The competition for JFDP for 2012-2013 is closed.

The Junior Faculty Development Program provides university instructors with a semester-long opportunity to expand their knowledge and expertise in their academic field by attending classes and working with faculty members at universities in the United States. Individuals may apply for fields in the humanities and social sciences.

The JFDP is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State (ECA). American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, an American non-profit, non-governmental organization, receives a grant from ECA to administer the JFDP, and oversee each participant's successful completion of the program. The United States Congress annually appropriates funds to finance the JFDP, and authorizes the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to oversee these funds.

Eligibility:

1) Citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia
2) Teaching full-time in an institution of higher education in your home country;
3) Have at least two years of university-level teaching experience
4) Highly proficient in English.

JFDP fields for 2012–2013 are as follows:

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION: JUNE 18, 2012

If you would like us to e-mail you about this program, please send us an e-mail and we will add you to our distribution list.

Not sure you want to participate? Want to hear from colleagues who have been on the program? To hear about the experiences of former participants of the JFDP program, please visit our JFDP ALUMNI PROFILES section.

Download Printed Application

The application is a protected Word document that may be downloaded, completed, saved, and printed. To download, click on the file name, choose “Save to disk” and then choose a location on the computer to save the file.

JFDP_App2013.doc (4393KB)

Optional: Submit an Online Application

If you are unable to send or submit printed application materials to your nearest American Councils (JFDP) representative office, you have the option of submitting a fully online application by clicking the link below. PLEASE NOTE that in order to submit an online application you must have a computer with adequate system requirements, including a digital camera or scanner for your portrait photograph, a scanner for converting signed, stamped recommendation letters to electronic versions, a compatible web browser (Google chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer), and a printer to make a copy of the completed application for your records. If you do not have the necessary technological capability to submit an online application, we ask that you download the Word document application (available above) and submit a printed application to your nearest American Councils (JFDP) representative office.

If you will submit an online application, please be sure to read the Program Overview and Online Application Instructions (available at the link below) for complete details about program expectations and online application instructions.

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