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Training for U.S.-Bound Grantees 2024-25

Orientation Training for the 2024-25 Fulbright Finland Foundation Grantees to the U.S.

On this page, you will find all the materials you need for the orientation training and your grant term during the 2024-25 academic year. You should have received an email from your program coordinator with detailed instructions on studying the materials, please read them through carefully.

In our training, we follow the Flipped Classroom approach; learn more about Flipped Orientation Training in the video below.

Pre-materials

Plan your own schedule for studying the following pre-materials before each orientation training; the training sessions build on your knowledge of the materials:

  • For Graduate Students only (selected in September 2023): For the American Voices seminar, October 6-7, 2023: Intro and Initial steps for graduate students (incl. recording of the U.S. professors' panel discussion).
  • For the Pre-Departure Webinar: Intro, Modules 1 and 2
  • For the Pre-Departure Orientation Day on May 13, 2024: Modules 3-5

At the beginning of each module, you will find learning objectives. In addition to pre-materials (e.g., videos and reading materials), each module has tasks at the end of the page. 

Watch this video about Flipped Orientation Training first (6 mins 45 sec)
Program-Specific Online Meeting (you have received the date from your program coordinator)
The Pre-Departure Orientation and Award Ceremony in Helsinki on May 13, 2024.
Module 6: Just Before Departure (available later)
Module 7: In the U.S. (available later)
Module 8: After the Grant Term (available later)

Please note that these pages are for the Fulbright Finland Foundation grantees only and not to be shared publicly.