Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance Office (SPARC)

Fulbright Competition and Webinar Announcement
The Institute of International Education has launched the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition, which offers 400 unique awards for U.S. citizens to teach, research, and conduct professional projects in more than 130 countries. The deadline for application submission is September 15, 2023. Faculty and staff interested in learning more about the traditional Scholar Award among other opportunities (Global Scholar, Public Policy Fellowship, Arctic Initiative, and Amazonia) may join their peers from around Oregon for a virtual presentation featuring Fulbright’s Jordanna Enrich, Director of the U.S. Scholar Program, on April 7, 2023, at noon. Registration is required for this online event. Please reach out to Kelly DelFatti in SPARC with other questions or if you need assistance preparing an application.

Through three separate actions to date, the federal government made emergency funds available to institutions of higher education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Allocated by the Department of Education, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) were intended to provide pandemic relief to both enrolled students and institutions related to the pandemic’s disruption of campuses. These three laws are known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security or HEERF I), the CRRSAA (Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act or HEERF II), and the ARP (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or HEERF III).

Financial aid applicants had the opportunity to receive a financial aid adjustment due to the recent unemployment of a family member or independent student, or other circumstances, described in section 479A of the HEA (20 USC § 1087tt). More information about this process can be found via the following links: Undergraduate students, Graduate Students, and Law Students.
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