Faculty Opportunities

A variety of professional and academic grants and awards are available for faculty and staff.

Often considered the most prestigious of awards for faculty members engaged in research overseas, Fulbright awards also support several new programs that differ from the traditional year-abroad opportunity.

The grants, funded by the Office of International Education, provide professional development opportunities for faculty and staff interested in promoting international education at WSU.

These grants support independent or collaborative research at institutions in Europe and Eurasia for up to 8 weeks.

The Bicentennial Swedish-American Fund provides funding to support research in Sweden.

These grants provide funding for university faculty to teach in developing countries. Funding ranges up to $12,500 for periods of 3-5 months, and $22,500 for periods of 6-10 months.

Supports advanced creative work or scholarly research in Italy in a number of fields, including archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film or video, history, landscape architecture, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts.

The International Education Research Foundation supports research on world education systems.

Faculty are welcome to apply to teach for periods ranging from 4 weeks to one semester in the Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies. The link above provides an introduction to the program as a whole, and there are additional links on the left-hand side of the page for faculty interested in teaching. The program provides housing and meals on campus, and the Office of International Education will assist with airfare.

WSU has bilateral exchange partnerships with universities in the U.K., Sweden, Austria, Germany, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan. In addition to the teaching opportunity mentioned above in the Netherlands, faculty are encouraged to consider teaching or conducting research at one of our partner universities overseas.

An interested faculty member should first inquire within his/her own department and college to determine whether courses currently being taught at WSU can be taught from overseas, or taught by an exchange faculty member coming from a partner university, or covered in some other way. All financial arrangements must be made through the individual's department and college. The Office of International Education will be happy to assist with contacting partner universities to determine interest in accepting and hosting a WSU faculty member. Please contact Armin Gerhard at 978-5371.