

Remember to notify the Fulbright Finland Foundation in case you are
Keep your program coordinator also updated if you have any problems or questions during your stay in Finland. When you are in contact with IIE/IREX, remember to cc your program coordinator in the email.
Principles:
Traveling Abroad
Grantees are permitted a cumulative total of 14 days of personal travel outside Finland. Weekends and local national and/or religious holidays are not counted towards the 14-day traveling abroad limit.
In addition, those staying in Finland for at least one full academic year (9 months), are permitted to travel abroad up to a maximum total of 10 additional days (excluding weekends and local national and/or religious holidays) over the Finnish Christmas holidays when the host institution has no classes, examinations, or other academic activities.
However, please keep in mind that your grant has been awarded to you for the purpose of academic and cultural exchange in Finland. Therefore, your full-time study/research/lecturing/professional development project conducted in Finland should always be the absolute main focus of your grant term.
According to the IIE Terms and Conditions, “grantees are permitted a cumulative total of 14 days of personal travel within and outside of the host country, excluding weekends, national and/or religious holidays in the host country, and depending on the host country policies. The Fulbright Commission in the host country may permit more than 14 days of personal travel. The grantee must obtain prior approval for all personal travel from the Fulbright Commission, which may consult with ECA before granting approval”.
Traveling within Finland
The Fulbright Finland Foundation has made a decision not to count travels within Finland to 14 days of personal travel. Besides engaging in the full-time Fulbright project in Finland, the Foundation encourages grantees to explore the country and visit different locations in order to learn comprehensively about Finland and its culture.
If your travel is not Fulbright project-related, the ASPE benefit will not be valid during the travel and you must make sure that your own health and travel insurance is valid during the travel. If the travel is a combination of Fulbright-related and personal travel, the Foundation needs to consult IIE and U.S. State Department to determine the effect on ASPE coverage.
Be also sure to check the entry such as the visa requirements of the destination country.
U.S. citizens can travel to most European countries as tourists usually for a maximum of 3 months, based on European Union regulations or Schengen Convention. Please note that the European Union and the Schengen area are two different zones and include different countries. Before planning travel to other European countries, always check the traveling regulations for U.S. citizens with the country’s immigration officials. Do take your passport and residence permit along when traveling inside Schengen or EU area.