Awards to the U.S.

Scholar-in-Residence Program (SIR)

Description and Purpose

  1. The Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program is institution-focused, and supports proposals developed by U.S. institutions.
  2. The SIR Program  is open to all accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. A U.S. institution can maximize capacity-building by using the Visiting Scholar for work across departments and curricula. This work ranges from teaching undergraduate courses to advising on faculty and curriculum development.
  3. Through the SIR Program, a participating U.S. institution can establish formal ties to overseas institutions that lead to the development of new international exchange activities.
  4. Taiwan’s scholars can participate in the SIR Program by becoming Fulbright Scholars or recommended by IIE from overseas who teach or research at the participating institutions in the United States.
  5. Scholars from Taiwan cannot apply for the positions themselves; rather, they are invited and appointed by the U.S. Department of State through due process.
  6. The announcement below is for the 2024-2025 program, per the U.S. side’s request to recruit appropriate Taiwan scholar.
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AWARD

1

ACTIVITY

Teaching

LENGTH

9 months

DEADLINE

March 29, 2024

Fields

Design (Specialization: Game Design and Development)

Host University: Becker School of Design & Technology, Clark University, Worcester, MA (clarku.edu)

Duration: 9 months, from September 1st, 2024

 

Summary of Activities: The scholar will be part of our work with campus organizations and invited to act as a mentor/judge for campus activities such as our BSDT games-workshop which is a University supported STEAM development collaborative. They are invited and encouraged to join in and work with our International Center where they may enjoy a full program of events and participate in or organize activities of their choosing. Further, our community Engagement & Volunteering Center hosts a number of events year round.

 

Academic Program: The scholar will be housed in Clark University’s Becker School of Design and Technology’s Interactive Media [Games] department. In the Fall and Spring, they would be asked to co-teach, with an instructor with significant previous experience, Game Studio which is an experiential production course in collaboration with community partners; Fall with the Worcester Art Museum, Spring with our Boston opera company partner, White Snake. In the Spring they would also teach an advanced topics colloquium on international interactive media development. Throughout the year, the scholar will be invited to participate in curriculum development for an interactive media major track in international game studies to add to our seven existing tracks. A track consists of the selection of four to five courses, some of which may be from other departments or schools, or which are to be proposed, all of which provide concentrated study of a specialized topic within the Interactive Media (Game) major.

 

Plans for Other Campus Activities: The scholar would be asked to deliver a guest lecture open to the public as an introduction to their work/research and practice. They would also be asked to work with our student chapter of the International Game Developers Association [IGDA] to be involved in annual programming such as guest speaker outreach and working to identify and connect with Interactive Media and game developer organizations, user groups, and graduate schools around the world. The scholar would also be invited to all of the University programming including lectures, exhibitions, research and grant writing workshops, and faculty mingles, as well as a number of international community engagement events. The BSDT collaborates extensively with the Visual and Performing Arts and the Computer Science departments, developing curriculum, furthering interdisciplinary programs, and identifying research and scholarly project opportunities – to all of which the SIR would be eagerly invited.

 

Community Outreach:

Opportunities to engage with the community would include the public talk supported by the Higgins School of the Humanities, established to foster humanistic perspectives on pressing issues of the day through open dialogue, and work with our University Park Partnership which connects Clark with neighborhood residents, local churches, government officials, the business community, and public schools.

 

There will also be media engagement around the scholar’s contribution to the BSDT’s and partner work with the Worcester Art Museum and Boston White Snake Productions, arising from the scholar’s co-teaching of Studio. The Worcester Art Museum is recognized for their impactful exhibits and community engaged programming while White Snake is an activist opera company making mission-driven work that unites artmaking with civic practice in Boston. Clark’s also has a robust social media and marketing department that works closely with BSDT to promote university work.

