Becoming a Host Site - Funding/Languages/Countries

FUNDING

FLTAs are funded at different levels depending on the country of citizenship and the languages taught.

Fulbright Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) 

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides Fulbright FLTAs in LCTLs with a monthly stipend to cover room and board, daily living expenses, round-trip travel, health insurance and enrichment activities. The amount of the monthly stipend varies by U.S. region. For information on the exact amount of funding your FLTA would receive, please contact the FLTA Program Office at IIE.

Host institutions may elect to have IIE billed directly for the cost of room and board. If this option is selected, the FLTA will receive a smaller monthly stipend to cover daily living expenses. All other benefits remain the same. For more information on the exact amount of funding your FLTA would receive under this mechanism, please contact the FLTA Program Office at IIE.

Applying to host an FLTA is competitive. Due to fiscal constraints, institutions that offer added cost-share for the more competitive languages are given extra consideration.

LANGUAGES IN THIS CATEGORY: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dari, Gujurati, Hausa, Hindi/Urdu, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kiswahili, Korean, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Pashtu, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Uzbek, Wolof and Yoruba.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

Traditional Fulbright Languages

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides Fulbright FLTAs in traditional languages with orientation and enrichment programs as well as health insurance coverage. Fulbright Commissions in these countries provide FLTAs with supplemental funding to cover round-trip travel. Host institutions offer room and board, a tuition and fees waiver for the required two courses per semester and a small monthly stipend of between $400 and $600 per month. Some host institutions offer a larger monthly stipend from which the FLTA themselves pay room, board and all other expenses.

LANGUAGES IN THIS CATEGORY: Finnish, French, Irish (Gaelic), German, Italian, and Spanish.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Argentina, Austria, Belgium,  Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Uruguay.

Special Cases

*Clarification on applications for PORTUGUESE (Brazil):
Fulbright FLTAs from Brazil are provided orientation and enrichment programs as well as health insurance coverage from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Brazilian Fulbright Commission provides supplemental funding to cover monthly stipends and round-trip travel.

Host institutions that offer more cost share will be given special consideration.  All applications for Portuguese will be given consideration regardless of cost share offered by host institutions. Note: Due to funding similarities, Portuguese (Brazil) is listed along with LCTLs in the host institution application.

         LANGUAGES IN THIS CATEGORY:  Chinese (Taiwan),Japanese, Portuguese

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Brazil, Japan, Taiwan 

Note: Additional languages and participating countries are added regularly.