Visiting Research Scholar Program

Scholarship Description

ETS R&D welcomes applications from scholars around the world who wish to conduct independent research in a field of interest to ETS and to connect with ETS’s community of researchers.

The Visiting Research Scholar Program is designed to provide educational and research experience of up to 12 months in length for academicians and researchers who are on sabbatical or other types of leave from their home institutions. The program seeks to achieve a mutually beneficial relationship between the visiting scholar and ETS researchers through intellectual exchange and collaboration in research.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for a limited number of slots for the Visiting Research Scholar Program. Scholars who meet the following criteria are invited to apply:

• You hold an academic or researcher appointment from a university, governmental, or nonprofit organization.
• You have a doctoral degree or are a recognized expert in a field of interest to ETS.
• You are fully self-funded or come with funding from your home institution, a foundation, or a government.
• Your proposed research is not in conflict with ETS products or services. Visiting scholars are invited to give a public presentation of their research while they are at ETS.
• ETS Research & Development (ETS R&D) will provide office space, telephone, and computer facilities as well as library access privileges to the scholars.

Eligibility Requirements

• Type of institution award is open to: four-year college

Application Requirements

• Application form required
• Special requirements exist (These are specified in text.)
• curriculum vitae, full list of publications, one-page research proposal, statement of funding, English-language standardized test scores or proficiency certification (if applicable).

How To Apply

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