Benefits

  1. A monthly stipend totaling $4,182 per month
  2. A professional development allowance of US $840 -$1,285
  3. A settling-in allowance of US$1,393
  4. A baggage allowance of US$300
  5. A in transit allowance of US$300
  6. A S-I-R supplemental allowance of $1200 – $3000
  7. A dependent allowance is payable for dependents accompanying the grantee for at least 80% of the grant period. Grantees with one accompanying dependent will receive $240 per month; with two or more accompanying dependents, $419 per month.
  8. Accident and sickness insurance for the grantee only, provided under the Department of State’s regular program. Accident and sickness insurance for accompanying dependents is at the expense of the grantee and is required by U.S. J‐visa regulations. Grantees bringing dependents are advised to research dependent health insurance options prior to arriving in the U.S.
  9. A direct-flight, round-trip basic-economy-class air ticket for grantee and up to two dependents (Must take US airlines)
  10. Other possible supports provided by the local university/ college (based on the host institution’s proposal)

For further information, please visit: Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program

Note: The benefits are subject to the announcement of the Department of State.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants are eligible who

  1.  1) PhD degree received, or 2) MFA (Master of Fine Arts) and another terminal degree such as a doctorate, or be currently enrolled in such a program
  2. Scholars who are a strong fit and who have earned other master’s degrees would also be qualified with another terminal degree such as a doctorate
  3. Have minimum of 2 years of teaching experience
  4. Have a portfolio of professional/development experience
  5. Have a commitment to research and practice in the field
  6. Demonstrate commitment to promoting a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion
  7. Meet the Grant Conditions and Provisions (Eligibility & Visa)

Applicants are Ineligible who

  1. Are currently teaching, studying, or conducting research in the U.S.
  2. Have received a J-1 visa in the category of Professor/Research Scholar within the past 2 years. They cannot be issued another J-1 visa in the category of Professor/Research Scholar.

Application Procedure

1

By March 29, 2024 the following items are due in the online application https://apply.iie.org/sir (please select “Recruited Scholar-in-Residence” in the Preliminary Questions):

  1. A Chinese and English Curriculum Vitae;
  2. Two letters of Reference on behalf of the scholar
  3. A letter from the scholar’s home institution stating that the scholar will receive leave of absence if selected for the Fulbright grant

More details about the application instruction is available by email to fse@fulbright.org.tw per request.

2

An in-person English interview in Fulbright Taiwan office in Taipei on April 1st , 2024

3

The application process has been completed! Wait for the notification letter!

Selection Procedure

April

A Selection Committee (academic peers from a variety of disciplines, Board members, and staff) reviews all documents and proposals of teaching plans, interviews all candidates,  and recommends a slate for final selection by the Board of Fulbright Taiwan.

April to May

Applicants are notified by Fulbright Taiwan of nomination/non-nomination after the Board meeting. Their nomination is also sent to IIE for the second-round selection, competing with the nomination from Singapore. The finalist will be sent to J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB).

The grant is then subject to:

  1. Approval by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB)
  2. Acceptance of the candidate’s proposal of teaching plan by Clark University

May

Final approval is then normally received by Fulbright Taiwan in May and conveyed to grantees as soon as received.

June

IIE and the Department of State will organize a virtual pre-departure orientation for the selected Fulbright S-I-Rs in early June. In addition, Fulbright Taiwan will include the S‐I‐R scholar in another in-person pre‐departure orientation organized for other Fulbright Visiting Scholars going to the U.S. from Taiwan. 

July to August

The Scholar applies for the Fulbright J-1 visa with the DS-2019 issued by Fulbright/IIE, and arranges the travel based on the S-I-R policy.

September

Start the S-I-R program in the U.S.

Note: All Taiwan grantees traveling to the U.S. must hold a J-type visa for academic and cultural exchange programs.

TAIWAN SCHOLARS: YOUR HELP IS REQUESTED

Fulbright Taiwan would like to encourage more American institutions to take advantage of Taiwan scholars in the SIR program, and simultaneously help more Taiwan scholars go to the U.S.

 

You may have specific contacts in the U.S. You may have specific places you would like to be a SIR. Unfortunately, these schools have to request IIE for a Taiwan scholar. Work with Fulbright Taiwan to contact American institutions or U.S. scholars to encourage them to request a scholar from Taiwan!

 

 

The program is open to all accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. Non-U.S. institutions are ineligible. The institution must be in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requiring nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.

 

 

To host a SIR in 2025-2026, the U.S. university should complete the interest survey by December, and submit the application by June 3, 2024. More details are in S-I-R website: https://fulbrightscholars.org/sir

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More Information Below

Contact

Ms. Edith Wang
Email: fse@fulbright.org.tw
Tel: 02-2388-2100 ext. 143