Timeline

• Early February:
  competition opens, applications available
• March – late April:
  presentations, seminars and webinars are organized in different academic centers and at Fulbright location (check website)
• Early May:
  application deadline
• Late May – August:
  applications are reviewed by specialists; short-list prepared
• Late August – early September:
  short-listed candidates are invited to interview
• Mid September:
  Fulbright Student Award interviews
• Early October:
  Notification; finalist applications are sent to IIE in New York
• November-May:
  admission and placement of candidates carried out by IIE NY and the Fulbright Commission
• May-August:
  Fulbright Terms of Appointment are signed; J1 visa paperwork
• Early July:
  Pre-Departure Orientation for Romanian Grantees
• Mid July – early September:
  Fulbright exchanges begin