdez and Adriana Valencia A Fulbright scholarship lets you explore almost anything you want in any part of the world. Through...
24 Apr 2019 • 7 min read
The Rotary Peace Fellowship: A Fully Funded Educational Opportunity for Service Above Self
By Guest Author Mark Flanigan Rotary International is a global civic organization that is active at the grassroots level. While they are best...
19 Mar 2019 • 4 min read
A Unique U.S.-Japan Exchange Experience for Young Leaders: The TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program
By Guest Author Rachel E. Brooks The TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program seeks to build a community of creative thinkers and doers with...
7 Feb 2019 • 7 min read
Beating Paralysis by Analysis: How to Choose the Right Fellowships Out of Hundreds of Options
By guest author Sara K. McBride ProFellow lists hundreds of fellowship opportunities in its database, for people across a wide range of experience...
6 Feb 2019 • 7 min read
A Year of Traveling and Teaching in Athens, Greece: The Fulbright HAEF Teaching Fellowship
Our guest author Olivia Davis writes about her experience applying for and completing the HAEF (Hellenic American Educational Foundation) Teaching Fellowship, a Fulbright...
22 Nov 2017 • 3 min read
Who Should Write Your Letters of Recommendation?
By Brittany Mihalec-Adkins While it may not be the most stressful part the fellowship application process, your choice of recommenders actually has a...
16 Nov 2017 • 5 min read
How to Shorten Your Personal Statement: Delegate
By Brittany Mihalec-Adkins There are countless ways to write a personal statement, and of course, no one way is the “right” or “best”...
22 Sep 2017 • 9 min read
8 Tips for Crafting a Winning NSF GRFP Application
Guest author and second-year Ph.D. student Brittany Mihalec-Adkins shares her tips for creating a compelling and robust National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research...
21 Jul 2017 • 9 min read
The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship: Application Tips for Aspiring Foreign Service Officers
Our guest author Kayden Hoang Bui writes about his experience applying for the USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship, a competitive 2-year...
14 Jul 2017 • 10 min read
A Deaf Fulbright Experience: Living Abroad in Italy and Fulbright Application Tips
MIT alumna Sheila Xu writes on her experience as a deaf Fulbright U.S. Student Award grantee in Italy. She is based in Padua...
26 May 2017 • 8 min read
The Power of Service: My Experience on the NYC Service Fellowship
The NYC Service Fellowship is based out of the Office of the Mayor and administered by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)...
14 Mar 2017 • 4 min read
Connecting with Community and Following the Unexpected: A Luce Scholar in Thailand
Our guest columnist Annie Peyton is writing from Thailand on a 2016-17 Henry Luce Scholarship. The Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program...
