Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships

• Applicants must be matriculated students at New York Tech.
• Projects must take place at least 200 miles from the student’s home or their New York Tech campus.
• Credit-bearing activities require approval by a faculty member in the applicant’s major, minor, or other relevant academic department.
• Applicants must be in good academic and disciplinary standing.
• Proposed travel must conclude prior to the applicant’s graduation date.
• Applicants may not propose an activity in a country currently under a State Department Level 3 or Level 4 Travel Advisory.
• All successful proposals will be subject to re-evaluation if the security situation changes prior to departure.
• Successful applicants who are travelling internationally must provide proof of purchase for GeoBlue International Health Insurance.
• A final project report is required for all funded projects and should include a brief written narrative together with media (photos, video, audio, etc.) that comments on the details of the project, findings and impact on student learning as well as a finalized itinerary.
• Students may submit proposals for group projects. Students can choose to submit as individuals or as a team. If you plan to submit as a team, each team member should fill out their own unique application. Each team member should be specific about their personal contributions to this project and why they, as an individual, need to be funded in order for it to succeed. Applications will be evaluated individually, not as a group.
• Awardees are required to participate in one pre-project orientation session and one to three post-project meetings for reflection and development of learning objectives related to project activities.
• Guiliano fellows must agree to publicly share winning proposals and final reports.

The selection committee is comprised of faculty, staff, and past fellows. It will review all applications and make selections using a rubric that rates applications based on valuing the following criteria:

• Clarity: The proposal clearly indicates the purpose, goals, and methods used to achieve the desired outcome.
• Connectedness: The project is important to the student’s artistic, academic, or community engagement goals, connecting relevant experience and knowledge to deepen their understanding and broaden their worldview.
• Creativity/Innovation: The project shows evidence of individual originality and drive. Ideas are combined in interesting and surprising ways to discover information, address an issue, or make something new.
• Transformative potential: The proposal shows evidence of the student pushing personal, academic, or creative boundaries. The project outlines a potentially transformational experience that could not be replicated locally or without fellowship support. The fellowship provides the student with an opportunity that they might otherwise not be able to have.
• Return on investment: The project should have a clearly articulated social, intellectual, or artistic impact on a community, academic field, or industry.
• Budget: The project should have a budget proposal that is fully and accurately completed.

Certain countries, including the United States, have travel document requirements for departure. These requirements may be different from travel document requirements for entry into the destination country and transit through a country.

The Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a free service that allows U.S. citizens and nationals traveling and living abroad to enroll their trip with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate

Students can choose to submit as individuals or as a team. If you plan to submit as a team, each team member should fill out their own application. Each team member should be specific about their contributions to this project and why they, as an individual, need to be funded to succeed. Applications will be evaluated individually, not as a group.

Yes. As long as the proposal falls within the selection criteria, it is possible to be approved for a project based in more than one location.

This depends on the project. Factors taken into consideration include whether there is a faculty or staff leader, if it is a collaboration with a non-profit organization with which you have been in communication, or if your project does not require a mastery of the language.

Students may apply for a grant that commences in their last semester and concludes not more than one month after their graduation.

Yes. If you need more than the fellowship amount, you are responsible for the remainder of the project costs. If you need less than the fellowship amount, you will only be granted what is required for your project budget.